Danny and Sylvia: The Danny Kaye Musical

Robert McElwaine and Bob Bain's enervating biomusical tracks the ascent of Danny Kaye (Brian Childers) from borscht belt tummler to international star, with help from his sharp-witted wife and songwriter, Sylvia Fine (Kimberly Faye Greenberg). After years of playing the special Kaye, Childers's clowning has hardened into waxen freneticism.—Adam Feldman