Total Rating: 
****
Opened: 
March 26, 2009
Ended: 
March 29, 2009
Country: 
USA
State: 
New York
City: 
New York
Company/Producers: 
City Center's Encores! series
Theater Type: 
off-Broadway
Theater: 
City Center
Theater Address: 
West 55th Street
Author: 
Music: Burton Lane; Lyrics: E.Y. Harburg; Book: E.Y. Harburg & Fred Saidy.
Director: 
Warren Carlyle
Choreographer: 
Warren Carlyle
Review: 

I can't let the City Center Encores! presentation of Finian's Rainbow go without praising it to high heaven. The Irish Rep gave us an excellent, small-scale revival of this show a few seasons back, but it was great to see and hear it at City Center with a full orchestra playing that classic Burton Lane-E.Y. Harburg score. Kate Baldwin, Cheyenne Jackson, Jim Norton, and Jeremy Bobb were tops in the leading roles, and Terri White -- a vet of the Irish Rep production -- once again created a sensation with her singing of "Necessity." It has just been announced that Finian's will transfer to Broadway in the fall, and that's a grandish bit o' news.

Cast: 
Jim Norton, Kate Baldwin, Cheyenne Jackson, Jeremy Bobb
Critic: 
Michael Portantiere
Date Reviewed: 
April 2009