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Monday, March 27, 2023
A rewritten ‘Camelot’ reveals the provident message in a nostalgic piece
Broadway News: As anti-Semitism, racism and divisions between North and South rage, a revival of “Parade” recently bowed on Broadway. A year after Stephen Sondheim’s death, the arrival of a new “Sweeney Todd” resurrects a story of revenge and a “city on fire.” The reviving of such musicals is timely, as is often thought to be required for a Main Stem return. Enter “Camelot.” On its face, the 1960 musical might seem too sweet or too yesteryear to say anything prescient. Director Bartlett Sher and writer Aaron Sorkin have set out to prove that wrong.
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