Bartlett Sher and Aaron Sorkin’s revival of the Lerner and Loewe classic is not perfect—but on an aesthetic basis, it’s a total wonder.
has rewritten the book. Sorkin’s script dispenses with the magical elements, underscoring a reality in which the wealthy glower about the country “changing too fast”—even if, without much proof of it at work, Arthur’s vision of an England defined by justice and civility instead of bloodshed comes to feel more rhetorical than actually actionable.
The results are not perfect; the first act’s 90 minutes do not fly by. Still, the word “amazing” showed up in my notebook about a dozen times. On a strictly aesthetic basis—and theateris a total wonder. Its starkly elegant set, framed by soaring arches and animated by painterly projections , actually made me gasp. Sher’s direction is engagingly kinetic, particularly in Act II, and Kimberly Grigsby conducts the 30-piece orchestra with deftness and joie.
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