The show was brimming with comedy but didn't lose its intense undertones | Photo Credit: Chris Yeh A Little Night Music can surprise you with the intensity of the feelings its characters vent. Not just Charlotte’s cry from the heart, “Every Day a Little Death,” but also “Later,” and, of course, “Send in the Clowns,” mercilessly expose the dry rot behind this comedy of manners. We want to like the characters, but we also are exasperated by them.