THE DANCING ENTRANCES, BUT THE BOOK DOESN’T STAND A CHANCE Back in the era that spawned musicals with tunes by Gershwin, Kern, Porter, and Rodgers, the Broadway Musical Comedy book was almost unnecessary. The 1920s and ’30s saw shows constructed piecemeal"a comic star here, a songwriting team there, whoever was available, really. The cliché-ridden plots and dubious groaners […]
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:44PM on March 31, 2017