My partner and I both agreed that had that been the first time we had heard the score we would have never listened to it again. After the reviews came out he went back to see if anything changed his mind. It didn't. And I could not imagine sitting through it a second painful time.
Yes, lifeless and dull and it pains me to say it.
I hope that something makes the NY version click it into gear.
And those reviews? Sondheim is GOD and must be adored if you are a London critic. Them's the rules here.
