By Michele Markarian

 

Little Orphan Danny. Books, music and lyrics by Dan Finnerty. Additional music by Dan Lipton.  Created by Dan Finnerty and Sean Daniels. Directed by Sean Daniels. Presented by Merrimack Repertory Theatre, 132 Warren Street, Lowell through April 15.

 

Last year I saw a one-man autobiographical show in London, written and performed by David Baddiel, called “My Family, Not the Sitcom”, about his mother’s affair with the publisher of a golf magazine.  I laughed until I cried. So it was with great enthusiasm that I got my ticket to “Little Orphan Danny”, the one-man show created and performed by Dan Finnerty, which has the added bonus of being a musical! The material, which covers 90-minutes without an intermission, is very funny, but also, in moments, extremely moving.

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