New Girl in Town, Bob Merrill's 1957 musicalization of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie, about a prostitute with abuse in her past and hope in her heart, will get an extra week of performances, now to Sept. 14, in its rare New York City revival at Irish Repertory Theatre. Margaret Loesser Robinson (IRT's Man and Superman) plays Anna, a role originated by Gwen Verdon, who won a Best Actress Tony Award fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PM on August 8, 2012