`Night Music': Beautiful But Dutiful The Washington Post | August 26, 1998| | . This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

The Signature Theatre production of "A Little Night Music" that opened Monday is pretty, respectful and staid. Designer Lou Stancari's wide set of white marble balustrades and urns, with its cold symmetry and visual reference to monuments, establishes the stodgy tone. Everyone involved seems to have been nervously aware that they were working on A Great Musical.

They are, of course. The Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical, based on Ingmar Bergman's comedy, "Smiles of a Summer Night," is a flashing jewel even in the treasure chest of Sondheim's work. Many of his later scores may be ...

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