Earnest and gullible young lyricist Fred Stevens boards a train in Schenectady bound for the Big Apple, determined to make a name for himself in the thriving Tin Pan Alley scene. However, the life he’s imagined is rife with seductive distractions — namely dames — that threaten to derail his dream of penning the next big ditty. Both bitterly funny and deliciously literate, legendary humoristsRing Lardner andGeorge S. Kaufman celebrate and skewer the perishable pop of yesteryear. DirectorJessica Stone, whose WTF productions ofA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum andLast of the Red Hot Lovers left audiences convulsed with laughter, brings her special brand of glee back to the Festival stage.