Assassins

Saw it this weekend....was expecting zero interest as friends saw it & REALLLLY loathed it...however, I thought Cerveris was outstanding as well as O'Hare

Was the role of "Zangara" the role Esparza was slated for awhile back? That part was not impressive at all....I would see him in the role of "Guiteau"

I think I liked the performers much much more than their actual material.

I saw it this weekend as well and was thoroughly impressed. I am not a Sondheim fan AT ALL but I really enjoyed the staging of this production. I can't recall one single tune from the show which is usually a sign that I'll hate it walking out, but I enjoyed the history and the incredible performance by an amazing cast....even Doogie :)

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To Broadwaylilhead "that's just not a huma-mummum-a-mum-mumamum-mumable tune"

It says a lot about her taste in theater. You can tell a lot about a person. If they don't like Sondheim than they obviously don't care for truly dramatic work. All they want is a cheep thrill and a song they can go out humming. How anyone can leave Assasins and not have the songs embedded into their brain is beyond me. Another National Anthem was stuck in my head for days after I first saw a production of Assassins.

Sorry- this is going to seem so wrong but- if you don't like Sondheim than you don't know what a musical is. You couldn't possibly understand the pinacle of musical theater. I'm guessing that you are between 14 or 16 years old Broadwaylilhead. Believe me if you truly love musical theater than one of these days you will come to the realization that nothing even compares to the genius that is Sondheim.

BEST OF BROADWAY IS RIGHT.


d.b.j

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Sondheim is not for everyone. Period. That doesn't make him any less of a genius. I personally couldn't stand Passion. But loved Sweeney Todd and Sunday In The Park. And I only loved Sunday after my second viewing and learned to appreciate it more the older I got.

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Sondheim writes in such different styles in each musical it's perfectly understandable if you don't like some of them. Try comparing something like A Little Night Music to Pacific Overtures- they're completely different. But if you can't at least appreciate the man's lyrics you probably aren't listening hard enough.

i disagree, many of sondheim's tunes are totally hummable. in fact, i found myself frequently humming songs from into the woods....during Bounce, because the songs were pretty much exactly the same. but sondheim is a musical genious, and any scrutany of his lyrics will show how amazingly he connects the show and the music from the begining to the end. Into the Woods is a marvelous example of how he can take completely isolated stories and tunes and lyrics and play them off of each other to potray a completely different, yet still relevent message. god he's good.

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Plum, you said it all