Broadway’s 2022-23 Season Coming to a Close With Something of a Whimper 

The story of ‘New York, New York,’ set in the wake of World War II, has been re-imagined by librettist David Thompson and his co-writer, veteran actress Sharon Washington, as a self-conscious ode to inclusivity.

Paul Kolnik
Colton Ryan and Anna Uzele in ‘New York, New York.’ Paul Kolnik

The final musical production in Broadway’s 2022-23 lineup has arrived, and it’s official: The season is going out not with a bang, but with an electrical fizzle — the sound of lights noisily flickering on in the humongous sign that looms above the set of “New York, New York” as the show begins, spelling out its title for any tourists who might have wandered in not knowing where they are.

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