Word: armfeldt
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...husband Carl Magnus (Nick Littlefield) is somewhat wooden, his stiffness is forgivable on two counts: first, he is, after all, no more than a "tin soldier," and secondly, he can sing. In this show, that is no small boon. On the other hand, Bonny Fay Landers's Madame Armfeldt, Desiree's mother, is too much crotchetiness and not enough whimsy...
...fails either to paint the frustrations of mismatched love or to create the mood of enchantment which resolves them. In the first case, we hear Fredrik singing while Anne mumbles to herself by her dressing table; in the second, a misplaced candelabra obscures faces confronting one another over Madame Armfeldt's dining table. Only the magical twinkling of the harp in the second scene finally distinguishes between...
...actress for 60 years, mostly in supporting roles, who found a new career as the crotchety cook, Mrs. Bridges, second-in-command of the class-conscious squadron of servants in BBC-TV's Upstairs, Downstairs series; of the effects of flu and bronchitis contracted while starring as Madame Armfeldt in the musical A Little Night Music; in Essex...