A Sondheim Celebration Revisited
This month in Charlottesville, two Stephen Sondheim musicals are being
revived:
At the Ash Lawn-Highland Opera Festival, West Side Story opened on July
8 and continues in repertory through August 13. And the Heritage
Repertory Theatre will open Sunday in the Park with George on July 21,
with nine performances through July 29.
Back in 2002, as the Kennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration approached, I
interviewed several experts on Sondheim and the musical theatre, one of
whom was the University of Virginia's Robert Chapel, who is directing
HRT's Sunday this summer. (I am looking forward to seeing this show,
because it will be the first time I have seen a Sunday not directed by
Eric Schaeffer -- and I have seen three previous productions over the
past 18 years: The Arlington Players, Arena Stage/Signature, and Kennedy
Center.) Note that, in this interview, Chapel lists Sunday in the Park
with George as his favorite Sondheim musical "because of what it says
about what it means to be an artist."
Given the fast approach of this ambitious production, I thought it might
be appropriate to revisit that article
(to read the entire article, please visit:
http://ricksincerethoughts.blogspot.com/2006/07/sondheim-celebration-revisited.html
)
-- Rick Sincere
Entertainment Editor
The Metro Herald (Alexandria, Va.)
www.RickSincere.com
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