(Jesse Green's article appeared in The New York Times, 12/27; via Pam Green.) A comedy number from the flop "Mack & Mabel" found the unexpected sweet spot between Irving Berlin and Stephen Sondheim. It was always a canard that Jerry Herman, the big-thump tunesmith, and Stephen Sondheim, the big-think musical dramatist, represented opposing and hostile […]
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:34AM on December 29, 2019