I agree with this. Even when I sat in the back of that curved up orchestra during Movin' Out, I missed just about everything with the band. It's a very odd configuration.
Yeah, could you really imagine this show's book paired with the Sondheim style we know from his later works? His score fits well and I don't think any number in it is a dud. To each their own!
You can usually rent them from regional theatres that have done the show and built them (rigged for the blood squirting, etc.) If I'm not mistaken, the last time I did this show, we rented them from American Musical Theatre of San Jose.