A Pre-Feminist Fantasyland: ‘The Marvelous Wonderettes’

“The Marvelous Wonderettes,” a candy-colored import from Milwaukee, is, in a way, the purest form of jukebox musical: a transparent excuse to hear a hit parade from the 1950s and ’60s performed live. For theatergoers content to bask in girl-group renditions of tunes like “The Shoop Shoop Song” and “Leader of the Pack” for two hours, it will go down easy as a malted milk shake. Otherwise, even the show’s charming cast may not get you through a marathon evening of sugary nostalgia. Roger Bean…