Presented by the Durango Repertory Theatre Co. at the Durango Arts Center Theatre. Directed by Anna Price. Tickets are available at Stuarts of Durango or by calling 247-0136. They tell stories that humorously pinpoint inevitable differences in married viewpoints. At Robert s next party, a theatrical year and 15 songs later, the bachelor blows his candles out with an apparent wish to commit.
Actors perform upon a tiered stage, bringing out occasional chairs and tables for scenes.
Sondheim, now almost 71, expresses well the paradoxes of intimate partnership. Some actors struggle but manage to sing, accompanied by a musical director backstage on piano, who, according to Director Anna Price, does not want to be identified. Noteworthy singers are lead Rosenberg who Price said was ailing with a cold, McClean and Jennifer Livingston as Marta. Padilla also plays Paul, about to be married to the suddenly cold-footed Keri Smith as Amy. It should be noted that the Durango Rep hasn t recently cultivated singers.