Royal Exchange, ManchesterMatthew Xia's revival of Stephen Sondheim's dark, grownup musical lacks the light touch needed to stop it straying into the preachyIn the darkness, a child cries at the terrors of the world. A mysterious man takes him by the hand and begins to tell him a story. The opening scene of Matthew Xia's revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical, which features some of the composer's most glorious songs …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:45AM on December 14, 2015