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...show also gives audiences a chance to say Wilkommen to the latest in a seemingly endless line of young directing phenoms from Britain. Mendes, 32, artistic director of London's adventurous Donmar Warehouse theater, has staged everything from Shakespeare (Ralph Fiennes in Troilus and Cressida) to Stephen Sondheim (revivals of Company and Assassins). For his U.S. debut Mendes has updated an old show with vibrant theatricality in the way Stephen Daldry turned An Inspector Calls into an expressionist nightmare and Nicholas Hytner gave Carousel a lyrical new coat of paint...
...actors' outfits were simple white shirts with black pants, as if to reflect the simplicity of Sondheim's philosophy about his work, or perhaps to follow the precedence set by his watershed A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, a one-set, one-costume show...
...Follies. His entertaining expressions and adept use of a cane were complemented by Purohit's and Chandler's efforts as his two love interests. Rosenberg and S. David Foley '98 were quite successful in their duets, especially in the comic "Agony" from Into the Woods. Their sweet harmonies belied Sondheim's hilarious wording...
...most light-hearted moment of the evening was Foley's interpretation of his favorite Sondheim song, "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story, a jingle definitely written for someone of the fairer sex to sing. The last song, "Side by Side by Side," was a smile-tugging tribute to the hard-working, oftignored musician in a production, in this case represented by Alex E. Freedman...
Still testing out the waters with their newborn acting troupe, the Fantastick Theatre Company provided good entertainment considering their paltry resources. They have great potential for improvement and success in their November production of another Sondheim musical, Merrily We Roll Along...