A Little Night Music Part 08/17

[@Rik-B]

It's interesting that in the script, this scene has Charlotte literally sobbing in bits and pieces, while in this interpretation, she never loses her composure. That's such a good decision, since this stiff, subdued version of Charlotte seems more jaded, almost numb at times. It works so well with her dry lines. And the performance is so, so fantastic. The way Moore delivers the escalation of the "wars/horses/whores" line into "I think love's a dirty busiNESS" is just the very best version of one of my favorite Sondheim lyrics.

[@brandomichaelson4094]

loved reading your reaction. clearly a true Sondheim lover

[@richardjacobson1158]

I don't remember those directions being in our script. Do you recall which versions have the sobbing?

[@boddouce]

No one has every song or acted this song better than Maureen Moore!

[@singerAR0406]

Agreed

[@EdwardTeti]

I don't agree. Moore threw away many of the funny lines picking up of Q's was too slow

[@boddouce]

I think she gets more humor out of this scene than any I’ve seen, who do you think does better?

[@missyfinlay]

I love Charlotte, mainly because of this actress performing her.

[@eddiemaxwell7370]

The best Charlotte I've ever seen. Brilliant.

[@lamontrussell1524]

Her stillness speaks volumes. Love it.

[@bernieappugliese2029]

This is one of my favorite versions of the show! Still have and play the VHS of PBS broadcast.

[@mattdeans9873]

As the years pass and we see Sondheim's musicals over and over again, we will listen more intently to his extraordinary lyrics and melodies and realize even more what a genius Sondheim wa.

[@darkenergyhotep5793]

An amazing and haunting EPIC. Powerful and Painful and beautiful. Sondheim tour de force.

[@Gregory-q4j]

They are effing spot on. It's so goooooood!

[@stevenl8054]

I'd think the splendid Maureen Moore picked up an idea or two from the original Charlotte in Ingmar Bergman's "Smiles of a Summer Night", one Margit Carlqvist.

[@lynneperkins494]

Heart-rending. Every woman knows of the humiliations she sings of. Humiliation and desire and hatred and grief. Sondheim, a gay man who's rumored to have loathed his mother, can paint the richest, most sympathetic female characters with a few deft strokes of music and lyric. My heart hurts for these women! And it's all Stephen Sondheim's fault.

[@someangel-shape6797]

Not rumoured to, he unabashedly does! And from hearing anecdotally how she treated him as a child it’s quite understandable

[@amyhuerta3980]

Lyrics: Charlotte: Every day a little death, In the parlour, in the bed, In the curtains, in the silver, In the buttons, in the bread. Everyday a little sting, In the heart and in the head. Every move and every breath, And you hardly feel a thing, Brings a perfect little death. He smiles sweetly, strokes my hair, Says he misses me. I would murder him right there, But first I die. He talks softly of his wars, And his horses, and his whores, I think love's a dirty business. Anne: So do I! So do I. Charlotte: I'm before him on my knees, And he kisses me. He assumes I'll lose my reason, And I do. Men are stupid, men are vain, Love's disgusting, love's insane, A humiliating business. Anne: Oh, how true. Charlotte: Ah, well. Everyday a little death. Anne: Everyday a little death. Charlotte: In the parlour, in the bed. Anne: In the looks and in the acts. Charlotte: In the curtains, in the silver, In the buttons, in the bread. Anne: In the murmurs, in the gestures, In the pauses, in the sighs. Charlotte: Everyday a little sting. Anne: Everyday a little dies. Charlotte: In the heart and in the head. Anne: In the looks and in the lies. Charlotte: Every move and every breath, Both: And you hardly feel a thing, Brings a perfect little death.

[@kbye2321]

3:42 Start of “Everyday A Little Death”

[@Concetta20]

It's Little Red Riding Hood!

[@photo161]

What particular funeral is Desiree returning from, pray tell..

[@jimlongo4052]

Probably. I know she understudied Bernadette Peters on Broadway in the role.

[@NiteMoves2010]

Is this the same Maureen Moor who performed as Annie in Annie Get Your Gun at Lyman Hall in Wallingford Connecticut?

[@jasonlemoine2074]

This is 11 years old, but yes it is!

[@rts1527]

When did she perform Annie Get Your Gun?

[@audreyandel4790]

5:22

[@kfigeroid]

Much better than Diana Rigg. My opinion. Love this version.

[@MsFrazzledFro]

@AAMLfan Even funnier is the advice itself. XD

[@re-ridersuzanne]

I don't.

[@evielevin1221]

charlotte is a lesbian fight me

[@AlwaysM0ndayy]

idk, but Anne and Petra give off more obvious vibes to me. "Pretend I'm a boy!"

[@salvatorefaccadio2648]

@@AlwaysM0ndayy for sure, i think charlotte is hopelessly devoted to her husband… somehow

[@rts1527]

Her sister Marta certainly is. Rejects men and teaches disabled children? Yup.

[@rts1527]

@@salvatorefaccadio2648Charlotte is actually a co-dependent hopeless romantic. She wants someone to sweep her off her feet and adore her.

[@claire-zm8cj]

@@AlwaysM0ndayythat scene was so gay HAHAHA