Tin Pan Ali

It's the familiar story of Ali Baba, the Arabian peasant whose discovery of a magic cave that contained a trove of stolen riches leads to wealth and relentless pursuit by a band of forty thieves – except now, the setting is Prohibition-era Chicago, our hero is a street sweeper and the thieves are a bunch of inept gangsters. It's a tuneful, charming, inspired adaptation of an old chestnut.