PERFORMANCE/TOUR: A Judgmental Randy Newman Likes What He Sees

'Harps and Angels,' a revue of his songs, is having its world premiere at the Mark Taper Forum and he's 'happy on the inside.' MR. SARDONICUS: "I was happy on the inside," Newman said after watching a rehearsal. In his songs, Randy Newman has invented enough characters to stock a season's worth of Broadway musicals. Regretful lovers. Scared school boys. Unreconstructed rednecks. Blissfully smug Angelenos. An oddly contemporary Karl Marx. And, of course, short people...

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