A Little Night Music

oh yeah, i really started this bc i wanted to share this vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWC5qfVnsVs

saw the last B'way staging (w/ Peters & Stritch), wd have to relisten

maybe Liaisons vs Clowns

am i wrong in feeling like this is probably sondheim's most perfect musical work? i feel like half my idiomatic language comes from listening to this.

"later, henrick."

this was the first time i realized someone could be named desiree. (i now know a woman very well w/ that name and bc of that she always reminds me of little night music).

for good reason clowns gets the most love but holy shit if the miller's son is not the most transcendent thing

lol liaisons "i even named her... desiree."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouB_SMP0ziA

have you seen Smiles of a Summer Night?

no, but i've been meaning to watch more bergman. should i check it out?

well, yes, it's great. (tho the adaptation is loose)

i believe the 3 live renditions of "Send in the Clowns" i've heard were by

Van Morrison
Stephin Merritt
Bernadette Peters

i haven't heard van morrison's send in the clowns. i'll check that out as well. i generally prefer it as mournful to whimsical.

it's kinda lol considering how much we've bickered on ilx over the years that we're pretty much the only two posters who consistently talk about sondheim (+ other musicals) on ilx. i wonder if in general we share an aesthetic visual affinity, even if not temperamental or political ones.

catherine zeta-jones was in most recent revival?? can she sing?

...i hope PBS broadcasts it

judging by Chicago, yes, CZJ can sing. I am not sure Van the Man recorded "Clowns," I heard it live around '84.

(Mordy, i don't think you're an awful person or anything. We both have probably lost our cool at each other unnecessarily.)

it wasn't luanne ponce. it was the original red riding hood - danielle ferland! i found the clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e-wsE2217U

(she sings around 4:00 in that clip)

In 2014 Ferland played the role of Estelle in HBO's drama The Normal Heart.

^ had no idea

In 2012 Ferland is starring in the Baltimore Center Stage production of Into The Woods as the Baker's Wife.

^ love this bit

The 2009 Broadway revival with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury recorded a cast album on January 4, 2010 which was released on April 6.

In my opinion, Now/Later/Soon is one of Sondheim's very best moments.

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