We feel confident writing that Billy Crystal's 700 Sundays is the funniest Broadway show about death and grieving that you will ever see. In this tribute to his parents in the form of a comic memoir, Crystal details growing up in a Long Beach, Long Island house filled with "the smell of bourbon and the sound of jazz." Here is a middle-class Jewish kid who saw his first movie while sitting on the lap of Billie Holiday. Blessed with a unique, fascinating childhood, Crystal manages the artful trick of telling a one-of-a-kind story that is nevertheless poignantly universal in its appeal.

The nostalgic set by David F. Weiner represents the exterior of Crystal's boyhood home. The windows of the h[...]