ALIVE & WELL

Chicago Tribune: "'Tis the season for pronouncements about the perilous state of the Broadway musical. Here comes the annual wringing of hands over the increased dominance of the jukebox musical, the crass European spectacle, the cheap movie spin off, or whatever malaise is proffered by those who love to compare this year's allegedly cheap-and-tawdry entertainments with the grand art of yesteryear."