A Little Night Music

I’m so grateful for the opportunity to see Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch play A Little Night Music before it closes.  To watch mature women take the stage with such skill is a gift.  I was eager to get home to compare today’s program to the one from the Catherine Zeta-Jones Angela Langsbury version I saw last year.  Elaine Stritch brought her own conductor with her.  I have Stephen Sondheim’s new book and I want to read all about the creation of this show which is so tightly constructed that the actresses had the freedom to own their parts.  So much skill.  So much talent.  I’m so glad I saw it.