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MIDSUMMER (Inis Nua): A Dream of a Rom-Com

Closing its 2013-14 season of funny and poignant contemporary two-handers with one-word titles (the excellent BLINK and TROUSERS—see Phindie reviews here and here, respectively—were the previous productions), Inis Nua presents the Philadelphia premiere of MIDSUMMER (A PLAY WITH SONGS). The perceptive rom-com musical by Scottish playwright David Greig and composer Gordon McIntyre follows the restless one-night stand and accidental next-day encounter of two lonely and hurting thirty-five-year-olds through sometimes raunchy but always amusing and insightful he said/she said accounts. He is Bob, a petty thief who once aspired to be a rock-star and poet; she is Helena, a divorce lawyer having an affair with a married man. more…