“Later…when is later? All you ever hear is ‘Later, Henrik! Henrik, Later…” laments Henrik Egerman in Stephen Sondheim’s musical, “A Little Night Music.”
The Tryon Little Theater’s production of the musical will perform for its second weekend beginning tonight.
Henrik, a 19-year-old seminary student (played by Alex Tapp), finds himself unhappy in his surroundings. He is home from school, full of ideas and looking for someone to talk to. His father mostly ignores him, asking questions but never listening to the answers. His father’s new wife, although she has a strong fondness for him, prefers to tease instead of listening to him. His family’s maid seduces him for her own pleasure, patronizing him when he worries about the sinfulness of the act.
Throughout the course of the play, Henrik’s frustration builds as his family and life itself regularly tells him “later.” He begins to see clearly how others see themselves in the world. After he accuses his father and friends of making a mockery of life’s struggles, he comes to terms with his own truths, realizing that he is truly in love. These realizations begin, for Henrik, a series of events that will change the lives of the rest of the characters.
Performances will be at the Tryon Fine Arts Center Feb. 24-26. Show times are 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday.
To purchase tickets or for more information, call Tryon Little Theater at 828-859-2466 or stop by the box office at 516 S. Trade St., Tryon, Monday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
– article submitted
by Mimi Alexander