Mission Drift, National Theatre
One of the promises of artistic director Nicholas Hytner when he took the helm of this flagship ten years ago was to stage new and innovative musicals. His problem, of course, is that these don't grow on trees. So after the triumph of Jerry Springer: The Opera in 2003, we had to wait eight years for London Road, the venue's next British hit. In the meantime, the United States has occasionally plugged the gap " and no…