CHESTER — Writers Richard Maltby Jr and David Shire may not be household names like Andrew Loyld Webber or Stephen Sondheim, but chances are you’ve heard their work. Individually, Shire has written scores for movies including Saturday Night Fever and All The President’s Men, while Maltby is responsible for Broadway hits like ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’ and ‘Miss Saigon’.

Together their songs have made up two of the most popular and classic musical theater revues of our time, Starting Here, Starting Now and Closer Than Ever. The musical duo has a brand new revue up their sleeve, About Time, which recently made its debut at Goodspeed Opera House’s Norma Terris Theatre.

Shire and Maltby have said About Time completes the trilogy they didn’t even know they were making. Starting Here… consists of songs about relationships and beginnings, while Closer explores the “second time around.” This new revue is about, well, time. Time passes and while the things around us change, we stay the same.

The new revue is a fun reminder that sometimes we have to take ourselves a little less seriously. With a stacked cast of Broadway veterans, the Chester show provided for a truly entertaining evening.

While there is no plot per se, the first act has a through-line of a song writer (Eddie Korbich) expressing his feelings about getting older by attempting to write a show tune. That conceit falls off a little in the second act, but the catchy songs and talent of the cast does not.

Many of the songs found in this revue have been pulled from previous works by Maltby and Shire, but all seem more timely than ever.

Korbich was the perfect person to lead audiences on this journey. His enthusiasm and comedy chops delighted the audience. Those skills really shone during his number “Kensington Kenny,” a delicate balance of comedy and pathos.

Speaking of comedy chops, Issy van Randwyck, of the British comedy cabaret act Fascinating Aida, has many moments throughout the show that brought the house to tears with laughter.

“All I Want to Do is Go Dancing” is her sweet, yet hilarious number in which she reminisces about the dancing days gone by.

Lynne Wintersteller also gets her share of funny moments. Not only that, she also gets to live her dashed Wicked dreams in the hysterical number “Done,” about an older actor’s struggle to find work and what theater means to those who partake.

Darius de Haas was tasked with some of the more serious songs in the show and delivered them beautifully. De Haas had the most timely song in the show, “What do I Tell the Children?,” about the struggle many go through to try to raise decent and respectful children in a world that seems to reward the opposite.

While Shinnerrie Jackson has many songs in the revue, it was “Just a House” that broke the audience's hearts. Her lovely voice lends itself perfectly to this song about memories.

Daniel Jenkins not only had the opportunity to perform the iconic Maltby and Shire songs, he also had many of the small vignette scenes that connected some of the songs. His rendition of “Smart People” was an audience favorite that brought down the house.

About Time was a delightful and much needed distraction in these times and highly recommended. You’ll be humming Maltby and Shire tunes all the way home.

The show concluded its run at the Norma Terris Theatre on June 15 but hopefully it will have life beyond Goodspeed. If it does, don’t miss out.