Finian’s Rainbow is one of the current fabulous musicals playing in New York. It is at the St. James Theatre on West 44th Street and while it opened in October of last year, it is scheduled to close later this month. It has been extremely popular with audiences and the final weekends of its run may prove to be difficult to get tickets to, which is just one of the reasons it is recommended tickets are purchased as far in advance as is possible. Many of the guests staying in one of the four star New York hotels are lucky enough to have tickets for this show as well as reservations for a great dinner before they attend.
The musical is set in a mythical southern state that happens to have much in common with real life societal elements. The mythological state is called Missitucky, and as one might suspect it involves and Irish character who is quite a fantastical dreamer. The production is full of charming and entertaining elements and features a leprechaun, which is always a welcome sight in any Irish themed event. This one however, often proves to be quite pesky. And as is true for many light hearted musicals, there is a romantic affair that becomes complicated by the many different circumstances presented in the story, which shall be no further described here.
The St. James Theatre is one of the many long standing icons of the New York theatre scene. It was designed by Abraham L. Erlanger and opened in 1927 at the site of what was formerly Sardi’s restaurant. It’s original name was The Erlanger. It was renamed the St. James Theatre after Erlanger’s death and its takeover by the Astor family. The theatre has produced many great hits and is known for its productions of Oklahoma!, Hello Dolly! 42nd Street and the Producers, among many others. It produces some of the best musicals and dramatic as well as comedy plays in the city.
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