Performed by the indie pop-rock trio Groovelily — Gene Lewin on drums, Brendan Milburn on keyboards and Valerie Vigoda on electric violin — “Striking 12” is an urban fable set in the waning hours of a dreary year in the life of Mr. Milburn’s character, called the Man Who’s Had Enough.

Of what? The oppressive cheer of the holidays, for starters. Winding up his day at a dull desk job, he trudges home to the couch and the cat, glowering across the subway car at the early-bird revelers. Vowing to avoid all attempts at good cheer — and thereby the desolation of disappointment — he ignores last-minute invitations left on his machine. “I won’t be going out on the town,” he sings, “ ’Cause my angst is up and my battery’s run down.”

That’s a clever allusion to a beloved Broadway classic, but “Striking 12” is by no means a traditional book musical. Written by Mr. Milburn and Ms. Vigoda in collaboration with Rachel Sheinkin, the author of the similarly smart and funny book for “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” it is accurately described by Ms. Vigoda, early on, as “a cross between a rock concert and a holiday show for people who don’t like holiday shows.” – Charles Isherwood, NY Times.

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