| re: Sondheim at his most concise? |
| Posted by: AlanScott 01:24 pm EST 12/08/22 |
| In reply to: Sondheim at his most concise? - peter3053 01:09 pm EST 12/08/22 |
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An opera critic wrote during the original run that Sweeney needed a great aria at the end. How wrong that is. The little reprise of "The Barber and His Wife" gives a good actor so much more than a great aria would.
When previews started in 1979, Sweeney instead had a reprise of "Not While I'm Around," a bad idea that someone — it might not have been Sondheim — figured out how to fix.
Anyway, that little reprise ends up saying all that needs to be said. "And he was naive" gives an actor so much at that point. |
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