James Wilson takes a look at Bar Mitzvah Boy:
Eliot Green, a Jewish kid on the cusp of manhood, is the central character of the slight but tuneful musical Bar Mitzvah Boy, and he has a serious case of cold feet. Runaway brides are fairly common figures in theatre and film, but it is not very often one comes across a runaway bar mitzvah boy. The amusing premise might not be a draw in itself to make a pilgrimage to the current production in the York Theatre Company's estimable Musicals in Mufti series, but musical theatre aficionados will no doubt kvell at the chance to see and hear a rarely performed Jule Styne musical. . . . |
