NEW YORK—Unexpected encounters between long-lost lovers are the focal point for the musical “Reunions,” now at New York City Center Stage II. It consists of two one-act plays with a book and lyrics by Jeffrey Scharf and music by Jimmy Calire. Each is set in 1910, and each offers insights into the past and the chance to put unfinished business to rest.
First up is “The Twelve-Pound-Look,” based on a 1914 play by James M. Barrie (of “Peter Pan” fame) and set in a fashionable London home. Harry Sims (Bryan Fenkart), once a man of low birth, has done very well for himself over the years. He is worth 300,000 pounds, with an eye towards it someday being half a million, and he’s soon to be knighted.
