On March 22, 2010, musical theatre legend Stephen Sondheim will celebrate his 80th birthday. The composer/lyricist of groundbreaking work such as COMPANY, SWEENEY TODD, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, ASSASSINS, and PASSION, and the lyricist of ...
This is the sixth in a series of articles analyzing the works of Stephen Sondheim, in preparation for his 80th birthday.
Towards the end of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's legendary musical FOLLIES, any trace of a linear narrative falls away, ...
This is the fifth in a series of articles analyzing the works of Stephen Sondheim, in preparation for his 80th birthday.
Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s musical, PACIFIC OVERTURES, traces the opening of Japan to the West - from the Japanese ...
Audiences and critics alike are raving about the current production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC playing in Paris. Performed in English, this is the first French production of the Stephen Sondheim/Hugh Wheeler show, which is also being revived on ...
This is the fourth in a series of articles analyzing the work of Stephen Sondheim.
Letters feature prominently in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical, PASSION, which is set in 1863 Italy. The letters exchanged between soldier Giorgio and ...
This is the third of a weekly series analyzing Sondheim musicals. The first and second, on happiness and wealth in SATURDAY NIGHT and the optimistic message of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG can be read here and here.
Musical theatre songs are complicated ...
This is the second of a weekly series analyzing Sondheim musicals, in preparation for his 80th birthday on March 22. The first, on wealth and happiness in SATURDAY NIGHT, can be read here.
"Dreams don't die, so keep an eye on your dream," urges ...
Sondheim's first major work as a composer/lyricist was SATURDAY NIGHT, a traditional-style musical comedy set in 1929 Brooklyn. Gene, a low-level worker on Wall Street, so longs to be one of the financial elite he sees every day that he regularly ...
Sondheim will be appearing at the Barnes & Noble on 86th and Lexington Avenue in New York in conversation with former New York Times critic (and current columnist) Frank Rich as part of their Writers on Writers series. The event starts at 7 pm. ...
The New York Times has given Tony winner Elaine Stritch an outstanding review for her new solo show, Elaine Stritch Singin' Sondheim...One Song at a Time. Known for her gutsy interpretations of Sondheim songs - notably "Broadway Baby" from the 1985 ...
