When you think of Disney fairytales, you probably think of happily ever afters, catchy musical numbers, charming princes and beautiful princesses. Into the Woods, the new film from Walt Disney Pictures, has all of that, and more. It’s beautifully filmed, wonderfully acted, and nearly perfect adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Into the Woods isContinue reading “You Should Go “Into the Woods””
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Being Alive
From one of my favorite composers, a beautiful, truthful lyric on marriage that never fails to move me every time I hear it. Someone to hold you too close. Someone to hurt you too deep. Someone to sit in you chair, To ruin your sleep. Someone to need you too much. Someone to know youContinue reading “Being Alive”
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
He shaved the faces of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard of again. He trod a path that few have trod. Did Sweeney Todd. The demon barber of Fleet Street. Finally got around to watching Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street the other night. It’s one of my favorite Sondheim shows, and I’dContinue reading “The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Duane S. Montague 