A Little Night Music - Judi Dench revival cast recording- Page 2

[leeinlondon]

Posted: 9/23/05 at 11:01am

By the way I am sure any fellow threatregoers who also got to see the production at the Naitonal will have very fond memorys. It was amazingly staged and wonderfully acted. Although I believe Sondheim thought it should be ideally be produced as a small intimate piece a full blown large production certainly suited the material.

[magruder]

Posted: 9/23/05 at 11:35am

Back to "Marry Me A Little" (sorry to threadjack), I've thought about your post, Plum, but the song still feels out of place to me. A few minutes earlier, Bobby is all muddled in "Someone is Waiting," yearning for an amalgam of the best qualities of all of the wives, and he's just watched Amy's meltdown, and has fumbled an attempt to make a pass at her. What brings him to such realization in "Marry Me a Little," to the point that he knows the terms under which he wants a relationship/marriage? The song just makes a character leap that doesn't seem substantiated by the book.