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This is a really fun musical. I just re-read it because I plan to direct it this fall. Larry Gelbart does a send-up of 1940s Hollywood in the Film Noir days of Raymond Chandler. We see the writer and producer of the film as we see the film itself. Central is the classic writer's struggle to maintain his personal vision of the novel he is now asked to turn into a movie. His producer director changes the story on a whim, often not bothering to inform his collaborator -- after all it's his movie. The book is well written (better than most musical books) and the music resonant of the jazz of the times. I look forward to my work to bring it to life on the stage.
