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Classic Stage Company's "The Baker's Wife" combines the right ingredients by Alan Smason

By LOU HARRY Thanks to its notorious David Merrick-produced/Patti LuPone-starring died-on-the-road 1976 tryout, the Steven Schwartz/Joseph Stein musical "The Baker's Wife" landed a reputation as being a lost cause. But like many musical theater lovers, I fell hard for its score " or, at least, the songs for the leads that were the only ones […] The post Classic Stage Company's "The Baker's Wife" combines the right …

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 06:37PM on November 14, 2025

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