Donna Murphy, Philip Johnson Richardson and Samantha Williams in "Dear World" (photo by Joan Marcus).March 20, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler The plea for a "dear world to get well soon" only took fifty-four years and it may have been worth the wait. In its all-too brief Encores! run over the past week, this underperformed Jerry Herman star-vehicle is a reminder that even a less-than-prime ex…
