The Birdcage, an adaption of the French film La Cage Au Folles, starred Robin Williams and Nathan Lane (who received an Oscar nomination for his performance) and was directed by Mike Nichols.
"It Takes All Kinds" was written to play under the opening title as we are taken into the titular club. Ultimately, Nichols decided to use the well known "We Are Family" instead.
"Little Dream" was a song written supposedly for Robin Williams' character, so it presented Sondheim with a similar problem to the one he had with "Sand" from Singing Out Loud, writing a number which is a character's idea of a good song, something he thinks works, but really doesn't. Good or bad, only about thirty seconds of it remains in the film.
- Bruce Kimmel
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Film Data
Original Film Production Info:
| USA Release Date | 8 March 1996 |
| Director | Mike Nichols |
| Music | Stephen Sondheim |
| Mark Mothersbaugh | |
| Jonathan Tunick | |
| Writers | Marcello Danon |
| Elaine May | |
| Edouard Molinaro | |
| Jean Poiret | |
| Francis Veber | |
| Producers | Marcello Danon |
| Michele Imperato | |
| Neil A. Machlis | |
| Mike Nichols | |
| Production Design | Bo Welch |
| Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki |
| Set Designer | Sean Haworth |
| Costume Designer | Ann Roth |
| Armand Goldman | Robin Williams |
| Senator Kevin Keeley | Gene Hackman |
| Albert Goldman/Starina | Nathan Lane |
| Louise Keeley | Dianne Wiest |
| Val Goldman | Dan Futterman |
| Barbara Keeley | Calista Flockhart |
| Agador | Hank Azaria |
| Katherine Archer | Christine Baranski |
| Harry Radman | Tom McGowan (II) |
| Photographer | Grant Heslov |
| Chauffeur | Kirby Mitchell |
| Cyril | James Lally |
| Celsius | Luca Tommassini |
| Goldman Girls | Luis Camacho |
| Andre Fuentes | |
| Anthony Richard Gonzalez | |
| Dante Lamar Henderson | |
| Scott Kaske | |
| Kevin Alexander Stea | |
| Waiter in Club | Tim Kelleher |
| TV Woman in Van | Ann Cusack |
| TV Man in Van | Stanley DeSantis |
| Club Hostess | J. Roy Helland |
| Fishmonger | Anthony Giaimo |
| Bakery Man | Lee Delano |
| Senator Eli Jackson | David Sage |
| TV Host | Michael Kinsley |
| TV Host | Tony Snow |
| Keeley's Maid | Dorothy Constantine |
| Black Girl on TV | Trina McGee-Davis |
| TV Reporters | Barry Nolan |
| Amy Powell | |
| Ron Pitts | |
| James Hill | |
| Mary Major | |
| State Trooper | Steven Porfido |
| Waiter in Cafe | John D. Pontrelli |
| Big Guy in Park | Herschel Sparber |
| Katharine's Secretary | Francesca Cruz |
| TV Editors | Brian Reddy |
| Jim Jansen | |
| Latino Man in Club | Al Rodrigo |
| Matrons | Marjorie Lovett |
| Sylvia Short | |
| Pastor | James H. Morrison |
| Rabbi | Robert K. Baruch |
1. Little Dream
1. It Takes All Kind
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“Assassins is about how society interprets the American Dream, marginalizes outsiders and rewrites and sanitizes its collective history. "Something Just Broke" is a major distraction and plays like an afterthought, shoe horned simply to appease. The song breaks the dramatic fluidity and obstructs the overall pacing and climactic arc which derails the very intent and momentum that makes this work so compelling...”
- Mark Bakalor
“I found [the Sondheim Celebration's Company] to be completely delightful. Almost all of the numbers excited and energized me, and most of the scenes were about as pitch-perfect as you can get. I just sat there with a big smile on my face the whole show.
Which is not to say that it is perfect...”
- popcornonmyknees
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