Good morning, all! Another bad night of sleep but I'm up early to be on the bus by 8:15 for my barber appointment. After that, I'm beack here fro a bit before having coffee with one of my favorite musical directors David Chase. Then it's back to more edits.
My, everyone sure rushed to the defense of INTO THE WOODS last night! I think in the Sondheim canon it's neither a good show nor one of his best scores. With the Sondheim cult elevating his used tollet tissue to the status of valuable musical manuscript I know that what I write is sacrilegious but INTO THE WOODS has a wonderfully funny first act that falls apart in Act Two. The logic and dramaturgy of Act Two is poor and the theme of getting what you wish for and finding maybe it ain't what you wanted is better and more simply told in THE FANTASTICKS. I think there's about half of a good score in the show, but no more than that.
Don't even get me started on PASSION!