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Eric Sean Fogel

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Man in the Seats: ‘Candide’

Since I purchased tickets to see “Candide,” I thought it only fitting that I should read the novel on which the operetta was presumably based. I had always heard of Voltaire’s “Candide,” but never read it.  So I did. The only thought I had after turning the last page was the question: “How in all hell is anyone going to turn this series of vignettes without a story line into a dramatic performance?”…