How do you remember Oscar Levant?
For a show set during the hardscrabble 1930s, very few of the performances give off an air of downtroddedness.
While Farinelli and the King isn’t the only Broadway play to have explored castration (Sweet Bird of Youth, anyone?) it’s likely the first to concern a legendary 18th century opera star.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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