Lowry, SalfordFifties Broadway musicals are back in vogue. First it was Gypsy in Leicester. Now two celebrated Mancunian institutions, the Halle Orchestra and the Royal Exchange, join forces to present this half-forgotten 1953 show; and the great joy of the evening is hearing a 60-strong band, under Sir Mark Elder's baton, devoting itself to Leonard Bernstein's exhilarating, jazzy score. I don't think I've …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15PM on April 5, 2012