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On the 20th Century " review by Lyn Gardner

Union, LondonNot a history of the last century, but a madcap musical set among theatre folk on a night train to New York, Cy Coleman, Betty Comden and Adolph Green's show was written in 1978, but takes place in the 30s and borrows from the screwball comedies of the 50s and late 19th-century operetta. Essentially this entertaining dog's dinner is a backstage musical on wheels as bigwig producer Oscar Jaffee hightails …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:31PM on January 5, 2011

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