I live a barely middle class living AND theater was never really an option for us. Its either the TV or the movies, though in my defense I do not live under a rock AND had at least heard of Sondheim, in passing.
A genius apparently of an artform I barely know. Then I heard the Ladies who Lunch, a song about a group of rich ladies and their formal 'deaths'.
Soto summarize, I wiki'd his name and the musical AND discovered his death and the musical is highly revered for its stylistic and innovative narrative structure AND is famed by its witty lyrics.
And It was really great. I am shocked that nobody had tried to replicate it in film. Its just superb and shockingly filmic in concept. The way the story shifts in and out timelines and seemingly revolves inside Bobby's imagination is such a bizarre concept for me,since its a musical. The music is topnotch and the pacing is such a delight.
A great introduction to the works of Sondheim and George Furth(another writer of the play). Wonderful and just an interesting concept done in such gusto and smoothness [4.5/5]
