Ben thankyou for posting that link- have you been to seen the show yet?
Hey, Deb,
I forgot which link I posted. It's been a long day. I had to go back and check. Yes, I've seen the show (twice, both on discount tickets). There is a lot to like about it and some quite wonderful things but I don't love it the way I wanted to love it. Sometimes the video gets in the way, even though the video is of Sondheim himself speaking about his work. I love Tom Wopat and think he's sexy as all get out but he's not a natural fit for Sondheim and his Sweeny bit doesn't quite work for me. I do think it's worth seeing, especially if you're a Sondhead, like me, but it's not perfect (not that I expected it to be).
La Cage is worth seeing also, mainly for Mr. Hodge's performance. I was pleasantly surprised by Mr. Grammer. I was very, very leery of seeing it when I heard this bit of stunt casting but he does a very good job. He had a few pitch problems the night I saw it but overall he pulled it off. That being said, I can't imagine him playing Albin. If the show runs 6 months and Hodge goes back to London and KG does take over, well, as Jose said, it will be a completely different show and I don't know if I mean that in a good way.