Burlesque in World Premiere <cite>Minsky's</cite> Mirrors Today's Troubles, by David Mermelstein
If <cite>Minsky's</cite>, the new musical by composer Charles Strouse, aspires to anything, it's to be a show for these desperate times. How else to explain its constant—almost winking—references to the dire financial situation facing the eponymous burlesque house that stands at the center of this defiantly toe-tapping show?