"Don't you love farce? My fault, I fear. I thought that you'd want what I want. Sorry, my dear." Yes, "Send in the Clowns" is sung to death but my God is it exquisite character writing (esp. the way Sondheim sets that second line on the music)
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Desiree is so sure her plan is going to work she is wholly unprepared for Fredrik to oh-so-delicately tell her no. Hers is the most elegant and poignant reaction to rejection I've seen in a musical. Here's Jean Simmons in the ALNM national tour: youtube.com/watch?v=OlBTQI…
I had a *lot* of issues with Trevor Nunn's Lutheran penance revival of Night Music but Bernadette's "Send in the Clowns" scene made me weep quietly for literally fifteen minutes. x.com/crystal8892990…