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 | | This Wheeler concept, which stays surprisingly close to its source, the 1759 Voltaire novel, has become the standard, with the original Wilbur and LaTouche lyrics being touched up here and there by Sondheim, who has added a little extra to this present production. |
 | | Voltaire's satiric bite is gone, but Wheeler's comedy, made broader and mildly bawdy for Broadway, remains a delight, and with Wilbur's graceful lyrics, Bernstein's incandescently eclectic and bubbling music and all the skittish characterizations, the show has become, through Prince's adroit ministrations, foolproof. |
 | | Prince oversaw a thorough reworking and condensing of the show, with a new, livelier book by Hugh Wheeler, additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and, most crucially, an environmental, fun-house staging that placed the audience in the middle of the action. |
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