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Published May 3, 2021 Christian Douglas as Arthur and Sam Bolen as Trevor in Midnight at the Never Get. Photo by Christopher Mueller, courtesy of Signature Theatre The premise is deceptively simple. It is a cabaret show about the fabulous and dramatic lives of a songwriter and a performer at the close of the golden age of Broadway. The performer awaits his lost love in a shadowy, gilded nightclub. The fact that the love is also a man keeps the “theater about the theater” trope from going stale. The audience should sit back and expect entertainment, interaction, strife...

Photo by Christopher Mueller. Signature Theatre’s third production of this season opened virtually this week on Marquee TV. “Midnight at the Never Get” was originally developed in 2015. With book, lyrics and music by Mark Sonnenblick, it was conceived by Sam Bolen, Max Friedman, and Mark Sonnenblick, and Matthew Gardiner directs. Sometimes you see a show that is exactly what you expected. Sometimes it is a disappointment and other times you feel like you saw something really special. “Midnight at the Never Get” is one of those shows that far exceeds your expectations by miles. To s...