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A Little Night Music.
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Critical Essay by Douglas Watt
Exquisiteness is so much the concern of "A Little Night Music," a beautifully designed and staged operetta of intimate proportions … that there is l...
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Critical Essay by Martin Gottfried
"A Little Night Music" is exquisite to look at; it has a wonderful score; its lyrics are a model of the craft; I saw it twice, liked it better the seco...
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Critical Essay by T. E. Kalem
[A Little Night Music] is a jeweled music box of a show: lovely to look at, delightful to listen to, and perhaps too exquisite, fragile and muted ever to be quite humanly...
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Critical Essay by Charles Michener
Broadway is notoriously unappreciative of chance takers, but in recent years, at least, it has come to honor Sondheim's work with a regularity bordering on in...
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In the following review, Davis praises the New York City Opera's performance of A Little Night Music, yet criticizes Sondheim's music and lyrics as clumsy and unpolished.
Perhaps one day...
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In the following review, Simon gives a positive assessment of the New York City Opera's production of A Little Night Music, focusing on the staging, costumes, and orchestration. However, he fin...
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Critical Essay by Douglas Watt
