Wednesday, March 14, 2012

`Sunday in the Park with George' sings with heartfelt intensity

Artistic commitment may not be the most likely subject for musical theater but in "Sunday in the Park With George," its painter-hero burns with such heartfelt intensity that he and the show have to sing.

And sing they do _ quite wonderfully _ at Studio 54 where the Roundabout Theatre Company has opened a stunning revival of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical.

"Sunday" is Sondheim's most personal score, an artful juggling of the cerebral and the emotional, a delicate balancing act perfectly captured here in a production that first earned cheers at a tiny London theater in 2005.

Much has been made of director Sam …

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