The Miller's Son

Princes, yes, but maids and servants too

Early in the second act of A Little Night Music, we are told that “the hands on the clock turn, but don’t sing a nocturne just yet.” Well, Madame Armfeldt’s country estate might be bathed in the perpetual twilight of a Swedish midsummer night, but when evening falls on Broadway, an eleven o’clock number will often follow.

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