Matthew Murray: Best of all, however, might be the orchestra....the 30
outstanding musicians conducted by Ted Sperling give it an invigorating
sound. Their playing of Robert Russell Bennett's peerless original
orchestrations reminds you with every note how gloriously musicals once
insisted on catching your ear....meticulous and delicate staging, the
40-person cast, and the rich look and sound of everything put to shame
the season's other threadbare and vulgar revivals, Grease, Sunday in the
Park with George, and Gypsy.
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SITPWG could still get the Revival Tony, as it lost originally to LA
CAGE.
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