The Pasadena Playhouse production is light on thirst, but heavy on heart.
“I should never have flirted with rescue when I had no intention of being saved.”
Particularly because the Playhouse focuses more on the text itself rather than tip-toeing through with reverence.
Michael Hayden and Merle Dandridge in ‘A Little Night Music’.Courtesy Pasadena Playhouse
Once again, they employ a full orchestra to deliver the lush score with all its attendant glory.
Dandridge leads a stellar cast.
They craft a believable relationship that tugs at the heartstrings amidst the folly of those around them.
The cast of ‘A Little Night Music’.Courtesy Pasadena Playhouse
As his better half Charlotte, Berry is divinely amusing and heartbreaking all at once.
Berry captures Charlotte’s hapless paradox with a bittersweet empathy that makes her a standout amongst the cast.
Attention must also be paid to Kaley Ann Vorhees' Anne and Ruby Lewis' Petra.
Ryan Silverman in ‘A Little Night Music’.Courtesy Pasadena Playhouse
Lewis could easily give a one-note performance as the bawdy and buxom chamber maid Petra.
A Little Night Musicis both a sex romp and a parable of aging, regret, and desire.
Even if you have no intention of being saved, sometimes rescue comes all the same.
Chase Del Rey and Kaley Ann Vorhees in ‘A Little Night Music’.Courtesy Pasadena Playhouse
Pasadena Playhouse needn’t send in the clowns; they’re already here.GRADE: A
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Michael Hayden and Sarah Uriarte Berry in ‘A Little Night Music’.Courtesy Pasadena Playhouse
