THEATER REVIEW- Famished

Famished is a British, musical zombie farce, in which the undead walk the streets of London, but everyone still makes it back in time for tea. The characters are intentionally ridiculous: two evil geniuses bent on conquering the world a la “Pinky and the Brain,” a colonel with an enormous mustache, his fickle daughter, and an overly-devoted wife. The songs are passably entertaining (“Why can’t the English teach their empire how to kneel?”) though admittedly flat, no one here is putting out a solo CD anytime soon. I would have enjoyed the entire production more if a) I knew someone in the show or b) the performers were young enough to humor with enthusiastic applause. Overall a decent though amateurish effort, one I will probably forget by morning.