“Come Fall in Love”, a musical at the Old Globe Theater, San Diego
This fast-paced musical takes the audience from Boston, across Europe and to Northern India. The script is hilarious and the cast is outstanding with great vocals and dance routines with off-the-chart energy. The hero, Rog, is a sweet-natured Harvard slacker played with great charm and comedic timing by Austin Colby. He is also a fabulous dancer. The other half of the romantic duo is Simran, played wonderfully by Shoba Nayaran. She is an academically driven philosophy major eager to tour Europe to see where Voltaire walked and Einstein did his work. The problem for this very cute couple is that she is destined for an arranged marriage in India in just a month. “Come Fall in Love” is based on one of India’s most popular films - “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge”. There are some hints of music from this original film, but otherwise, the songs are new. I love the film soundtrack and wouldn’t have minded more music from the movie. There are some funny references to the film. Rog’s GP
