Lusty little diversions are turning up all over the Off Broadway scene: In the perky vanguard marches Lysistrata Jones, a naughty, bubbly, modern goof on Aristophanes' naughty, bubbly, ancient goof about women denying their men sex in order to stop their constant warring. Creators Douglas Carter Beane and Dan Knechtges (the shapers of Xanadu) have bravely resisted an antiwar message, going so far as to offer no message at all. Sure, there are nods to modern American apathy and the general aimlessness, Fabianism, and fakery of contemporary manhood, but really, this is a show about hot numbers, of both the musical and physical variety. It's an answer to the question, what if we cast really talented, good-looking people and dressed them sparingly? The answer to this question, as we all know, is Yes, sure thing.
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