The Work Waits

Tradition, intermission, repetition

​​“Once you’ve broken the mood, people go out onto the street and see the neon lights and are smoking their cigarettes, and you hear chatter about ‘Well, are we going to get home in time for the babysitter?’ It’s very hard to get back in the mood . . . An intermission can be dangerous.” — Stephen Sondheim, 1978

An intermission can be dangerous. As so oft…