There are also surprises, such as Live Alone and Like It (written for the movie Dick Tracy) performed by Clive Rowe, while Michael Ball’s version of Could I Leave You?, a female heterosexual song from Follies, makes the character explicitly male and gay, thus, as the show often subtly does, acknowledging Sondheim’s life while respecting his art. Performers bow at the curtain call of the gala performance.
