My heart sank early and often last week at the City Center concert rendition of Randy Newman's Faust, but never so low as when Newman muffed one of his own best lines. That he was onstage at all, half-playing the piano, half-playing the role of the Devil, and generally serving as the evening's impish emcee, was the evening's signature mistake. While his droll presence is usually entirely welcome--his solo live shows …
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 02:59PM on July 7, 2014