Musing Music with a Maven

In the musical Sweeney Todd, the song Green Finch and Linnet Bird is longingly sung by Joanna who has been literally locked away as the young and beautiful ward of a cruel and unseemly judge. I reached out to Melissa Foster, Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Theatre at Northwestern University, and invited her to join me in discussing the song, the Parlor Story and life. Let’s dive deeper.

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