New York, New York
Not since The Visit has there been a new musical by the great Broadway songwriting team of John Kander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago), which is not entirely surprising since Ebb died in 2004. This one reunites the creators of the underrated 2010 K&E musical The Scottsboro Boys—director-choreographer Susan Stroman and book writer David Thompson, who is now joined by Scottsboro cast member Sharon Washington—for an original show about NYC after the end of World War II. The score includes two numbers from the 1977 movie New York, New York—the instantly anthemic theme song and the survivor-torch tune "But the World Goes 'Round"—and additional lyrics by no less a Broadway eminence than Lin-Manuel Miranda. Colton Ryan (Girl From the North Country) and Anna Uzele (Six) play the leading roles.