What it was like
The belief that a song can still save you does not show up when things are going well. It arrives after everything else has already fallen apart, which is the whole heart of this one.
Adapted from the John Carney film, with an original score by Pat Monahan, it follows two people who meet at the bottom and rebuild themselves one recording at a time. The Old Globe cast part of the onstage band with actual San Diego musicians who answered an open call, which means some of the sound coming off that stage belongs to this city specifically.
Watching a pre-Broadway world premiere is watching a show decide what it will become, in the room, before critics and cast albums fix it in place forever.
Bring the person who still has an unfinished song sitting on their phone. Do not say anything about it afterward.