Love is a Many Splintered Thing
by Dorothy Marcic, Hinton Battle

The new musical comedy Love is a Many Splintered Thing is a fast-paced, zippy show about- what else?- relationships, looked at through nostalgic Top-40 hit songs of the past four decades.

A company of six takes the audience on a journey from high school through adulthood, tracing the paths that each friend eventually follows.

Incorporating established song lyrics to tell a new story in a unique way, Love is a Many Splintered Thing features recognizable hits from everyone from Neil Diamond to Cher, Connie Francis to Elton John, Liza Minnelli to india.arie.

To wit: be careful, you might get “Hooked on a Feeling” despite friends warning you ”Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer,“ until you end up with ”Wedding Bell Blues.“ You get the idea.

Tony Award-winning actor/singer/dancer Hinton Battle arranged the music, weaving songs of falling in love (”The Look of Love“ and ”Dizzy“) together with songs of sexual desires (”Lady Willpower“ and ”Should I Do It?”), telling stories of love's aftermath (“Maybe This Time”), truths about boys (“The Wanderer” and “Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?”), and the realities of marriage (“Wedding Bell Blues” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water”), the end of the honeymoon (”You Don't Bring Me Flowers“), betrayal (”Does He Love You?”), and ultimately love's redemption (“Baby Come Back”) and renewal (“After All” and “Everlasting Love”).