The director John Rando's crap sentimentality undermines so much of what should be interesting about "On the Town" (now in revival, at the Lyric) that you spend at least half of your time during the spectacle trying to shake off his various manipulations in an effort to finally enjoy something of the show. In the first moments of this strenuously "big" version of the musical, we see an American flag prominently displ…
SOURCE: The New Yorker at 01:20PM on October 23, 2014