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Well, it hasnt been on Broadway in 20 years, and maybe thats reason enough.
(Another pronouncement from the show:The harder to get, the better to have.)
Lear deBessonet, who runs the Encores!
series and directed, has kept her rather light and simple set design from City Center approximately intact.
(Sometimes the things you most wish for are not to be touched.)
(No knot unties itself.)
In the second, the characters deal with the unexpected ramifications of their H.E.A.
Let me just say it plainly: Theres no weak link in the cast, all night.
But its agoodconcert turn.
Shall we talk about Milky White?
When a character misidentifies the Baker as the Butcher, Milky tenses up and quivers, drawing big laughs.
At other times he is visibly affectionate or trembly.
Itsan inventive piece of stagingby deBessonet and her construction team and puppeteers.
Into the Woodsis at the St. James Theatre through October 16.
