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HARVARD SQUARE. Assassination of Trotsky 2:15, 5:55, 9:35. The Touch (Bergman...
Ironically, Night Music is Prince's cheeriest musical in years. Based on the 1957 Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it is meant to be all champagne and Mozart, laughter and elegance. "We decided that the songs should bubble and that they should be dry, unsentimental and unsoulful," says Stephen Sondheim, the composer-lyricist who has collaborated with Prince on four shows...
Abubble. For 24 hours there was gloom enough to sink a Bergman tragedy, let alone a comedy. Prince talked with Actress Tammy Grimes about taking over the Johns part- a switch that would have meant a one-week delay of the opening, at a cost of $50,000. "This business is all about taking chances," Prince croaked hoarsely, "but you have to be careful of the odds." But by midweek, Johns was once again abubble. Was Prince headed for a hit, all the more gratifying because of the obstacles? Or were the New York previews portents of disaster? That remained...
Three Strange Loves. (1950) More Bergman, this time an early experiment with flashback techniques...
HOLMES HALL, Room for One Woman, by S.J. Bergman, March 1-3, 7:30, free. LOEB MAINSTAGE. Mime and Pantomime by David A. Fechtor '76, March 5, 6, 8 p.m., free. no tickets needed...