Here We Are
Up until his death, Stephen Sondheim was working on one final show. The man whose achievement in musical theatre died in 2021. For me, Sunday In The Park With George and Into The Woods are beyond compare—and Assassins is acerbic and wonderful but emphatically not for everyone. Sweeney Todd is another masterpiece. It always seemed that Sondheim had a difficult time assembling money for productions, and took a lot of time to develop the works in intense collaboration with his librettists. When he died, few knew that he had a final work in progress. Based on The Discreet Charm of The Bourgeoisie and The Exterminating Angel , two films by Spanish director Louis Bruñuel, which I’ve not seen. In Act One a group of rich friends assemble for Brunch, but the plans have not been set up. They go to a series of restaurants where their desire for food is unmet until they reach the Moranda embassy. One of the friends is the ambassador to this fake hispanic state. Another is a revolutionary who is c...