<cite>First Wives</cite> is a 2nd-act dazzler, by James Herbert
<cite>The First Wives Club</cite> kicks off with more fits and starts than a dithering bridezilla in a dress shop. But that first half, when we meet the wives and their woes, is just a setup for the second, when they actually go into action. That's when <cite>First Wives</cite> and its new songs by the incomparable Motown team Holland/Dozier/Holland step up with a pizazz that befits a (potentially) Broadway-bound sho…