My grandma was an actress and I remember going to pick her up from rehearsals from a community production of Follies. I was very young, no idea about Sondheim, but I remember these bleacher like things on stage representing the type of staircase you see in a follies show. And the word "loveland" stuck with me.
My grandparents took me to many local shows, including Gypsy and West Side Story. But my first professional Sondheim was the original tour of Into the Woods. I was around 14 and it was the perfect way for me to be introduced as a young person. First Broadway was the original cast of Passion...honestly the first one I was old enough to get to New York to see. I was a broke college student and charged the trip on my credit card. Soooo glad I did since it ended up being his last new Broadway musical! |
