Gripping musical melodrama

In today’s Wall Street Journal I review the Irish Rep’s revival of The Streets of New York. Here’s an excerpt.*  *  *
Theater lovers throughout America owe a huge debt to the Irish Repertory Theatre for having kept us sane and entertained by streaming exemplary, standard-setting video productions throughout the Covid-19 lockdown. Now the Irish Rep, for me New York’s finest off-Broadway theater, is reopening its doors with a revival of Charlotte Moore&r