Jermyn Street Theatre, London: Life is about change, and a lot has changed in the quarter of a century since David Shire and Richard Maltby's tender, tuneful and surprising song cycle revue Closer than Ever first premiered off-Broadway in 1989. Maltby, the lyricist who has revisited his own show to direct it again in a terrific, warm-hearted new production, points out in a programme note that the songs were writ…
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:26AM on May 9, 2014