Reefer Madness (2001)

The kind bud gets a naughty send-up in this high school ''cautionary tale'' of the violence and insanity inherent in marijuana smoking. All-American teen Jimmy (a charming Christian Campbell) gets haplessly lured into inhaling: Sex and manslaughter ensue. The plot itself is loosely based on the 1936 film of the same name. Emphasis on loosely: The play adds touches like, oh, massive goat-devils committing atrocities of the flesh. Aggressively silly and often surreal, the musical is a great deal of fun -- for the first hour. After that, the joke wears, despite efforts from the hard-working cast (particularly Robert Torti, doing double time as a slick '30s dope peddler and a strutting, sexy Jesus Christ). As they say, there are few things more disappointing than stale reefer.

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