The show was "Un Certo Signor G" (A certain Mr. G). The main - and only - actor was well-known Italian actor/comedian Neri Marcore' who I've loved in everything I've ever seen him in, and this performance was another to add to that list. He was accompanied on stage by two very talented women pianists...oh, and a mouse statue at one point, but it was nothing like those infamous dancing dolphins.
The show, written skillfully by Giorgio Gaber, was a light, comical piece with dark undertones, about your Average Joe - or, in this case, your Average Giuseppe, seeing as it was all about your typical Italian male. Paranoid, self-loathing, proud, in search of love, infantile, curious, apathetic, warm, artistic...in love and in loathing with his country. For all its humor and music, it was a colorful, honest, at times sentimental walk through the Italian brain. In a word, it was authentic. Ahhh, finally!
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