NewYork City Center Encores! presented Mack & Mabel, book by Michael Stewart, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, revised version by Francine Pascal. Jerry Herman passed away in December, 2019. If he were alive, he would have enjoyed this wonderful production. Rob Berman conducted the always marvelous Encores! orchestra, and when they played the Entr'acte of musical themes of the musical at the beginning of Act II, they received a tumultuous well-deserved ovation. Jerry, my photo of him with his Oscar appeared for several days with his obituary on Plabill.com where I was the Playbill photographer for eleven years, was the sweetest person I ever knew, and composed the most beautiful, melodious music of the late twentieth century on Broadway. When this musical first appeared on Broadway, it was not a success. The story of Mack, (superby played by Douglas Sills) a tyrannical silent-film director, and his relationship with Mabel (a magnificent Alexandra Socha), a comedienne, whose life ends tragically, was grim. It did not last long on Broadway. The revised version, is slightly better, and I thoroughly enjoyed the Encores! production. Directed and choreographed brilliantly by Josh Rhodes, the dance routines, which included a Hundreds of Girls, a terrific Keystone Cops number, a Pie in the Face and a Tap Your Troubles Away, were performed by an excellent ensemble. The two stars were supported by a talented cast, which included Lili Cooper, Michael Berresse and Ben Frankhauser, and were equally splendid. It is no wonder that the Encores! productions are my favorite musicals.