Home Fires Are Burning Out. In ‘Arlington,’ an Army Wife Fights a Lonely Battle.
Charles IsherwoodMarch 2, 2014: An Army wife sings herself to the brink of a nervous breakdown in Arlington, a musical for solo voice and piano that opened on Sunday night at the Vineyard Theater. With book and lyrics by Victor Lodato, and music by Polly Pen, the show lasts just an hour as it charts the restless wandering of the heroine’s mind as she muses lightly on her past and more darkly on the war and its impact on her husband. But the long day of Sara Jane, flawlessly portrayed by the gifted singer Alexandra Silber, translates into a pretty long hour for the audience.
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