This small, delicious musical deserves a longer life. Catch the mirth and music while you can.
Composer-lyricist Peter mills and his collaborator Cara Reichel might need to slow down.
The invitation list at "Sloane" casting calls is always short, and Nathan Lane is never on it.
With Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge, it's ultimately less important that Mills and Reichel haven't lived up to Synge than it is that they haven't lived up to their own highest standards.
Why not move "The Playboy of the Western World" from the Aran Islands to hillbilly land? Well, dang if that don't turn out to be a mighty fine idea!
Although there's ultimately not much of a story to tell, in this Propspect Theater production, the music effectively becomes its own story