If "A Little Night Music" could be described in one word it would be this: sex. Or rather, what sex means to the characters.
For Frederick Egerman (Stephen R. Buntrock), it means re-touching long-lost youth. For Anne Egerman (Ramona Mallory), it's a way of keeping her husband's interest (typical virgin move). For Henrik Egerman (Hunter Ryan Herlicka), it's sinful, dreadfully, excitable sinful (no wonder he's trying to become a priest). For Count Malcolm (Bradley Dean but today it was Ben Davis), it's possession and a sign of ownership (he is a military man after all). For Petra (Leigh Ann Larkin), it's about freedom and free love (because she's a maid, what does she have to lose?).
For Madame Armsfeldt (Elaine Stritch), it's memories of more golden (deliciously wicked) times.
For Desiree Armfeldt (Bernadette Peters)...who knows?
Oh Stephen Sondheim, you dirty dirty man.
