The grotesque old witch who becomes young and beautiful at the end of Act I has arrived in Westport. So have the prince who explains that he was ''raised to be charming, not sincere,'' the rejected cow Milky White and the baker's wife who can't have children because of a salad-related curse. The Westport Country Playhouse has opened its 2012 season...
The songs of Stephen Sondheim represent such an ideal marriage of lyrics and music that it is hard to imagine these elements divorced. Still, on its own, Mr. Sondheim's music is as rich, intricate and ingenious as music can be. I always enjoy attending great production of a Sondheim musical. But another way to immerse myself in Sondheim's work is...
BROADWAY audiences have spoken. ''The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess'' is a big hit at the Richard Rodgers Theater, where it opened in January. The run has been extended through September. But since it was first presented at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., last fall, this heavily revamped version of the opera ''Porgy and Bess'' has...