It was always wishful thinking to believe that Stephen Sondheim’s final musical, which was tinkered with for almost a decade before the composer died in 2021, would hold a candle to his finest works.

How long has Here We Are been running Off-Broadway? Here We Are opened at the The Shed on Sunday Oct 22, 2023 and has now been running for 2 months.

Sitting across from Ira Antelis, having lunch one day last week, the conversation was, as it was at nearby tables, about the tragic troubles in the Middle East. “Heartbreaking,” he said. “And what we ...