tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post7864196059456707086..comments2024-03-21T22:19:26.920-05:00Comments on A Follow Spot: "Merrily" Keeps Rolling in PS Classics Cast RecordingJulieKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-39568771512117749592012-08-13T22:12:21.659-05:002012-08-13T22:12:21.659-05:00The Entr'acte really is great. I was thinking ...The Entr'acte really is great. I was thinking of it in the same way as the Overture when I wrote that, but the Overture made my point better, that I am so smitten at the very beginning, before any of the story or singing has even started.JulieKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-57802604066538469802012-08-13T21:26:30.314-05:002012-08-13T21:26:30.314-05:00The show is done a lot by schools, I believe -- hi...The show is done a lot by schools, I believe -- high schools and colleges. There seem to be productions scheduled all over, any time I check in "The Sondheim Review." In my time at UDel, I've seen it done here twice -- the first of them being quite early on, before the authors revised it substantially in the mid 1980s (and they've tweaked it on several occasions since then, too). Despite its tempting quality for young theatrically inclined kids, it seems to work best when done (as here) by performers around 30, who can stretch a bit in both directions.<br /><br />As someone specially interested in theater orchestration, the new Tunick orchestrations here are a particular treat. All the revised versions have been for a reduced orchestration, and I expected that they would never get reconciled with the larger orchestra of the first version. But now it's happened, and beautifully. And the brand-new Entr'acte thats starts CD 2 is a special kick; I've played it several times by itself.JAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942256334004773509noreply@blogger.com