The Musical, opening tonight on Broadway at the James Earl Jones Theatre, the women working in a hot, small, ramshackle California dress factory momentarily break free of inhibition and ageism and the body shame over their various sizes and shapes and,

This deliciously sardonic little tuner is about a real-life outlaw, a man vividly named Elmer McCurdy, shot dead by a sheriff’s posse but never buried.

Great novels and great movies rarely translate into great musicals, much less very good ones. When it comes to suitable source material, a second-rate book or film often makes a more successful transition to the stage.