| re: Thinking of our beloved (so very much so) Stephen Sondheim this day... |
| Last Edit: lordofspeech 05:24 pm EST 11/27/22 |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 05:22 pm EST 11/27/22 |
| In reply to: re: Thinking of our beloved (so very much so) Stephen Sondheim this day... - Snowgrace 01:08 pm EST 11/27/22 |
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I saw the original COMPANY. IT WAS JUST SO BOLD, so brassy, and Robert’s aloneness was so touching. Of course La Stritch’s scene near the end and the deeply vulnerable Susan Browning were superb. And the songs were electrifying. And the orchestrations…the piano-bar-accordion-modern world of the piece was different from any musical I’d ever heard.
And then there was A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, which was a little too sophisticated for me (I just didn’t know enough about wives withholding sex from husbands to understand the central storyline/triangle). But Patricia Elliot’s work was quintessential Sondheim, combining tragedy with poised archness. Heartbreaking. She was a lesson in acting. And, of course, A Weekend in the Country did everything.
And then FOLLIES, which shocked the heck out of me; the mixed notices had not prepared me for the genius of the Loveland sequence and of the two remarkable leading ladies. Loved it. |
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