Mr. Wheeldon’s dances certainly fit that bill, and so does Loewe’s triple-crème music, sensitively rendered by the Encores! Mr. Wheeldon does the same for the rest of this “Brigadoon.” His dances, nodding to the Agnes de Mille originals, tell us something useful about 1940s musicals. Mr. Wheeldon certainly doesn’t disappoint in the ballets, many of which are led by Robert Fairchild, who retired last month from New York City Ballet after 11 years. But it’s between the dances that Mr. Wheeldon most surprisingly shines. If, in the second act, Mr. Wheeldon’s invention can’t outrun Lerner’s creeping incoherence, he can at least abridge it.

Source: New York Times November 16, 2017 19:49 UTC