Stephen Sondheim was not a cynic; he was a romantic. That in a nutshell is the thesis Ben Francis puts forth in Careful the Spell You Cast: How Stephen Sondheim Extended the Range of the American Musical (Methuen Drama, 184 pages), a compact critical analysis of Sondheim's musicals, organized in nine chapters, each one titled...
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:41PM on March 17, 2023