Old Stories"and Old Guys"Get the Spotlight in "The Notebook" and "Water for Elephants"
In the journalism business we say that three occurrences of a thing make it a trend and so right now the hottest trend in theater seems to be musicals centered around the memories of old guys. It may have started with A Beautiful Noise, the Neil Diamond jukebox musical that opens with a character called "Neil Now" sitting in a therapist's office and looking back at the pop singer's life. His memories unspool in f…