Manhattan's longest-running repertory theater and light-opera company, as well as its most exclusive, is located just off a modest brick courtyard west of Central Park. Its stage is the home of the gifted Standwells, whose repertory troupe combines high-comedy acting with stylish singing and sheer charm. They all sing, they all play the piano, and they all perform in everything from Shakespeare and Wilde to Viennese operetta and musical comedies. This month they began their eleventh consecutive season.
Leader and founder of the troupe is Isabelle Standwell, an Englishwoman whose aristocratic manners seem...
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