"Ghosts of Love" Evokes David Lynch's Films Ghosts of Love: Songs From the Reel World of David Lynch Lauren Fox and Ritt Henn performing in this theatrical cabaret show at Stage 72. Romantic love in the films of David Lynch is more than passion; as often as not, it is a dangerously morbid obsession expressed in songs that thread through the soundtracks like the tempting voices of sirens. The title song of "Blue Velvet"; Roy Orbison's "In Dreams," from the same movie; and Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game," from "Wild at Heart," are prime examples of songs that dangle the keys to supernatural mysteries. They were given evocative platforms on Saturday evening in the theatrical cabaret "Ghosts of Love: Songs From the Reel World of David Lynch," now at Stage 72 (formerly the Triad Theater), in which the singer and actress Lauren Fox and her frequent collaborator, the bassist and singer Ritt Henn, play an archetypal Lynchian couple. The title is that of a terrifying song from Mr. Lynch's "Inland Empire." Although this anthology of songs from Lynch films has virtually no story, it casts a heady spell. On a stage lit partly by votive candles, Ms. Fox, wearing a black dress, her hair in bangs, evokes a Lynchian femme fatale, and Mr. Henn, a rangy cowboy type with a deep voice, is her foil in a fraught musical dialogue that could be taking place in the Twilight Zone. Punctuating the songs are enigmatic fragments of dialogue from the films. Ms. Fox, who made a splash last year with her cabaret show that interwove the songs of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen, has adjusted her voice to add a rapid vibrato that gives her singing an eerie, otherworldly intensity. Because the only instrumentation is Mr. Henn's electric bass guitar and occasional ukulele, the aural nakedness opens a cavernous space for spirits to chase one another in circles. More than once, I thought of the Orpheus myth. The dramatic crest of the show was a sustained tone of anguished reflection in a rendition of "I Put a Spell on You," which is sung by Marilyn Manson in the movie "Lost Highway." The demons and angels who inhabit Mr. Lynch's imagination stirred to life.