You'll wait a long time maybe even forever to see "A Little Night Music" done better.

WSJ: A Little Night Music | Writers' Theatre | A 'Night' to Remember | Theater Review by Terry Teachout

Viewers who are familiar with "A Little Night Music" will note several unexpected touches in Mr. Brown's staging.

WSJ: A Little Night Music | Writers' Theatre | A 'Night' to Remember | Theater Review by Terry Teachout

While first-class small-house stagings of "A Little Night Music" are no longer rare, this one tops them all.

WSJ: A Little Night Music | Writers' Theatre | A 'Night' to Remember | Theater Review by Terry Teachout

When I worked with Judi Dench in a production of Sondheim's 'A Little Night Music, ' it was like a course in comic timing.

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Both nights I was awakened by a pod of hippos providing a little night music: belching, bickering, grunting, and snorting their way toward sunrise.

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Moreover, the sheer sexiness of "A Little Night Music" (which is, among other things, a musical about the difference between sex and love) comes across with breath-catching directness.

WSJ: A Little Night Music | Writers' Theatre | A 'Night' to Remember | Theater Review by Terry Teachout

Last year Zeta Jones won a Tony Award for best performance by a leading actress in a musical for her role in A Little Night Music, her Broadway debut.

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When Writers' Theatre, a Chicago-area company that operates out of a 108-seat house, announced that it would try its hand at "A Little Night Music, " I decided at once to go, and can now report that William Brown, who directed the company's unforgettable 2011 revival of "Heartbreak House, " has outdone himself.

WSJ: A Little Night Music | Writers' Theatre | A 'Night' to Remember | Theater Review by Terry Teachout