New2NY: According to Howard

The York Theatre Company's New2NY series offers spare stagings of original musicals. This year's spring lineup concludes with a biomusical portrait of the great American inspiration and cautionary tale Howard Hughes, the aerospace innovator, Hollywood producer and Las Vegas developer who ended his life as a long-nailed, germophobic, urine-hoarding recluse and codeine fiend. The music is by Jim Scully; Frank Evans's original book has been revised by Scully and director Jennifer Paulson-Lee, and Evans's lyrics have been augmented by Chad Gorn. Michael Halling plays Hughes, supported by a cast that includes Jill Paice, David Elder and Eric Michael Gillett.