Hilton Als: “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” “The Columnist,” “A Streetcar Named Desire” reviews.
Nostalgia can be such a comfort, reversing time and washing away the years of regret, loneliness, weight gain, and bad investments. “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” a new musical, with a book by Joe DiPietro (at the Imperial), is nostalgic not only for the classic American . . . (Subscription required.)