Ode to Passion

6/20/2021

From the Theater Pizzazz review by Carole Di Tosti: Ode to Passion, is a movie musical of sophistication, heat and light. The film, though a musical, is actually a genre hybrid, a drama which begins and ends with the protagonist’s poetic lament. Indeed, the film is a cautionary tale about the excesses of passion and misguided perceptions we have of love which can only be learned through profound moments of suffering. Written, produced and directed by the talented Jack Danini who also wrote the lyrics, music and dialogue which is in rhyming couplets, the love story of a writer and an actress seems typical. However, the versification adds a unique coherence that heightens the characterizations and makes them unique. I found myself anticipating the rhymes then being surprised at the tw