Overview
- The production opened on November 11 and runs through December 21 at Classic Stage Company in New York’s Union Square.
- Scott Bakula plays the baker Aimable opposite Ariana DeBose as Genevieve, with Kevin William Paul as the chauffeur Dominique.
- Director Gordon Greenberg returns to the title after prior stagings at Paper Mill Playhouse in 2005 and London’s Menier Chocolate Factory in 2024.
- Reviews praise an immersive village staging and a nine-piece orchestra featuring a harp that shape the musical’s chamber identity.
- Standout songs such as Meadowlark and Chanson draw notice, even as critics acknowledge the score’s inconsistency and the work’s troubled past.