LaChiusa and Wolfe took their version to Broadway; Andrew Lippa’s iteration went to Manhattan Theater Club. Both wound up being enthusiasts’ darlings without the kind of success that turns them into classics. Maybe the two Parties cannibalized each other’s audiences; maybe people shied away from such a vicious demimonde. But now, having seen the Party for myself, I wonder if people were somehow frightened of the music? I loved it, but it does make for a discomfiting evening.