TWO STRANGERS CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK-Too Light Weight to Care For

The Broadway musical "Two Strangers Carry a Cake Across New York" (2025) was nominated for 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical. It carried home a total of NO Tonys.  I not only don't understand how the show with book, music and lyrics written by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan received so many nominations - I don't get how it made its way to Broadway. The show premiered in London in 2023 before hopping the pond or in my view; jumping the shark. The show had no redeeming attributes to recommend besides the earnest performances and decent singing voices for the two actors Christiani Pitts and Sam Tutty who attempt to carry this laden musical. This two character, two act musical spins around a wedding for an unseen couple for whom both have familial ties.  Gift stars as Robin and Tutty as Dougal. Robin's sister is about to marry Dougal's father. Robin is a 20 something trying to figure out her life while working in NYC as a barista.  Robin is savvy New Yorker whose friends all seemed to have found careers and partners. Dougal's estranged father is engaged to marry Robin's sister regardless of a significant age disparity. Dougal is just arriving at JFK from London for his first time in the states and is overly excited to experience Manhattan and become reacquainted with his father he doesn't know. Dougal wrongly assumes his dad sent him the invite to the nuptials intending to become reacquainted. Robin is waiting with a hand held sign with Dougal's name at the airport. (Thus the set is a towering stack of metal suitcases constantly spinning around much to my chagrin. Robin agreed to escort Dougal into the city. His exuberance and touristy enthusiasm are meant to be endearing. But, even Robin finds his puppy-like energy irritating although she doesn't wish to be mean. She relents and allows Dougal to accompany her from Brooklyn into Tribeca while she's brings her sister's 4-tiered (soon to be 3) cake to her sister's apartment. Why does Robin's sister refuse to allow her to come to the wedding despite her pleading and agreeing to help with getting the cake? Why is Dougal being kept in the dark about his father not being aware he received an invitation? Questions for which I don't have answers because I didn't put myself through more torture by returning after intermission. The first act ends after Robin and Dougal go on an extravagant spending spree on the credit card belong to the groom (which he doesn't know about either.) The two put on the ritz and carry on dressed to impress but only rack up expenses they don't intend to pay. As I said, I didn't stay to find out how things turns out. Cross this British import off your to do-list in the city.  It's a clunker.