Tag: Stephen Sondheim

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42nd Street Moon’s ‘Saturday Night’ a thrill for director Weible

Stephen Sondheim fans are sort of like Disney fans. Disney fans spend an inordinate amount of time scanning blogs, engaging on message boards, and most importantly, wait for the next … Continue reading 42nd Street Moon’s ‘Saturday Night’ a thrill for director Weible

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Review: A bloody fantastic ‘Sweeney Todd’ at San Jose Stage

The degree of difficulty on Stephen Sondheim’s exquisite masterpiece “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” is sublimely high. The tight harmonies and aggressive, rhyming syncopation that pulses through … Continue reading Review: A bloody fantastic ‘Sweeney Todd’ at San Jose Stage

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Review: Fiasco’s ‘Into the Woods’ at SHN uses the simple for the grand

Cinderella has dreams of going to the King’s festivities, yet her two stepsisters and her horrendous stepmother go without her. Instead of going to the grand, majestic ball, Cinderella enters … Continue reading Review: Fiasco’s ‘Into the Woods’ at SHN uses the simple for the grand

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Kramer stays busy as Fiasco’s ‘Into the Woods’ comes to San Francisco

So there’s this incredible budding rapper making her way to San Francisco, and she’s ready to be a part of a major national touring show that’s now in the Bay … Continue reading Kramer stays busy as Fiasco’s ‘Into the Woods’ comes to San Francisco