1988, October 21, Albert Williams, Follies; 1000 Airplanes on the Roof, The theatrics of musical comedy become a metaphor for psychological disorientation, with each person getting a song to dramatize his or her crisis: ... the lovelorn Sally sings a torchy blues (the poignant "Losing My Mind"), hypocritical Ben masquerades as a carefree song-and-dance man in the bubbly, Gershwin-esque "Live, Laugh, Love," and so on.
