Assassins Reunion Video + GREAT News
Assassins Reunion Video + GREAT News
macbeth
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/03
#1Assassins Reunion Video + GREAT News
Posted: 3/9/21 at 7:02am
First the great news - Sondheim's been vaccinated. (I suppose this isn't a surprise, but it was still great to hear).
Second - the video, loved the whole program:
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#2Assassins Reunion Video + GREAT News
Posted: 3/9/21 at 11:24am
Such great news about him being vaccinated. I cannot wait to see this when they bring it back later this year off Broadway.
#3Assassins Reunion Video + GREAT News
Posted: 3/12/21 at 7:59am
Lovely. Is it me or was Sondheim a little crankier than usual? haha. Clearly not a fan of certain art critic tropes 'more relevant than ever' or tenuous interpretations of the meaning and implication of his work.
Also, I found it interesting that he appears to not like the dual role setup of Balladeer & Lee Harvey Oswald. I can't help but wonder why it keeps happening if he doesn't like it - even John Weidman though not quite as strong didn't exactly suggest he was a fan of it, describing the characters as different and some of the concerns of it in terms of creating meaning where there is none (although he acknowledges it helps bridge the show together).
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#4Assassins Reunion Video + GREAT News
Posted: 3/12/21 at 12:09pm
I loved watching this, made me so happy to see the old cast members joking around with each other.
#5Assassins Reunion Video + GREAT News
Posted: 3/19/21 at 6:37amI was at the opening at Playwrights Horizons- Super Bowl Sunday and very cold. When Shirley Jones showed up, I couldn't help staring. When she reacted quizzically, I apologized, noting that I was just watching OKLAHOMA! that very afternoon on television. She got it. After the show, it was endearing to watch Steve Sondheim practically fawning over her.
Well-well-well-what-do-you-think-of-that-I-have-nothing-here-to-pay-my-train-fare-with-only-large-bills-fives-and-sevens....
