A standout back then, but revolutionary now, how did Rodgers and Hammerstein’s graceful touch fare for C.Y. Lee’s breakthrough story?

Before becoming a musical on stage and in film, it began as a novel which lifted the lamp beside the golden door in more ways than one. How?

As we pray for the end of the Covid-19 and better things to come this year, be on the lookout for these hits as critiqued by good ol' me.