[Ed. Note: This is the third in a series of TheaterMania review roundups of shows in the fifth annual New York Musical Theatre Festival, playing various venues in Manhattan.]

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Matt Gould's Twilight in Manchego, performing at the Chernuchin Theatre, has a beautiful score, epitomized by the haunting title tune that manages to be both melancholy and uplifting at the same time. "Haunting" is also an apt word to describe the musical as a whole --sensitively directed by Billy Porter -- which is in essence a ghost story.

Set in the provincial town of Manchego, the majority of the action occurs in the local elementary school, and depicts the lives of a handful of the town's i[...]