New Girl In Town -Interesting Look at O'Neill
By Judd Hollander Photos by Carol Rosegg The Irish Repertory Theatre has pulled an interesting curio out of mothballs, that being the musical New Girl In Town (book by George Abbott, music and lyrics by Bob Merrill). Based on Eugene O'Neill's drama Anna Christie, the show ran on Broadway for 431 performances between 1957 and 1958. However while New Girl In Town has a mostly good story and some wonderful acting, i…