A Musical Revived, Two Ways

For your serving of "Violet": Will that be one act, or two? Here's the odd turn of events in the life of this rarely seen musical, a minor sensation in its brief off-Broadway run 17 years ago. The show, with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by Brian Crawley, is being revived in two entirely different formats. It materializes this week at Ford's Theatre in Washington, in its original, two-act form. And then in March, it makes its Broadway debut as a one-act musical at Roundabout Theatr...