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1. REVIEW: Sexy ‘Women’ throw a festive Broadway party
(Entertainment/Movies)

... customers who want their musicals merely to be gorgeous and tuneful will be thoroughly entertained by "Women," especially as embodied by such bona-fide Broadway divas as Patti LuPone, Laura Benanti and ...

2. ‘In Transit’ vocalizes New York stories
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Joe Calarco's ever-inventive direction on a handsome set by Anna Louizos that flexibly invokes New York City's subway system and other places. The usually up-tempo, tuneful score by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, ...

3. Heed the call to ‘See Rock City’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... so in the Roswell and title episodes. Altogether this slightly unusual and very well-executed production enhances the beguiling charms of a tuneful travelogue that delights in taking viewers off the beaten ...

4. Meet ‘The Kid’ you can love
(Entertainment/Movies)

... a show for you. For everybody else, the new musical that premiered Monday at Theatre Row is likely to be a bundle of joy. Smart writing, a genuinely tuneful score and a good deal of sincere feeling makes ...

5. Stephen Sondheim’s cult ‘Whistle’ encored
(Entertainment/Movies)

... a clever, tuneful but totally bizarre tale about a corrupt town that fosters a phony miracle and — well, the sardonic complications involve a loony bin of characters best left to aficionados of lost musicals. ...

6. ‘Finian’s Rainbow’ glows with a colorful score and story
(Entertainment/Movies)

... wittily regard American buy-now-pay-later habits, but the musical essentially is a clever fantasy mixing Irish blarney with liberal-minded idealism. And, really, the rainbow glow from that incredibly tuneful ...