Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Pet Shop Boys show glossy but grim

The Pet Shop Boys presented musical theater without a plotThursday night at the Chicago Theatre when they performed atwo-hour-plus set that was as high gloss as it was devoid of passion.

Like their female English compatriots, Bananarama, the Pet ShopBoys have built their career on a couple of catchy dance hits theyproduced in the '80s. But rather than touring to promote theirmusic, the duo has churned out a stream of videos. On this, theirmuch-hyped debut tour of America, vocalist Neil Tennant andkeyboardist Chris Lowe aimed at displaying a theatrical production,complete with a 15-minute intermission. What they ended uppresenting was a show that was little more than a …

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