author: Bill Kamberger

Stephen Sondheim called this show “a musical thriller,” and he was dead right. The plot, which depicts an understandable attempt at revenge that spirals into indiscriminate serial killing, provides many thrills and even more chills, but the music is the most thrilling of all. It frequently gives a listener chills in the most beautiful sense, even when it is sending a shiver up the spine as well. Several famous concert presentations of the score have proven that it can thrill even with minimal staging,

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