Classic Stage Company's triumphant Off-Broadway revival of the underrated 2002 chamber musical 'A Man of No Importance,' starring Jim Parsons and directed by John Doyle, comes as a most welcome and most unexpected surprise.
Importance,” starring Jim Parsons and directed by John Doyle, comes as a most welcome and most unexpected surprise.
Up until now, I have not been much of a fan of the musical, which has an Irish-flavored score by composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens and a book by the late Terrence McNally. The current staging marks a swan song and victory lap for Doyle, who recently resigned as Classic Stage’s artistic director. It makes exceptional use of Doyle’s defining aesthetics .
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