A New Brain (Brooklyn)
While watching the Gallery Players' highly entertaining production of William Finn's odd but engaging musical, A New Brain, I found my own old brain full of questions. First, about A New Brain itself:Jesse Manocherian, Justin PhillipsPhoto: Alice TeepleWhat makes a musical worth writing?How does a writer decide what specifically to musicalize?Is Finn's leaning toward silly rhymes a form of brilliance, audac…