BWW Reviews: WIDOW is Not Very Merry with Fleming in Charge at the Met
Once upon a time, the Met used to be able to pull off an operetta, like the Rudolf Bing-era FLEDERMAUS. But for the second year in a row--after last season's dire FLEDERMAUS from writer Douglas Carter Beane and director Jeremy Sams--the company rolled the dice and came up craps. How bad is the new production of Franz Lehar's THE MERRY WIDOW (DIE LUSTIGE WITWE)? Let me count the ways.