I arrived last night and today is Wednesday so it means ——-2 shows!
1) An early Sondheim revival: “ Merrily We Roll Along”. I have never seen it before as the original wasn’t considered a big hit but the revival has made enough changes (I am told) to improve it. The cast included 2 Hamilton alums: Lindsay Mendez (who did Eliza in Hamilton) and Jonathan Groff (who did King George). Also staring Daniel Radcliffe, who needs no introduction. I enjoyed seeing them all; they were as good as the script would allow. To me what was special was hearing songs I have loved for years being staged for the first time e.g.: Opening Doors; Our Time; Old Friends; Not A Day Goes By. Wonderful music & lyrics—-thank you Mr Sondheim. The revival book (by George Furth based on an original play by Kaufman & Hart) I am sure was improved but my overall impression was: very good but not great. The BEST part was Sondheim.
We walked around Times Square a bit after the show. It’s pretty chilly out—upper 40s, low 50s. But thankfully no precipitation.
Dinner was at a restaurant where I ate last time I was here: Blue Fin. I had a lobster/crab roll & wedge salad YUMMY! And it’s close to the hotel & theatre.
2) Tonight’s second feature: “Some Like It Hot.” I particularly wanted to see this one because I love Christian Borle (I last saw him in “Something Rotten” in NY) and because I was in the earlier musical version of this show: “Sugar” in the 70s. To me it seemed a lot was very close to “Sugar” in the script but all the music was new. I don’t know what freedom the authors had to borrow from the original story and from Sugar. The acting & singing were terrific. The dancing was especially outstanding in this show—-such production numbers!
So—— A perfect day on Broadway!
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