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Here’s a Sondheim show you’ve never seen live on stage before: Evening Primrose. This hour-long musical was originally written for broadcast television, airing in 1966. It will be staged (albeit as a staged reading) for the first time in North America this month as a benefit performance.
Evening Primrose tells the story of a young poet who takes refuge from the outside world in a department store, where he meets a secret community of people who have lived there for years. After falling in love with one of them, he must decide whether to remain in the store or lead her to the outside world.
Link:
Playbill.com has casting information.
Further Reading:
Evening Primrose (Wikipedia.) – Warning: Contains spoilers.
