The classic rule about a musical is that the characters should begin to sing when their emotions can no longer be contained by mere words. Words (as well as the loss of them) are crucial in Jane Austen's early 19th century novel, "Sense and Sensibility." And now, in Paul Gordon's musical, which is receiving a flawless world premiere by the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Austen's prose has been so seamlessly expanded in…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:59PM on April 30, 2015