Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Invitation To The Dance

David Ehrenstein has put up an interesting and lengthy tribute to Stephen Sondheim.  It's only Part 1, in fact, going up to Follies.  He uses a lot of YouTube, and, as you might expect, emphasizes the gay side.

One small mistake.  He claims "The House Of Marcus Lycus" was cut from the original production of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum but has since been restored.  It's always been in the show.  What was cut was most of the extensive lyric.  The words are actually quite clever, and have been performed at Sondheim tributes, but had to be left out to make room for the various dances of the courtesans.

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