For Woody Allen in
Everyone Says I Love You, the heart is the key to reinvigorating the musical. Allen says he doesn't care whether the actors in his film can sing or dance: Feeling is what counts. In theory, it's an ideal antidote to the cold calculation of musicals such as
Evita that shout down an audience instead of seducing it. In reality, an actor with a thin voice or two left feet, like Allen himself, can be off-putting. Luckily,
Everyone is a burst of exhilaration that rarely touches…
