A Little Night Music
My in-laws were in town this weekend and we celebrated by investing in really great seats to a Broadway show. After some debate about what was appropriate (we didn’t think they would be pleased with American Idiot) we decided to get seats in the third row to A Little Night Music.
A Little Night Music recently went through a cast change and the two big stars, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury were replaced by Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch. I didn’t see the show with the original cast, but after getting to sit a few feet away from Bernadette for over three hours, I was glad I missed it.
Bernadette was nothing short of remarkable. I have loved her ever since I saw her in the movie production of Annie. After the show we all discussed the actors’ many strong points. My father-in-law said that there are some people in the world that are the best at what they do. We agreed that Bernadette Peters is one of the world’s finest stage actors. We were lucky to be close enough to see all of her facial expressions in great detail and it was truly fantastic. We all thought by seeing Bernadette we got the better end of the casting deal.
The other women in the cast were no slouches either. Elaine took her time delivering lines and occasionally stumbled, but the audience was gracious and kind and Elaine made us all laugh. Leigh Ann Larkin played Petra and blew the crowd away with her stage presence. This is a show that has many great roles for women and the actors did not disappoint.
All in all, I highly recommend seeing this show with its new cast. It was funny and fabulous and I think even better than the original.
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