I am home from Encores! The production is quite wonderful. the cast is excellent, the use of projections and films helps with the transitions and locales, the orchestra sounds great, this is probably the best possible production of this piece, and I still think the show is second rate.There are some wonderful moments, i think the addition of Franklin Shepherd, Jr in Act Two is a good touch, but Act One left me cold. I admired it and lked some of the score. Then, in Act Two, Celia Keenan Bolger, who is quite wonderful, joined in on a trio of "Not A Day Goes By" with the man she loves and pretty blonde he's marrying and it hit home hard; by the time "Our time" began I was a blubbering mess.
I think the production will be a huge success for Encores! and I wish it well.