Five Course Love

In Gregg Coffin's Five Course Love, now at the Minetta Lane Theater, three vastly talented singer/comedians, Heather Ayers, John Bolton and Jeff Gurner, broadly directed by Emma Griffin, sing their way through five ethnic restaurants. Although I found little wit or real comedy at first, just people trying to be funny, the material seemed to get better as it progressed (or I liked the variety and range of the singing) and as they reached the mock opera in the Mexican restaurant, with music, let's say "influenced by," Man of La Mancha, it grew into a real entertainment. Their physical accomplishments in movement, choreographed by Mindy Cooper, sparked the latter half, so that I left the theater feeling that I has seen a rather good comic musical. And they gave us super-delicious cream-puffs as we exited the theater -- a nice tag.