March 8, 1979. My buddy Richard Norton and I are discussing the theater news of the day when he off-handedly mentions, “I hear the new musical at Playwrights Horizons is pretty good.” I have nothing to do that night, so I saunter over to Theatre Row, buy a $4 ticket, and hear one of the greatest scores I’ve heard in 18 solid years of theatergoing. The number of years has changed since 1979, but my o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:08AM on March 25, 2011