Marc Blitzstein's 1937 "play in music," The Cradle Will Rock, uses theatre as a political soapbox. Its scathing depictions of the hypocrisies of capitalism, religion, and other societal icons remain painfully apt today, and there is no doubt that it is an important work. It is also dull. Lara PulverPhoto: Joan Marcus John Doyle's direction uses cutesy devices to try to liven up the evening, but he can't fight the r…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 09:00PM on April 3, 2019