IF/THEN Musical WITH SPOILERS

Because apparently any hint of the plot is a "spoiler".

Idina comes back to New York and has 2 friends, LaChaze and Anthony Rapp. She has to make a choice about which friend to go with and it alters the next 5 years of her life.

If she goes with Anthony, she gets a high-powered city development job and become incredibly successful but then she's all alone until the final scene when she meets James Snyder, back in that same park 5 years later. Her name is Beth.

If she goes with LaChanze, she misses getting the high powered city job and has a terrible job at MTA. She meets James Snyder and ends up following in love with him and starting a family. 5 years later, she's in the same park and she meets Jerry Dixon who gives her the high powered city development job. Her name is Liz.

LaChanze is a lesbian and Jenn Colella is her girlfriend. They break up in "Liz" and get married in "Beth".

Anthony is bisexual and in "Beth", he is in love with Idina and in "Liz", he meets Jason Tam and they adopt a baby together.

So there you have it. This isn't even the big spoilers, just a very basic description.

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I feel like the big plot twist was in the beginning of the second act! I feel awful for spoiling though, so I won't be the one who says it! I guess you could say there were a few twists that weren't expected!

This show seems like a really interesting connect, but it's pretty confusing. Is the show as confusing?

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This synopsis is interesting but what were the performances like? How's the music? Most importantly, is there a show curtain?

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I was really confused since I didn't realize there were two storylines until well into second act. In the "loving family" storyline somehow she transitioned from the sucky transit job to being a college professor though I missed how/when that happened so it wasn't like she had given up on fulfilling career in that option.

I was confused with the weddings whose it was--when Idina was in white it was clearly her, but the others were dressed the same so wasn't sure if Lachanze married in one and was just a bridesmaid in the other. Also not sure in which storyline Idina kissed her boss Stephen--it seemingly happened on the same night in which she sleeped with Lucas--since L and Josh are both blond I didn't notice the switch in actors. I think part of the problem was the cell phone intro to opening made it seemed like Idina was talking on the phone when she was setting up the plot. It didn't click until the same scene was repeated in second act. In general, it seemed as if the audience needed a score card or cheat sheet to keep track of action. I didn't notice any difference in lighting or even the "Liz" vs "Beth" distinction between two forks at all until you all brought it up.

Updated On: 11/6/13 at 01:18 PM

WTF?... This sounds weird.

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orangeskittles, I just PM'd you.

This sounds like a very mundane, upper middle class choose your own adventure story.

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Her name is Elizabeth. LaChanze knows her as Liz. Anthony knows her as Beth.

FlowerChild, the stories are completely intertwined. They transition back and forth throughout. It was easier to explain the plots separately.

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Is the playbill still that ugly poster?

Yeah the Playbill is still the poster, haha.

This thing better have flawless book, music, and lyrics, because this plot sounds absolutely ridiculous to the point of being moronic. We get it. Duh. Different life choices will yield different results. This was all covered in a bad Gwenyth (or however you spell her name) Paltrow movie in the late 90's or early 00's. Two Doors or something.

Anyway, I hope this is not as awful as it sounds in your plot description. I had high hopes for this.

Cosmopolitan girl sings country music- hee haw. Does any character come back from the dead? Lezzies and Rapp and LaChanze ...oh my.