Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman created the characters, but evidently that powerhouse literary couple wasn’t in the room when it came to writing the soggy plotline that keeps the new musical “Brooklynite,” which opened Tuesday at the Vineyard Theatre, stuck in the boroughs.
We’re in “X-Men” territory here. A bunch of superheroes keep Brooklyn safe and free of crime until one of them, Astrolass (Nicolette Robinson), falls in love with a teenage amateur nerd scientist, Trey (Matt Doyle), and loses her powers. But have no fear, Trey comes up with a substance called Brooklynite that spawns enough men and women in funny, tight suits to prevent jaywalking for decades to come.