Roza,” which opened last week at the Royale Theatre, is a perfectly harmless and pleasantly diverting musical based on Romain Gary’s 1975 novel “La Vie Devant Soi.” It has songs by Gilbert Bécaud and Julian More and is directed by Harold Prince. It passes the time admirably, and if it leaves you without a single memorable image or impression it is certainly no worse than some of the other musicals that become hits on Broadway—“Annie,” say, or “Cats,” or “La Cage aux Folles.” What “Roza” has going against it is a book (by Mr. More) that consists mostly of song Continue reading

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