How to write a music review and still manage to get all the important stuff in, eloquently, when you're limited to a maximum of 350 words. And this guy manages to do it on a consistent basis.
A 103-word excerpt:
Stephen Sondheim, possibly the most sophisticated and least sentimental composer ever to write a show tune, celebrates his 80th birthday on March 22. New York is waxing ecstatic. The first of several major celebrations took place on Monday amid much congratulating and fussing, whooping and hollering. The host turned out to be the underutilised New York Philharmonic, not exactly your average pit-band. The locale was Avery Fisher Hall, capacity 2,738 and essentially too large. The conductor was an old Broadway pro, Paul Gemignani. Lonny Price, the slick director, assembled a massive cast that actually honoured the tired label, “star studded.” TV cameras loomed.RTW 339-word T here.
It's The Music, Stupid!
Peggy
