When one or both of Ariana DeBose and Judy Kuhn are on stage all is right in Classic Stage Company’s revival of The Baker’s Wife. But without their charisma, stage presence, and creamily lovely singing, other elements of this musical—with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and book by Joseph Stein—can seem rickety.

The production (running to Dec. 21) has lots of charm. It is smoothly choreographed (by Stephanie Klemons) and directed (by Gordon Greenberg). David Cullen supplies lovely orchestrations. Jason Sherwood has designed the space to look like the town square of the French village of Concorde, with café tables, balconies, shuttered shops, and hanging plants. Catherine Zuber’s pretty costumes and Bradley King’s softly gorgeous lighting take us to a pre-war mid-1930s. When you walk

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