| Funny, that’s how I felt about My Fair Lady. Could you be more specific about Carousel? I saw it Friday night for the second time and continue to be entranced by it and, yes, I am very familiar with the original version. I have never heard the score so beautifully sung; Jonathan Tunick’s orchestrations are stunning. I found the show emotionally satisfying and moving, whereas I found My Fair Lady cold and uninvolving. It seemed more like a play with music and became pedantic and pedestrian. And I am a My Fair Lady lover, and, yes, I saw the original, brilliant production — the show Lerner and Loewe wanted to write. The show at Lincoln Center is the show Sher wanted Lerner and Loewe to write. |
