Jersey Boys barrels forward like a muscle car while From Here to Eternity slow-cooks in the tropical sun.

‘Young Frankenstein’ at Mercury Theater Chicago; ‘A Wonderful World’ thru Broadway in Chicago; and ‘The Ninth Hour’ at Den Theatre.

Mercury Theater’s Big River is expectedly impeccable, and what it has to say is as important as ever, even if the musical itself remains imperfect.

An impeccable mood piece, Roston’s turn as Billie Holiday is as fresh as those gardenias and as bracing as her tumbler of Seagrams neat.

A not-quite alliterative round-up of these revisits, retoolings, and revitalizations—some of which fare better than others.

Part of Avenue Q's magic is certainly the tittering glee of watching good ol’ wholesome Sesame Street take it up the puppet hole.

Note that this cast is truly so good that a different audience member on a different night might well come up with a completely different list of compliments with no crossover in actors mentioned and be absolutely correct in the assessment.