That may well be, re: Evening Primrose. I have no insider knowledge here, and I know Sondheim is not unknown for sticking to (what I'd call irrational or close-minded) views and opinions about his work in the past. But if I were him I would certainly want to make the piece even stronger and improve and expand. The movie is not especially cinematic, there's no reason conceptually that I can see why it would need to be kept as a movie. Also no one gets to see it or perform it that way.
Also, he wrote The Frogs to be done in a pool, as a one act, by students... and then he adapted it into a pool-less full scale two act musical, based off work I don't think is any better or better suited to stage than Evening Primrose. But if his opinions clash with mine, they're his to have and act on. I just want to know if they are his opinions. |
