Dobama spins a delicate coming-of-age tale in world premiere musical ‘33 1/3’ Bob Abelman Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal In Noël Coward’s 1930 comedy of manners “Private Lives,” music plays a crucial role when the brilliant dialogue cannot carry all the emotional weight of the storytelling. So much so that one of the characters casually remarks: “Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.” This sentiment drives Jay Turvey and Paul Sportelli’s new musical “33 1/3,” which re-imagines the jukebox musical such that pop music becomes the subject matter and not the accompanying score. And it does so with endearing sentimentality, a subtle sense of humor, and a remarkable delicacy that draws the audience into its nostalgic world and keeps us there in a gentle embrace. For more of this review, go to: www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/bob_abelman/