The play often seems dramatically tepid and slow moving. And this despite the efforts of a hardworking cast that includes Jane Fonda, returning to the New York after an absence of more than …
On Broadway, the show did not go on.
Twenty-two shows — 19 musicals and three plays — went dark Thursday, their normally blazing marquees unlit.
Almost single-handedly, she lifts this minor musical by the men who wrote "Fiddler on the Roof," "Fiorello!" and "She Loves Me," into the musical-theater stratosphere.
L.A. students' play tells stories of civil rights figures and incidents, including the Rodney King beating in 1991.
"Of Thee I Sing" runs through May 15 only. If there was any justice, this fine production would be re-elected for a longer engagement.