Style Blog: These Are a Few of My Favorite (Signature) Things

Signature Theatre's gripping "Gypsy," a revival of the 1959 musical that is fortified by the crackerjack central performances of Sherri L. Edelen as Momma Rose and Maria Rizzo as daughter Gypsy Rose Lee, so captivated me when I saw it last month that I remain in its Golden Age, show-tune thrall. Musical revivals of this caliber don't occur very often. When they do, they can become important signifiers of why a great musical can all but immobilize you with its power, and of the dynamism and fines...