A friend of mine, Sheryl Kaller, is directing the current Off-Broadway run of ADRIFT IN MACAO at Primary Stages.

From this article in Playbill:

Christopher Durang and Peter Melnick's musical Adrift in Macao makes its New York premiere Off-Broadway Feb. 13 at Primary Stages.

Sheryl Kaller (Jayson with a Y) directs and Christopher Gattelli (Altar Boyz, Bat Boy) choreographs the work that began previews Jan. 23 for a limited engagement through March 4 at 59E59 Theaters. Musical direction is by Fred Lassen (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels).

Featuring a book and lyrics by Durang set to Melnick's music, the film-noir musical parody is set in a world that spans "from the opium dens of China to the lowlife bars of New York [where] the leading lady can always get a job singing in nightclubs no matter how she sings, and the leading man is always mysterious and can't go home for murky reasons he won't explain."

And this review from Theatermania:

"...Sheryl Kaller's direction is playful, and Willa Kim's costumes are colorful and fun. Melnick's music is bouncy and, as it should be here, generically familiar. Durang's lyrics are cute and comically self-aware, sometimes to a fault. Still, the songs are what makes this particular show worth catching."

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