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One Night Only: 'Anyone Can Whistle'

Photo by Scott Suchman SOME BROADWAY SHOWS are legendary for their success (Take "Cats," for example. How did a musical with no plot run for 18 years?) and some for their failure.

Stephen Sondheim's "Anyone Can Whistle" ran for nine performances in 1964 before closing. Depending on who you ask, it was either ahead of its time or massively incoherent. Either way, it's become a cult favorite with people who have cult favorite Broadway musicals, and the Signature Theatre is producing a one-night-only concert version starring Signature regulars Will Gartshore and Tracy Lynn Olivera.

Oh, the plot? It's about a tiny town that manufactures a miracle to bring in tourism and what happens when the members of a mental institution come to see the miracle and escape.

» Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, 3001 North Beauregard St., Alexandria; Mon., Oct. 6, 8 p.m., $40-$150; 703-573-7328.

Photo by Scott Suchman

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