One possible turning point in the show’s luck, Carlyle said, was the addition of a narrator character — an older rabbi played by Chip Zien — who walks the audience through the various eras of the show.
“For me as director, it unlocks the whole show because previously it was kind of a six-headed dragon.
In addition to his younger self the show would also include his older self, a rabbi, serving as a narrator.
“And suddenly for me, it was like, now the story has a point of view,” Carlyle said.
Writing in The New York Times, Elisabeth Vincentelli praised the songs “crafted in a defiantly classic mold,” which steer the show back to “solid emotional ground.”
Persons:
Sussman, Manilow, Warren Carlyle, Tonys, Kate ”, Carlyle, Chip Zien —, “, ” Carlyle, —, Elisabeth Vincentelli
Organizations:
Museum of Jewish, The New York Times
Locations:
British