Suicide(s) in Vegas: Stories you've probably already heard

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We’ve heard these stories before.

One about a woman (let's call her A) who creates a fake past and becomes a celebrity for the “pain” she’s been through, the other (let's call her B) dreams inside of a man who will complete her, but she never speaks to him. When A is found out and B has her dream irrevocably crushed, each decides to commit suicide. They connect online – and for a while it’s interesting, even if B's plight seems unbelievable as a reason for suicide - people delude themselves true, but this story is a bad cliché.

Both performers have charm.  However, A is a bit one-note in her portrayal of other characters.  Though B is a bit more varied, each has at times serious enunciation problems (large swaths of text are lost in the vacuum of the False Creek Gym venue).

It has a cute twist ending and if it were half its length, the show would be fine. Unfortunately for this review, the show is too long and lacks variation in staging. 

 

By Christopher Gauthier