I didn't know you were a theater person too! [These friending meme's get a bit overwhelming.]
1. I love, love Assassins. One of my favorite Sondheims. I saw a production many years ago with Neil Patrick Harris as the Balladeer/LHO (back when everyone still thought of him as Doogie Howser). It was a little uneven and dragged at the end but the The Gun Song / The Ballad of Czolgosz and The Ballad of Guiteau were wonderfully staged.
2. I missed this round of Angels in America. I saw the Ivo von Hove mashup (five hours! all three plays! in dutch!) a few years ago and so that was Angels for me for the next decade. Prior...(draws hearts around him. I think my Prior is still Justin Kirk's.) Now I want to go back and do a rewatch of it.
For me part of the genius of the play is that everyone has got layers and a perspective that I can understand. Even Roy Cohn.
I do wish someone would revive Caroline, Or Change. I missed it, but heard it - and Tonya Pinkins especially - were spectacular. [Note: I just checked and it's on the West End. Perhaps it will come stateside but I haven't heard anything about that...]
3. Yes, yes, yes to your criticisms of Hamilton. Those dancing (gyrating!) ladies and their costumes...When I saw it I felt like a lot of the time there were too many people on stage; it got crowded.
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1. I love, love Assassins. One of my favorite Sondheims. I saw a production many years ago with Neil Patrick Harris as the Balladeer/LHO (back when everyone still thought of him as Doogie Howser). It was a little uneven and dragged at the end but the
The Gun Song / The Ballad of Czolgosz and The Ballad of Guiteau were wonderfully staged.
2. I missed this round of Angels in America. I saw the Ivo von Hove mashup (five hours! all three plays! in dutch!) a few years ago and so that was Angels for me for the next decade. Prior...(draws hearts around him. I think my Prior is still Justin Kirk's.) Now I want to go back and do a rewatch of it.
For me part of the genius of the play is that everyone has got layers and a perspective that I can understand. Even Roy Cohn.
I do wish someone would revive Caroline, Or Change. I missed it, but heard it - and Tonya Pinkins especially - were spectacular. [Note: I just checked and it's on the West End. Perhaps it will come stateside but I haven't heard anything about that...]
3. Yes, yes, yes to your criticisms of Hamilton. Those dancing (gyrating!) ladies and their costumes...When I saw it I felt like a lot of the time there were too many people on stage; it got crowded.
ETA: David Byrne! So jealous...