![]() ![]() ![]() WATCH 2023 Tony Awards slugfest: 15 productions vie for places in Musical races ![]() ![]() He compliments Groban, “whose quasi-operatic pop baritone perfectly encompasses the range of the role,” and Ashford, “a brilliant comic for whom comedy is not the ends but the means.” Of the ensemble, he spotlights Matarazzo for his “especially haunting” performance of the second-act number “Not While I’m Around,” plus Maria Bilbao as Todd’s daughter Johanna, who “makes fascinating sense of an often-bland character.” Green also applauds the “glorious” orchestra, Mimi Lien’s “awesomely vast sets,” and Natasha Katz’s “extraordinary lighting.” In his Critic’s Pick review, Jesse Green ( New York Times) calls this production a “ravishingly sung, deeply emotional and strangely hilarious” revival. This full-scale remounting of Sondheim’s opus received raves. Kail has also enlisted three-time Tony winner Alex Lacamoire as music supervisor and conductor of a 26-piece orchestra, playing legend Jonathan Tunick’s orchestrations. Led by Tony-winning “Hamilton” director Thomas Kail, the ensemble also boasts Tony winner Ruthie Ann Miles (“The King and I”), Jordan Fisher, Gaten Matarazzo, and many others amongst its 25 players. ![]()
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