My daughter and I survived only one hour of the new "Snow White"; Susie complained that the Evil Queen was too loud and that Grumpy was "bad to look at." I didn't think Gal Gadot was too loud, but I agree with many critics that the performance is regrettable; how did this push past the editing process? I became distracted by considering various performers with actual musical-theater ability who would be better in the role. Heather Headley, Sherie Rene Scott, Anika Noni Rose, Annaleigh Ashford, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Laura Benanti--these are the names that came to mind. Also, I thought about Stephen Sondheim and his stinging words for Diane Paulus. Sondheim became irritated when Paulus imagined that she was wiser than Ira Gershwin; Paulus would rescue "Porgy and Bess" by making it "more enlightened." Sondheim suggested that there is a difference between operatic grandeur and kitchen-sink realism; the fact that something is not "gritty ...