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...colleagues, I'm a fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber; I never understood what was so hateful about "The Seussical"; and I seem to be the only thinking person who had a good time at "Saturday Night Fever." It's those glum chamber musicals with their arid faux-Sondheim scores and glowing reviews that typically leave me cold. So when Susan Stroman - who has won raves for fare both highbrow ("Contact") and lowbrow ("The Producers") - turned to Emile Zola's dark novel "Therese Raquin" as the material for her next musical, I was expecting another succes d'estime that puts...
...doesn't become a complete downer is a tribute largely to the flavorful music of Harry Connick Jr., the jazzman making his first foray into Broadway. Connick does best, not surprisingly, with the Dixieland-style numbers meant to evoke the period. But he also shows impressive range, with Sondheim-esque character songs, a sweet children's ditty ("Tug Boat"), and the jabbing bass notes that italicize the moments of violence and sexual heat...
...colleagues, I'm a fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber; I never understood what was so hateful about "The Seussical"; and I seem to be the only thinking person who had a good time at "Saturday Night Fever." It's those glum chamber musicals with their arid faux-Sondheim scores and glowing reviews that typically leave me cold. So when Susan Stroman - who has won raves for fare both highbrow ("Contact") and lowbrow ("The Producers") - turned to Emile Zola's dark novel "Therese Raquin" as the material for her next musical, I was expecting another succes d'estime that puts...
...cast of a Sondheim show must acclimate themselves to tricky musical phrases as well as an emotional range that stretches from subtle to in-your-face—and the Lyric cast succeeds in bringing Sunday to life with near-uniform excellence...
...well be that now is not the time for such a show. And it is tough to disagree with the statement released by Sondheim and bookwriter John Weidman regarding the removal of the musical from the fall Broadway schedule: “Assassins is a show which asks audiences to think critically about various aspects of the American experience. In light of [Sept. 11th’s] murderous assault on our nation and on the most fundamental things in which we all believe, we, the Roundabout, and director Joe Mantello believe this is not an appropriate time to present...