Interviewer: With shows as diverse as COMPANY, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, SWEENEY TODD, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE and INTO THE WOODS, how does the Sondheim style differ from Rodgers and Hammerstein?

Joanne: Forget wholesome. Forget optimistic. Forget that you came to the theatre to be entertained. No. You came here to think. THINK. Think deep, dark thoughts. Think concepts. Think wordplay. Think about the depths of human depravity. Think about how isolated we all are from one another. Think about ... (She drifts away, lost in thought).

Eric: (staring grimly) In this version, the landlord is a demented artist intent on savagely murdering his tenants in order to use their corpses as material for his conceptual art. It's the perfect subject for a musical comedy!

Interviewer: (Relieved) Musical Comedy! That immediately brings to mind your Jerry Herman style musical.

photo: James Morgan

The chorus sets the stage for this grisly yet hilarious tale. "Consider the Story of Jitter"

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