NEW YORK—Musicals may or may not have much to do with real life, and “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever” is certainly one of the latter. Yet it exudes a charm that enables reincarnations of the show to appear from time to time. There was the 1970 Barbra Streisand movie, a Harry Connick Jr. version in 2011, and the 2000 Encores concert starring Kristin Chenoweth.
Another version now fills the small but accommodating stage of the Irish Repertory Theatre. Adapted and helmed by artistic director Charlotte Moore, the musical tells the unlikely story of a young woman, Daisy Gamble (Melissa Errico), who visits hypnotherapist Dr. Mark Bruckner (Stephen Bogardus) in the hopes that he can get her to give up smoking so that she can get a specific job where smoking is prohibited.
