Tuesday, April 30, 2002

According to a report on my local NBC affiliate tonight, Stephen Sondheim is contemplating the idea of a musical based on the film Groundhog Day, one of my favorite movies of all time. Sounds like a perfect marriage of creator and material to me, and I'd love to see this one come off.

It wouldn't be the first instance of Sondheim playing with temporal mechanics. Merrily We Roll Along, one of his less well-received works, follows its three main characters through their lives backwards. I've not seen it before, but I will get the chance this summer when the Kennedy Center puts it on as part of its Sondheim Celebration. So I guess I should withhold judgment on whether or not the Groundhog Day thing is a good idea until I see Merrily.

Or maybe I already have...

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A quick update on last night's tornado entry: I have word from reliable sources (my parents) that while other nearby buildings were either severely damaged or totally destroyed, the Port Tobacco Players Theater lost only the glass from two of its lobby doors and a single letter off the marquee.

While their current production probably won't go on this coming weekend, the Players will go on as an organization. Even though it's been over a decade since I trod those particular boards, it still makes me glad to know PTP will continue strong as ever for the foreseeable future.

Posted @ 12:29 AM

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