Review: A Con Man Without A Sting In ‘high Button Shoes’

BEN BRANTLEY, NY Times: Theater
Thu, 05/09/2019 - 10:05am

The last of this season’s Encores! musicals in concert, starring Michael Urie, resurrects a 1947 show that feels nostalgic for nostalgia.

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