It was always wishful thinking to believe that Stephen Sondheim’s final musical, which was tinkered with for almost a decade before the composer died in 2021, would hold a candle to his finest works. But even going in with modest expectations and the awareness that Sondheim hadn’t created a strong show in nearly 30 years the last one being “Passion” in 1994 “Here We Are” still disappoints.
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What Jamie Lloyd has wisely left intact in his jolting new London production of "Sunset Boulevard," starring Nicole Scherzinger as that restless recluse Norma Desmond at the Savoy Theatre, are the sturdy bones of a timeless American tragedy.
The Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along," starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez at the Hudson Theatre, is one of the best and most alive musicals of the season.