'Lost in the Stars' falls short as compelling musical drama

When soprano Lauren Michelle, in the guise of the hapless, pregnant Irina, begins the opening verse of "Trouble Man," the otherwise stentorian rhythms of "Lost in the Stars" suddenly take on a becoming urgency. Irina is helpless to stop her lover, Absalom, from pursuing a disastrous course, an impending tragedy amplified both by her solemn bearing and her words.