Wonderful Murphy in Wonderful Town! I guarantee, Donna Murphy will win the Tony for Best Female Performance in a Musical. She lights up the stage with a comic flair seldom seen anywhere, her body is a rubber band, and her magnificent voice fills the theater with warmth and beauty. The play, with book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, from stories by Ruth McKenney, is just a bit of delightful fluff about sisters coming from Ohio to live in Greenwich Village. Although the rest of the cast can be uneven, some bordering on community-theater level, basically the show is nicely directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall and well designed by John Lee Beatty (set), Martin Pakledinaz (costumes), and Peter Kaczorowski (lighting). With the vivid Donna Murphy in the lead, Wonderful Town fulfills its full potential and becomes a truly entertaining evening of musical theater.
