“‘S WONDERFUL! ‘S MARVELOUS!”

A post-World War II neighborhood along the Seine becomes a crossroad for lovers yearning for a new beginning through art, music and dance in Drury Lane’s sparkling and exuberant regional premiere of “An American in Paris.” Directed and choreographed by Lynne Kurdziel-Formato, the show is wrapped in the exquisite songbook of George and Ira Gershwin, and features the explosive performances of Leigh-Ann Esty as the young dancer Lise Dassin and Josh Drake as the artist/veteran Jerry Mulligan, who falls hopelessly in love with her at first sight.