York’s popular “Musicals in Mufti” series brings Broadway’s underappreciated treasures to life as staged concerts that allow the shows to be seen on their own merits. “Mufti” means “in street clothes; without the usual trappings.” And that’s how these shows are presented – for just five performances each.
By Jupiter
April 5,6,7
Only Jupiter knows – and the show’s co-bookwriters, Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart – who also created the delightful score. Originally directed by George Abbot. Broadway Premiere: 1942
Androcles & the Lion
April 12,13,14
Richard Rodgers wrote his own lyrics for this Peter Stone adaptation of the George Bernard Shaw classic for a television special in 1967.
Me & Juliet
April 19,20,21
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein’s love letter to The Great White Way.