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New musical-comedy's pre-Broadway tryout proves delightfully not in need of fixing

Pioneer Theatre Company debuts Shucked, a brand-new musical comedy following a town facing deception, revival and yes, lots of corn.

As Earl Clark on the Fox series, the actor styles Susan Sarandon and stands in for the LGBTQ people who are “the engine of the pickup truck” in country music.

Now here's an unexpected series reboot I never saw coming. In fact, I can't imagine anyone did. "Fletch" (1985) and "Fletch Lives" (1989) were moderately popular Chevy Chase vehicles. Neither are what I would call comedy classics, but they did have some memorably funny moments in large part thanks to Chase's madcap comic energy. The Fletch-verse expands with "Confess, Fletch," a well-meaning misfire that never captures the zaniness of the '80's film (and that's hardly a high bar).

(© Tricia Baron) Sara Goode is an American divorcee living in London, the first female to head a Hong Kong bank. "Dr. Gorgeous" Teitelbaum is a wife and mother who dispenses advice on radio to any who ask in Newton, MA. Pfeni Rosensweig is a globe-hopping journalist who settles for a bisexual Brit. Put them all together, they're The Sisters Rosensweig, products of the same Jewish home and family values who've come to widely different places in life. And putting them all together is just what Wendy Wasserstein does in this, one of her best plays. The younger Rosensweigs rally 'round the supe...