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re: Herman's LA CAGE Score Tony

Posted by:	enoch10 06:09 pm EDT 04/02/14
In reply to:	re: Herman's LA CAGE Score Tony - AlanScott 05:45 pm EDT 04/02/14

true. but it struck me with the last revival how with time the second act of SUNDAY doesn't feel as jarring as it once did. and it once did. LA CAGE always felt more cohesive to me. in my old age i've begun a real re-evaluation of herman's work. what was so delightful as a kid and then turned so cheesy in adulthood i'm beginning to have a new and third kind of appreciation for. i think history, especially the history written in the future, is going to be kinder to jerry herman than contemporary discussions allow. is SUNDAY the superior work? for me, obviously yes but i'm beginning to think it's less than useful to compare jerry herman and stephen sondheim at all. herman got the tony and sondheim got the pulitzer. i'll call it a win/win, which sums up pretty well where the discussions i have in my head about these guys are.

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Thread:	re: Herman's LA CAGE Score Tony - Chazwaza 05:24 am EDT 04/03/14 (1) of course I meant 1984 (nm) - Chazwaza 04:37 pm EDT 04/03/14 re: Herman's LA CAGE Score Tony - AlanScott 06:30 pm EDT 04/02/14 (2) re: Herman's LA CAGE Score Tony - enoch10 07:04 pm EDT 04/02/14 (1) re: Herman's LA CAGE Score Tony - AlanScott 07:28 pm EDT 04/02/14

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