Whenever I seea musical-comedy audience consisting mainly of senior citizens and small chidren, as was the case in Philadelphia last Sunday, I can't help but remember the galvanizing originality of productions like the "Our Town"-flavored "Carousel" that Charles Newell staged at Chicago's Court Theatre in 2007, or Bill Rauch's high-concept "Music Man" at the 2009 Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Some unusual events will see Billy Kirkwood perform in a city tattoo parlour, late night comedy at St Enoch subway station and Julia Sutherland take her routine to Ibrox Library.