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Mom and I just got back from seeing the glorious current production of Sunday in the Park with George at Studio 54. So beautiful.

A'course, Bernadette will always be Dot to me, and Mandy Patinkin (irritating though he is) will always be George. But I loved the working-class-British accent Jenna Russell uses for Dot, and Daniel Evans was really touching, particularly (for me) as the latter-day George.

Really, though, it was all about the art design. The use of animation and projecting colored lights on the set was the most perfect visual accompaniment to this show imaginable. It surpassed the original. which I've watched many times on video since discovering it as a Sondheim-lovin' teenager. Such is my nerdy love of this show, that when I visited the Art Institute of Chicago (specifically to see Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte), I had my headphones firmly plugged into my ears the entire time I was in the building, playing the Original Cast Recording of this show. I believe I timed it so that the finale (reprise of "Sunday") was playing just as I got to the room that housed the painting. I stared and stared, dimly proud of my own geekiness and moved by the colors and the music.

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