With Bartlett Sher and Aaron Sorkin Involved, Expectations Are High for This ‘Camelot’

One problem is that the production’s regal principals, Arthur in particular, seem at times to have been brought rather too far down to earth.

Joan Marcus
Phillipa Soo, center, and company in ‘Camelot.’ Joan Marcus

The director Bartlett Sher has never, to my knowledge, pulled a sword from a stone, but for many musical theater fans his sublime revivals of classics such as “South Pacific,” “The King and I,” and “Fiddler on the Roof” have been similarly dazzling and inspiring feats. So it’s a little heartbreaking to report that his new production of “Camelot” is, not unlike King Arthur’s legendary Round Table in the show, a noble and thoughtful exercise that doesn’t succeed as brilliantly as one would have hoped. 

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