It's easy to sing the praises of a great musical. Musicals are frequently high in emotion and energy, with the genre usually being definable as one that incorporates music in with its storytelling.

PITTSFIELD, MASS. — My first impression of “Joan,” a play about Joan Rivers playing at Barrington Stage Company, was that it felt like a juke box musical without any music. The assumption rang true ...

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