| 单词 | Sondheim |
| 例句 | Stephen Sondheim once said, “It never occurs to me to write a song just for the pleasure of writing a song. It has to be an assignment.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Sondheim had learnt his trade by writing lyrics for West Side Story, which opened in 1957. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z At one point during the show, Sondheim refers with evident emotion to Hammerstein, the lyricist for such classics as "Carousel," "Oklahoma!" and "South Pacific," as "a remarkable fellow." A revelatory revue examines the work of Sondheim 2010-04-23T01:31:00Z But opportunity, to quote Stephen Sondheim, is not a lengthy visitor. Meet the 19-Year-Old ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Actor Who’s Charming Broadway 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim He is easily for me the greatest composer-lyricist of the 20th century, and he was utterly fearless, seemingly, in what he was willing to do. Martha Plimpton Can’t Say Enough About Pamela Adlon, the Tate Modern and Abortion Rights 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z These 135 seconds — one of Sondheim’s simpler melodies — changed pretty much everything. 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Sondheim rode to Broadway on the coattails of Bernstein and Styne with tutelage from Hammerstein. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z She cites composers including Stephen Sondheim, Irving Berlin and Burt Bacharach's work with Dionne Warwick as touchstones, and their influence is apparent. Essential tracks: Natalie Prass' debut has plenty of brass, irresistible songs 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z A moviegoer whose tastes run toward sad Sondheim and dialogue like “I saw ‘Hamilton’ at The Public” may find plenty to eyeroll at from the relentless surrealism of “Cats.” "Cats" is a mesmerizing laser pointer for your brain 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z When Fosca describes what might be considered both her nemesis and her salvation, she might be speaking for Sondheim — a composer once dismissed as all head and no heart. Stephen Sondheim, the Man Who Felt Too Much 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z In short: There are a lot of ways to sing Sondheim, or any score, and get it right. Streep sings Sondheim, and finds her voice 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The composer Stephen Sondheim revealed on Wednesday that he is currently hard at work on a new musical and that it will be a collaboration with the playwright David Ives. ArtsBeat: Rolling Along: Sondheim Discloses He's Working on a New Show 2012-02-29T20:41:38Z These contrasting aspects of Stephen Sondheim, that most multifaceted of composers of musicals, are embodied by two thoughtfully assembled shows that reflect different chapters in his life. Two Sides of Sondheim in the Berkshires 2010-07-06T21:36:00Z Sondheim's lyrical and musical output following "West Side Story" presented complex characters of all types, and his works have singularly elevated the Broadway diva more than any other composer/lyricist in the past 70 years. Here’s to the ladies who lunch: One of Sondheim’s greatest achievements was writing complex women 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z He cooperated with longtime collaborator James Lapine for the “Sondheim on Sondheim” revue, and on last year’s “Six by Sondheim” documentary for HBO. Decades in the Broadway biz, and still we want more of Stephen Sondheim Mr. Sondheim’s annotation, for once, is approving: “In the interest of full disclosure, I should add that the last two lines make me glow with self-satisfaction.” Books of The Times: Sondheim?s Rhymes and Reasons 2010-10-21T17:45:00Z The difference was in the stories Sondheim and Herman, who died on Thursday at 88, wanted to tell, leading their songs where they had to go. How a Jerry Herman Song Landed a Triple Punch 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z That song, “Every Day a Little Death,” from “A Little Night Music,” is the one that floated into my mind when the news of Sondheim’s death arrived just before dinnertime on Friday. Perspective | There will never be another Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z A man of wide-ranging interests, he quoted or paraphrased Stanley Kubrick, Charles Eames, Albert Einstein, Timothy Snyder, Aristotle and Stephen Sondheim in the course of an 80-minute conversation. Christoph Waltz Has Some Thoughts 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Songs that tell their story from both their points of view are among the smartest show tunes this side of Stephen Sondheim. Review: ‘The Last Five Years,’ a Decoupling Starring Anna Kendrick 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Lapine wrote a book, the marvelous “Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created ‘Sunday in the Park with George.’ Up, Up and Away: The Trippy Tales Behind ‘Flying Over Sunset’ 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z ‘LIAISONS’ This ongoing project, conceived by the pianist Anthony de Mare, has corralled notable composers to arrange for him solo-piano versions of Stephen Sondheim songs. Finally, a Lot of Classical Music and Opera to Hear This Season 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z The advantage of Sondheim's subject matter over that of the oyster farmer, of course, is the frisson of celebrity. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z Eric Anderson Jr., 38, a voice teacher and music director who lives just outside of Boston, was visiting New York for the holiday when he saw the news about Mr. Sondheim. Impromptu Sondheim Wakes Fill Piano Bars With Tears and Tunes 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z But putting together a retrospective of his work “would not have occurred to me,” Sondheim says over the phone about a week before the big night. Sondheim on 'Sondheim on Sondheim' at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z But give the series credit: this is probably the only time any of us will see an animated Stephen Sondheim knocking back a few beers at a Hooters. Arts & Leisure: Touches of Broadway in ?Glee? and ?South Park? 2012-01-22T02:15:42Z Stephen Joshua Sondheim was born on March 22, 1930, in Manhattan, and lived first on the Upper West Side. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Variety reports that Rob Marshall, who directed the recent film version of the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods, is set to make a new Mary Poppins film set 20 years after the original. Another spoonful of sugar: Mary Poppins to be remade by Disney 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim and Paul Simon, two longtime New Yorkers and giants of American song, embody two very different musical traditions. Simon and Sondheim talk shop at joint appearance 2013-12-04T18:31:26Z Even God, who is seldom glimpsed in the Sondheim universe, makes a fleeting appearance, only to be dismissed as a disappointment who “doesn’t answer prayers a lot.” Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z With songs by David Yazbek and a script by Itamar Moses, “The Band’s Visit” is a Broadway rarity seldom found these days outside of the canon of Stephen Sondheim: an honest-to-God musical for grown-ups. Review: ‘The Band’s Visit’ Is a Ravishing Musical That Whispers With Romance 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z The ultimate writer of the American songbook is Stephen Sondheim. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: The Mayor of New Orleans on Rethinking Southern History 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z His omnipresence on awards and talk shows made him one of the last in a line of celebrity composers that included Henry Mancini, Burt Bacharach and Stephen Sondheim. Marvin Hamlisch, Composer, Dies at 68 2012-08-07T20:00:07Z The new Broadway production, directed by Michael Wilson, begins previews March 31 for a 14-week run at the Stephen Sondheim Theater. ArtsBeat: Gooding, Williams, Rashad Will Take 'Trip to Bountiful' 2012-12-20T21:41:18Z A family friend of Sondheim’s created the show, which Sondheim said was designed to be dull and soothing. Simon and Sondheim Talk Shop at Joint Appearance 2013-12-04T16:57:23Z The career of Stephen Sondheim, the celebrated Broadway songwriter who died on Friday at the age of 91, spanned decades and included 20 major productions, including forays into television and film. 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z What if this radical concept had come up at some future time, when Mr. Sondheim was no longer around? Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z She has another screen gig lined up long-term: Richard Linklater’s take on the Stephen Sondheim musical “Merrily We Roll Along,” which is being shot in spurts over the next 20 years. By giving Monica Lewinsky a voice, Beanie Feldstein may redefine her own 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Lapine expands the moment into a monologue beginning with the words “First a dribble of sweat,” but Sondheim thinks: “Dribble — I can’t do dribble.” Sunday in the Trenches With George 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z "Sweeney Todd" and "Assassins," both by Stephen Sondheim, are considered classics and are frequently revived. Charles Manson musical opens in Hamburg, Germany 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Rarely have the innovations of Jackson’s idols — from Joni Mitchell to Stephen Sondheim — been repurposed so reverently and irreverently at once. Best Theater of 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z The obituary also incorrectly credited George Furth with writing the book for Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies.” Hal Prince, Giant of Broadway and Reaper of Tonys, Dies at 91 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z In 1979, Sondheim and Prince collaborated on what many believe to be Sondheim’s masterpiece, the bloody yet often darkly funny “Sweeney Todd.” Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Without Sondheim to advise her, she turned to the music, and the text and her colleagues. In ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Annaleigh Ashford Puts It All Together 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Lansbury received another nomination for her performance later that year as Madame Armfeldt in a revival of the Sondheim musical “A Little Night Music.” Angela Lansbury, Star of Film and Stage and TV’s Favorite Sleuth, Dies at 96 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Molaskey is an interpreter whose acute attunement to the subtext of lyrics, which she imbues with a subtle rhythmic buoyancy, lends songs, especially those of Stephen Sondheim, the depth of great short stories. John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey at the Café Carlyle 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z But it was never Imelda Staunton’s dream — which is why she is a bit amused to find herself, at 56, suddenly a leading interpreter of Sondheim women. Imelda Staunton on Return to Musicals With Sondheim Roles 2012-08-10T01:35:08Z A multitasking device that I find irksome when applied to Sondheim works here admirably in that the music and the drama become an organic whole. The Poor Soldier 2010-07-01T20:45:00Z The Stephen Sondheim number Ms. McDonald chose, the Baker’s Wife song “Moments in the Woods,” from “Into the Woods,” was one of his talkiest. Music Review: Audra McDonald at Lincoln Center 2013-05-10T21:59:41Z This is a dip into the songbook from an assertively gay male perspective, embracing many Sondheim tunes originally sung by women. Where to Celebrate Sondheim in New York 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim was “extremely” pleased by both productions, Mr. Pappas, his lawyer, said. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Whether this “Night Music” will follow the same path — and this Sondheim title has been revived recently on both sides of the Atlantic — it’s worth beating a path to this leafy address. A ‘Night Music’ of Heightened Harmony, and Pub Theaters That Put Actors First 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Fifty years ago, instead of concert halls and opera houses, the Upper West Side was an ethnic slum and Bernstein and Sondheim set West Side Story in the tenements that once stood here. America's composer 2010-06-19T23:01:00Z Sondheim may be celebrated for his wit, but the choices often veered toward the plaintive and consoling. Review | A blessed event for hard times: Sondheim sung by Broadway’s best 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Mary met Ursula Nordstrom, whose motto was “good books for bad children,” through Sondheim, and they hit it off right away. Beyond 'Freaky Friday': An Appreciation of Mary Rodgers 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z In 1971 he originated the role of Benjamin Stone in Sondheim’s “Follies.” John McMartin, Broadway and television actor, dies at 86 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Mazzella made a stop at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on West 43rd Street to see how work was progressing on “Mrs. Doubtfire.” How Broadway’s set-making guru is tackling the comeback — from mold in stage fog to costumes that don’t fit anymore 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Did you have to explain the rules of “Among Us” to Lansbury and Sondheim? Can Movie Theaters and Netflix Coexist? Rian Johnson Makes His Case. 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z But Mr. Sondheim said he didn’t see the documentary as a way to be remembered. Send in the Cameras: Sondheim on TV 2013-12-06T21:32:34Z Of a passage in “Passion,” Sondheim says that two chords “represent the entire progression” of the sequence. Stephen Sondheim, as Great a Composer as He Was a Lyricist 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Backed up with Sondheim songs, Lloyd's clever direction and a top-notch cast, it hits the bullseye. Sondheim Assassins revival hits the mark in London 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Her only class today, “Social Work Methods I: Introduction to Practice,” is in Sondheim Hall, one of UMBC’s many red-brick academic buildings. One day, two students: What college looks like from opposite ends of the income gap 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z The evening concluded with “Poems” and “Someone in a Tree,” both from “Pacific Overtures,” which with its fragmented lyrics and pentatonic melodies is as close to outright Minimalism as Mr. Sondheim has gotten. Sondheim and Reich at Lincoln Center 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Their glazed but rapturous expressions summon an eternal chapter of youth when, to borrow from a Stephen Sondheim lyric, everything is possible, and nothing makes sense. Theater Review: David Rabe?s ?Early History of Fire,? at the Acorn Theater 2012-05-01T02:00:00Z During Mr. Prince’s absence from his creative life, Mr. Sondheim teamed up with a younger collaborator, James Lapine, and together they created the most cerebral works of Mr. Sondheim’s career. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Most remarkable was her rendition of her latter-day signature song, the Sondheim ballad “With So Little to Be Sure Of,” which she played and sang with eyes closed. Review: Barbara Carroll Sustains a Profound Jazz Symbiosis 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z And on Instagram, a new account called @sondheimletters has sprung up to collect and display letters Sondheim wrote to fans as well as collaborators. A Sondheim Surge: Interest in His Work Soars After His Death 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Performed with tiny bands, these productions may not deliver the full complexity of Sondheim’s compositions, but the intent comes across well enough. Stephen Sondheim, experimenter. Listen to 'Pacific Overtures' and 'Forum' 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z “My Soul to Take” is a long way from Sondheim, Mamet and Pinter, but perhaps Mr. Esparza was able to draw on an earlier Broadway role: Riff Raff in the “The Rocky Horror Show.” | 'My Soul to Take': Death Reclaims His Fractured Psyche 2010-10-08T21:27:00Z She’s played an action hero and sung Sondheim, and she’s poised to have her most memorable performance yet in this fall’s The Girl on the Train, out Oct. How Emily Blunt’s Mary Poppins Will Be Different 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z As immaculately sung by Anderson’s young Lucy, valentines of songs subversively careen off course into darker dissonance, evoking Stephen Sondheim’s pastiche numbers for “Follies.” Review: Lies of Love and Memory Swirl Through ‘Unknown Soldier’ 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Bootleg copies have circulated among Sondheim aficionados and on YouTube, and the Paley Center has a copy for viewing by appointment. ?60s Sondheim TV Show Is Now on (Legal) DVD 2010-10-24T21:42:00Z Commissioning composers to reimagine Sondheim songs as piano pieces has been a longtime project for the concert pianist Anthony de Mare. Where to Celebrate Sondheim in New York 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Some objected: The composer Stephen Sondheim cried foul about their plans, calling the work’s characters “as vivid as any ever created for the musical theater.” The Complex History and Uneasy Present of ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z A Sondheim Tribute to Politics and Other Craziness It’s not as if New York hasn’t known its share of power-addicted, egomaniac mayors. | 'Anyone Can Whistle': Sondheim Tribute to Politics and Other Craziness 2010-04-10T00:20:00Z I worked with Stephen Sondheim on an all-black showcase of his music, combining it with the “Seven Ages of Man” speech from Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” Billy Porter: The First Time I Refused to Keep Playing a Stereotype 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Ms. Michelson’s music winds through it, by turns spare or richly choral, influenced by Sondheim or the sounds of the Middle East. Review: In ‘One Thousand Nights and One Day,’ New Tales of Old Persia 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z In this of all years, such an ovation afforded Mr. Sondheim must be familiar, and how: long may it — and his theatrical bequest — ring out. Review: Old Favorites, With New Tricks 2010-08-10T14:33:00Z When Sondheim balked, finding the material too inert, Robbins told him to read the next play in the book. A Golden Team, a Terrible Title and a Show That Vanished 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z By the third hour of the night, I was restless and conscious of the passage of time; I kept expecting the cooks to do something, maybe sing a little Sondheim. At Aska, a Nordic Chef’s Vision Bears Fruit (and Lichens) 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Every show includes one song from each produced work in the Sondheim catalog. Where to Celebrate Sondheim in New York 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Both vocally and in her semiclassical arrangements of Stephen Sondheim songs, Ms. Carroll is one of his most insightful interpreters. Barbara Carroll Performs at Birdland 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z “I’ve done Sondheim’s ‘Into the Woods,’ which musically is complex but the text itself is pretty straightforward. How sign-language interpreters convey the raw emotion of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Serious Sondheim devotees will probably know many of the anecdotes here. Books of The Times: Sondheim?s Rhymes and Reasons 2010-10-21T17:45:00Z Ms. Hendricks took advantage of the longer-than-anticipated “Mad Men” hiatus this year, performing in a concert staging of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” at Lincoln Center in April and in several movies. ArtsBeat Q. & A.: Emmys Watch: Christina Hendricks on 'Mad Men' 2011-09-16T18:46:55Z Last month, audiences were given a chance to see a mustachioed Ben Platt perform via webcam as part of a virtual tribute to Stephen Sondheim. What’s on TV Wednesday: Ben Platt Live and ‘At Home With Amy Sedaris’ 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z But I must admit that “Tick, Tick … Boom!” gave me pause when Larson’s work is being workshopped by Stephen Sondheim and a theater critic. How Jonathan Larson Taught Me to Become a Better Critic 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Not only do they all know how to carry a Sondheim tune, but they also carry us into the woods, and out of the woods, and happily ever — well, happily into the night, anyway. Review | ‘Into the Woods’ is one of Sondheim’s most popular musicals. A delightful revival at Ford’s Theatre reminds you why. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Road Show Musical Theatre Guild closes its season with this Stephen Sondheim tale about two enterprising brothers in the early 1900s. L.A. theater openings, June 14-21: 'California: The Tempest' and more 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Sondheim, who wrote the lyrics for "West Side Story" and "Gypsy," has won Tony Awards for the scores of "Passion," "Into the Woods," "Sweeney Todd," "A Little Night Music," "Follies" and "Company." Stephen Sondheim honored with a Broadway theater 2010-09-16T03:46:00Z “The originator of the role followed a comedic journey,” said Mr. Doyle, whose Broadway credits include the current revival of “The Color Purple,” and deconstructed versions of Sondheim musicals like “Sweeney Todd.” For Jason Sudeikis, It’s Time to Seize the Stage in ‘Dead Poets Society’ 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z "The whole show is going to be sung front to back, and Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine have written it." The Carpetbagger: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Will Be Giving Sondheim His Big Break 2013-01-11T17:38:50Z New musical "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and Stephen Sondheim revival "Merrily We Roll Along" lead the nominations, announced Monday, with seven apiece. Jude Law, Judi Dench up for Olivier theater awards 2014-03-10T13:49:44Z Stephen Sondheim's musical plays as part of the Shakespeare in the Park season. Broadway actor Morgan James apologises for 'trashing' musical on Twitter 2012-07-26T12:03:22Z During the pandemic, Gardiner shifted to digital performance, offering, among other shows, a revue in February, “Simply Sondheim,” that proved a palpable hit and provided the company with a new, global profile. Signature Theatre names Matthew Gardiner as new artistic director 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z The comment revealed how Sondheim’s brilliant musicality and his perfectionism went hand-in-hand. Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim, the show’s composer, attended the production, which received strong reviews in the British media and transferred to a cocktail lounge in the West End. British Production of ‘Sweeney Todd’ to Set Up Shop Off Broadway 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z To underscore each of these spoken words, Mr. Sondheim comes up with a pungent chord built from five notes played in arpeggio. Why You’ll Probably Never Hear a Sondheim Concerto 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z By their second date, after both had revealed a love for the composer Stephen Sondheim, Ms. Goodman was texting her friends that the two were probably going to get married. Working Best With a Minimum of Information 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z In 1993, Mr. Sondheim received the Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime achievement, and in 2015 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z As Sondheim and Lapine knew, a happy ending depends on where you stop the story. ‘Into the Woods’ Review: Do You Believe in Magic? 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Stanley is seemingly comfortable singing anything, from complicated Stephen Sondheim show tunes to rock songs by Morissette, classics by Leonard Bernstein and modern gems by Jason Robert Brown. Tonywatch: Elizabeth Stanley seeks ‘healing and connection’ 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Sondheim wanted to show his abilities in rhyme on his edits on "I Feel Pretty," whose original lyric had been written by Laurent. Here’s to the ladies who lunch: One of Sondheim’s greatest achievements was writing complex women 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z The 83-year-old Sondheim is known for such classic musicals as "A Little Night Music" and "Into the Woods." Sondheim wins prestigious MacDowell medal 2013-04-01T02:07:10Z Mr. Sondheim turned 80 last month, and the occasion has already been honored by more tributes than are normally accorded the Yankees when they win the World Series, with more to come. | 'Sondheim on Sondheim': Barbara Cook and Vanessa Williams at Studio 54 2010-04-23T02:50:00Z As Sondheim recalls in his book “Look, I Made a Hat,” the animals in the movie were to be played by “Henson creatures.” She’ll Have You at Moo: Milky White and the Power of Puppetry 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Few have so eloquently addressed a comparable pull toward and away from intimacy as Stephen Sondheim, the subject of a celebratory BBC Proms concert on July 31. Review: Old Favorites, With New Tricks 2010-08-10T14:33:00Z But Sondheim & Co. were probably the first to apply it to that most traditional of all popular forms, the Broadway musical. A Sondheim Musical Rolls Back to Life 2012-02-15T16:40:10Z On Monday night at the Italian Embassy, ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, a self-proclaimed theater aficionado, welcomed guests to the Stephen Sondheim Award Gala. Italian Embassy gets raves 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z A rare play about a barber, “Sheppey” is in some ways the exact antithesis to “Sweeney Todd,” that murderously minded Sondheim musical that follows its own follicular path. Review: ‘The Children,’ in London, Offers Hints of an Apocalypse 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z A particular gem is “Country House,” a barbed marital duet Sondheim wrote for a revival of “Follies” that is sung with magnetically dry disdain by Donna Migliaccio and Bobby Smith. Instrumental to Signature’s success, orchestra shines in Sondheim revue 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z None other than Cole Porter gasped at one of Sondheim’s lyrics in “Together, Wherever We Go,” and “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” earned the 29-year-old a spot in Bartlett’s book of quotations. 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Xylophones for Sondheim Razzle-dazzle isn’t a quality ordinarily associated with the music of Stephen Sondheim. Music Review: Isn?t It Rich? Isn?t It Loud? Xylophones for Sondheim 2010-11-21T22:51:00Z But much of the restored material deepens our appreciation of how, in this early score, Sondheim began to create his mature musical style. Attend the Tale of ‘Anyone Can Whistle,’ Then and Now 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Plus, Times contributor Margaret Gray profiles composer Stephen Sondheim in advance of a concert celebrating his 75th birthday at the Hollywood Bowl: “Sondheim on Sondheim,” a revue of his Broadway career. Essential Arts & Culture: The Getty's new trove, an Italian artist's due, ‘Angels in America’ returns 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z It also beat out Stephen Sondheim's "Sunday in the Park with George" in 1984 for best musical, to the shock of some musical theater purists. No Obvious Front-Runner in Tony Race 2010-05-04T18:24:00Z The show led off with a waltz medley built around the title song of the Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim show “Do I Hear a Waltz?” Review: John Epperson Steps Out, Leaving the Diva at Home 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Another Sondheim show, the fairy-tale inspired Into the Woods, has been turned into a film that will be released in the UK on 9 January. Sondheim hails 'fresh' Assassins show 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z No, the death on Nov. 26 of the composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim makes this more properly a time for sorrow and gratitude. Review: In a Gender-Flipped Revival, ‘Company’ Loves Misery 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The future of arts criticism may be a kindergartner from Arlington reviewing Stephen Sondheim musicals on YouTube. Pint-size theater critic earns rave reviews from fans like Perez Hilton, Sara Bareilles Recent revivals of Sondheim shows using chamber orchestrations have shown how sturdy his music is, even in drastically reduced arrangements. Music Review | 'Sondheim: The Birthday Concert': A Little Birthday Music for Sondheim 2010-03-16T19:50:00Z A hush comes over the audience when one of the actors slowly revolves full circle while aiming a pistol at spectators in a revival of Stephen Sondheim's 1990 musical "Assassins" at an intimate London theater-in-the-round. Sondheim Assassins revival hits the mark in London 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim once listed it among songs he wished he had written, but it was also linked to one of Mr. Lawrence’s most frustrating experiences, the 1965 musical “Kelly.” Eddie Lawrence, Comedian, Actor and Pitchman, Is Dead at 95 2014-03-31T00:10:54Z Mr. Sondheim memorably criticized some script changes under consideration for “Porgy and Bess” last year. ‘Newsies’ Versus ‘Once,’ and Other Tony Competitions 2012-06-07T22:01:22Z Strange but true: This self-proclaimed optimist worships at the altar of that ultimate equivocator Stephen Sondheim and is also a passionate devotee of Fred Rogers, the beloved children’s entertainer. Review: Rob McClure’s ‘Smile,’ a Glass That’s Always Half Full 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z “There’s a hole in the world like a great black pit,” sings the vengeful barber of Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd.” Sondheim goes ‘crunch’ in prog-metal ‘Sweeney Todd’ 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z A single encounter with the musicals of Stephen Sondheim has been known to convert a lifelong musical-phobe into a true believer. Theater Talkback: Doing Your Homework 2010-07-22T16:31:00Z “He managed to sing complex Sondheim lyrics with a wonderful degree of meaning — a naturalistic thing that you yearn for in musical performance,” recalls Nunn. Michael Arden, man of the moment in L.A. theater, merrily rolls along 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z As we practiced, I imagined myself in an ocean-billowed ball gown, or floating in the Atlantic in my orange vest, with its water-activated light-bulb feature, singing Sondheim as I sank, illuminated. The Stage Door at Sea: A Broadway Star on Her First Fan Cruise 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z And, throughout, she rehearses and performs her one-woman show of Stephen Sondheim songs — getting frustrated and petulant in rehearsal when she struggles to remember lyrics, and transforming in front of an audience. ‘Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me’: a bittersweet look back 2014-03-06T20:29:04Z They did show Mr. Sondheim a final edit of the film, and he said he was surprised by how he sounded in an interview from 1973. Send in the Cameras: Sondheim on TV 2013-12-06T21:32:34Z Mr. Sondheim’s music examines the entire pre-1960s tradition, from Gilbert and Sullivan and Viennese operetta, through the Gershwins’ satires, Cole Porter’s burlesque musicals and beyond. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z I would help crowdfund a book from her about Stephen Sondheim, one of her cultural touchstones. In Lorrie Moore’s Nonfiction, the Sounds of an Intellectual Having a Good Time 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z “My family’s busy for the Thanksgiving holiday, but then we found out that Mr. Sondheim died.” Impromptu Sondheim Wakes Fill Piano Bars With Tears and Tunes 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Miranda, who first met Sondheim at 17 and began corresponding with him in earnest while writing “Hamilton,” said he was initially afraid of intruding on Sondheim’s time. Cherished Words From Theater’s Encourager-in-Chief 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z I admire all the Broadway writers, Sondheim, who have been able to do that so magnificently, but it’s not something I could ever do. The Boss on Broadway: Bruce Springsteen on His ‘First Real Job’ 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Okay, maybe the roof-raising “You Can’t Stop the Beat” video, released in May in support of the Actors Fund, matched the Sondheim celebration for emotional wallop. Perspective | Best theater of 2020: Sondheim’s birthday, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Mary Neely, ‘The Amen Corner’ and more 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z “I did that in college,” Mr. Sondheim, 86, answered, referring to his years at Williams College in Massachusetts. Why You’ll Probably Never Hear a Sondheim Concerto 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The most rapturous example in living memory is the first-act finale of "Sunday in the Park with George," Mr. Sondheim and James Lapine's portrait of George Seurat, the French pointillist painter. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Lives of the Artists 2012-09-20T16:23:38Z Sondheim's background is often used as supporting evidence for his reputation as "the prototypical repressed intellectual", as he puts it himself with mild irritation. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim, a famously unsentimental writer, wrote these lyrics to be heard in the one place he knew they would ring most true. Why Hillary Clinton's next big stage should be at the Tony Awards 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z It was also a good night for Stephen Sondheim, who turned 80 last year. After the Dance, the awards 2011-03-13T21:00:03Z Leonard Bernstein’s music and Stephen Sondheim’s lyrics are still here to guide the Sharks and the Jets along as they war it out in the streets of New York City. What Is ‘West Side Story’ Without Jerome Robbins? Chatty. 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Above all, Mr. Sondheim said, he is a harmonist whose songs are inspired by theatrical characters. Sondheim and Reich at Lincoln Center 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z With movies such as this, there is always the "Sondheim is a genius and you uneducated peons don't get it" snob factor. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z A vigorous heart now beats at the center of this revitalized revival of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim’s 1971 musical, which opened on Monday night at the Marquis Theater. | 'Follies' : ?Follies? on Broadway - Review 2011-09-13T02:01:08Z For a moment, anyway, Sondheim as God didn’t seem preposterous. ‘Sondheim on Sondheim’: A Broadway baby in symphonic clothes 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Not only are the two Luis Buñuel films that Sondheim and the playwright David Ives took as their inspiration maximally surrealist, they are also surreal in different, seemingly incompatible ways. ‘Here We Are’ Review: The Last Sondheim, Cool and Impossibly Chic 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Sondheim was a gifted puzzle maker and creator of cryptic scavenger hunts. Getting Close to Sondheim: New Books Try to Capture His Essence 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z “That was the first one Sondheim came to,” Kalbfleisch recalls of “Passion.” Jon Kalbfleisch tunes up ‘A Little Night Music’ 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Because anticipating a Sondheim musical was inviting a level of excitement into a musical lover’s life that few other events inspire. Perspective | There will never be another Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z After “A Pray by Blecht” collapsed, Sondheim went on almost immediately to write “Company,” “Follies” and “A Little Night Music.” A Golden Team, a Terrible Title and a Show That Vanished 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim, with elaborate patience, coaching a singer in the proper pronunciation of “bubi.” John Mulaney and Seth Meyers Fondly Send Up Sondheim. He’s Amused. 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z As with his superb Broadway revivals of the Stephen Sondheim musicals “Sweeney Todd” and “Company,” Mr. Doyle has all his cast members play instruments. ‘Allegro,’ a Rarely Staged Rodgers and Hammerstein Musical 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z It is, Ashford said, “our little homage to Steve,” referring to Stephen Sondheim, the musical’s composer and a lover of puzzles and games. In ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Annaleigh Ashford Puts It All Together 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Satirical show sends up the styles of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, et al. L.A. theater openings, July 26-Aug. 1: 'Apocalyptic Exodus Scenarios' and more 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z The start of Sondheim’s Broadway career was inauspicious. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Sondheim could be brusque, but his temperament shifted just as instinctively toward decency. Tributes pour in for Sondheim, the greatest theater composer-lyricist of our time 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Among the more unusual selections was the pairing of lost-love songs from different musical genres: the country staple “Always on My Mind” with Stephen Sondheim’s “Losing My Mind,” from “Follies.” Review: Kristin Chenoweth, That Perky Performer With the Powerhouse Pipes 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Ask Cláudio Botelho, who is dropping plans this year to produce “Sweeney Todd,” Stephen Sondheim’s dark look at a murderous barber. Broadway Musicals, Big Draw in Brazil for a Decade, Lose Their Audience 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z "I wish it were in a foreign language in an opera," says Stephen Sondheim of "I have a love", one of the songs he wrote for West Side Story. Rivers of babble on: how word became the servant to music 2013-06-28T17:59:00Z At Monday’s gala, the theater honored Sondheim collaborator James Lapine, who wrote the book for that musical and directed the original Broadway production. Italian Embassy gets raves 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Sondheim, generous as always to his book-writers, praised Lapine's "brilliantly" executed plotting and his unique ability to direct his own work. 'Into the Woods' reunion shows Sondheim can still cast a spell 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z After that, Ms. Secrest said, Mr. Sondheim strived to maintain “a safe psychic distance” from women making overtures, “imagined or real.” Put Down Your Phone! It’s Patti LuPone. 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z The new edition of “Simply Sondheim” — a cabaret production unveiled in 2015 to mark the company’s 25th anniversary — is a newly imagined version with 30 Sondheim songs staged by Gardiner. Arlington’s Signature Theatre will put its best musical foot forward online in 2021 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z The engineering is also notably vibrant; even Sondheim, who felt that Walker ignored his suggestions for improving the orchestral sound, has noted the recording’s “energy and sparkle.” Attend the Tale of ‘Anyone Can Whistle,’ Then and Now 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z But to loyalists of the classic Hollywood musical — or the modernist-revisionist era that followed in the ’60s and ’70s driven largely by Sondheim — the Stone and Gosling performances are just amateurish kitsch. “La La Land” and the Oscars: Why the movie attracts haters 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z A new program in honor of Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim will reward outstanding teachers across the country with $10,000 grants, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Tuesday. Grant program will honor Sondheim, reward teachers 2010-09-28T15:27:00Z Hollywood has always seen Sondheim as a caviar brand unsuitable for a popcorn industry. REVIEW: 'Into the Woods': A Disney Musical for Adults of All Ages 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Bar mitzvahs featured adaptations of show tunes: Ben was feted with a Stephen Sondheim medley that included a parody of “Another Hundred People” that went, “Another hundred playbills just came in through the door.” Ben Platt, on pitch in ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Director Rob Marshall worked closely with composer Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine in adapting their musical for the film that opens in U.S. theaters on Christmas Day. 'Into the Woods' goes darkly beyond happy ever after 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z So I don't feel that Sondheim, brilliant and wonderful as he is, has a very objective perspective about Ira's work. Michael Feinstein is keeping the standards alive 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z He made no promises, however, that he would be able to draft Stephen Sondheim, the legendary Broadway composer and lyricist who has become a recurring guest on “The Colbert Report.” ArtsBeat Blog: Montclair Film Festival Gains Directors, and a Cheerleader Named Stephen Colbert 2011-12-01T16:30:02Z The 1,055-seat venue on West 43rd Street that had been named after actor-producer Henry Miller was formally renamed Wednesday night and had its marquee lit in Sondheim's honor. Stephen Sondheim honored with a Broadway theater 2010-09-16T03:46:00Z “Into the Woods,” which first opened on Broadway in 1987, is one of the great collaborations between the songwriter Stephen Sondheim, who died last fall, and the book writer James Lapine. A Starry ‘Into the Woods’ Will Play Broadway This Summer 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim would later study independently with Milton Babbitt, the avant-garde composer. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Like Harold Pinter’s “Betrayal,” Martin Amis’s “Time’s Arrow” and Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along,” it traveled backward in time, movingly, from experience to innocence. This Dark Prince of American Poetry Writes With Glittering Malice 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z When it comes to the legendary Sondheim, “we have unreasonable expectations,” suggests Gary Griffin, who directed “Road Show” at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in 2014 and is expanding on that production at Signature. Sondheim’s ‘Road Show’ on the rebound at Signature 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z The great Stephen Sondheim himself might find it tricky work to make lyrical magic of the relationships among the various civic entities charged with approving land-use deals in New York City. | 'In the Footprint': A Brooklyn Civics Lesson, Offered in Word and Song 2010-11-23T23:00:00Z Prince’s musical-minting collaborations with Sondheim ended with the failure of “Merrily We Roll Along” in 1981; they reunited briefly for the musical “Bounce,” which was a critical bust at the Kennedy Center in 2003. Perspective | Thank you, Hal Prince, for giving me some of the most transcendent nights of theater I’ve ever known 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z “Simply Sondheim,” directed and choreographed by Matthew Gardiner, does not entirely escape the problem; though the filming, on the Signature’s stage, is very pretty, it is limited in its effects. Bringing Out the Best of Sondheim, Herman and … Schraubstader? 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Frank Sinatra, who had a hit with Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns,” once complained: “He could make me a lot happier if he’d write more songs for saloon singers like me.” Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z As for adaptation: One secret to success in Sondheim’s book, be it Puccini operas or “Sweeney Todd,” is slender source material. When musicals become operas 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z As an encore, in honor of another composer Tao reveres, he played his own arrangement of “Sunday” from Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George.” Two Pianists, Two Recitals, Two Deeply Personal Statements 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z She was later nominated for a Tony award for her role in a revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Follies. Cape Fear actress Bergen dies aged 84 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Sondheim died, unexpectedly, on Nov. 26, at the age of 91; the cause of death was cardiovascular disease, according to his death certificate. A Sondheim Surge: Interest in His Work Soars After His Death 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim’s musical training, such as it was, started early. Why You’ll Probably Never Hear a Sondheim Concerto 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Elsewhere in the nominations, two musical stars are shortlisted for the best actress award for the first time -- Sheridan Smith for "Legally Blonde" and Elena Roger for Stephen Sondheim's "Passion." Ex-Spice Girl in running for London theatre award 2010-11-22T14:01:00Z In our interview, Sondheim acknowledged that the moment had this subtext, yet denied that he had calibrated the effect; he said he had just followed his musical instincts. Stephen Sondheim, as Great a Composer as He Was a Lyricist 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z The one human connection Mr. Sondheim has always celebrated unambiguously and without strain is friendship. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z Watching a rehearsal, Mr. Sondheim commented on Mr. Brennan to the stage manager, “He’s one haircut away from being attractive.” The Nice Guy Who Puts the Mean Into ?Glee? 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z Sondheim has been fascinated by the Mizners since he read about Addison, an architect, and his flimflamming brother Wilson in the New Yorker back in the 1950s. ‘Road Show’: A journey into the ‘get-rich-quick’ 20th century 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z That would be a mistake because this is one of Sondheim's oddest and darkest works. Sondheim Assassins revival hits the mark in London 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Reich is a Minimalist whose pieces, unlike Mr. Sondheim’s, often lack clear-cut beginnings, middles and ends. Sondheim and Reich at Lincoln Center 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z It’s good to know that someone was at least trying to do their homework after Sondheim confessed he’d “never even met a Puerto Rican.” The Great ‘West Side Story’ Debate 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z “Beautiful” was up 12 percent, to $1,027,244, setting a new box office record at the Stephen Sondheim theater for the second week in a row. ArtsBeat: Growing Sales for ‘Beautiful’ and ‘Rocky’ on Broadway 2014-04-21T21:12:37Z But boy has it stuck with me — as a fittingly ambitious and witty acknowledgment of Sondheim’s audacity and as a metaphor for the teamwork necessary to achieve anything meaningfully, enduringly decent this year. Best Performances of 2020 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z When it was performed by Elaine Stritch at 85, and delivered in tights and a white shirt, the song revealed so much about Sondheim's role in placing women at the centre of the stage. Here’s to the ladies who lunch: One of Sondheim’s greatest achievements was writing complex women 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z “Sunday” is Signature’s 23rd full production of a Sondheim musical in 25 years. Decades in the Broadway biz, and still we want more of Stephen Sondheim Although the show is amply stocked with selections from the songbook of Stephen Sondheim, for example, Mr. Patinkin doesn’t offer anything from his celebrated turn in “Sunday.” | 'An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin': ?An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin? - Review 2011-11-22T03:01:03Z As for the guest list, Mr. Richards was coy about whether he would invite Mr. Sondheim, who declined to be interviewed for this article. ?The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess? Is Less Changed for Broadway 2011-11-14T23:31:01Z Or that to write “Being Alive,” for “Company,” Mr. Sondheim interviewed a friend about what it was like to be married, because he himself was so solitary. Send in the Cameras: Sondheim on TV 2013-12-06T21:32:34Z That’s because in the world of Sondheim, feelings never come singly but in battalions. Stephen Sondheim, the Man Who Felt Too Much 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z It’s to Mr. Sondheim’s credit that his songs lend cohesion and, in the second act, real emotional heft, even when the story strays, like Beverly Rudd’s scene-stealing Red Riding Hood, from its path. Review: Playing Sondheim in the Woods 2010-08-24T16:00:00Z In these musicals and a few others, the raw material allowed Sondheim to create sequences in which neither music nor lyrics prevail but their interplay produces the heat of lived emotion. It’s Not the Music. It’s Not the Lyrics. It’s the Drama. 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z There was trivia: “Now we’re going to find if there are actual nerds in the room: On what song did Sondheim write the lyrics under the pen name Esteban Río Nido?” Impromptu Sondheim Wakes Fill Piano Bars With Tears and Tunes 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Earlier this year, Encores! resuscitated Steven Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, turning an old flop into a palpable hit. Megan Does Marilyn: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Is Her Smash 2012-05-13T17:01:06Z Sondheim: But do these songs tell — are they part of telling a story? Stephen Sondheim, Rob Marshall and Meryl Streep on 'Into the Woods' 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z She displays a pleasant musicality and more than that, a splendid naturalness in interpreting a Sondheim melody. Review | Signature opens season with ‘A Little Night Music,’ one of Sondheim’s precious gems 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z At Tuesday’s opening-night performance the team did especially well by Stephen Sondheim, with simmering back-to-back renditions of songs from “Follies”: “Buddy’s Blues,” sung by Mr. McGillin, and “Could I Leave You?” by Ms. Luker. Music Review: ‘Broadway Romance’ at Café Carlyle 2013-01-20T20:00:16Z Here’s catnip for musical theater lovers who are into “Into the Woods” in specific and Stephen Sondheim in general. Sondheim, Bernadette Peters going into 'Woods' again in one-nighter 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z But he was obviously delighted about the Steven Spielberg-directed film adaptation of “West Side Story,” a musical for which Mr. Sondheim wrote the lyrics, that is scheduled to be released next month. Days Before Dying, Stephen Sondheim Reflected: ‘I’ve Been Lucky’ 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Doyle’s “Sweeney Todd” and “Company” were both faithful to the original notes, lyrics and book, though small cuts were made in “Sweeney,” with Mr. Sondheim’s permission. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z Sondheim is by far the best lyricist and composer to work in Broadway in the second half of the twentieth-century, and Woods is one of his major works. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Sondheim, in an interview days before his death last November, said he was looking forward to the production. Daniel Radcliffe to Star in Off Broadway ‘Merrily’ Revival 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Tunick, who said his original orchestrations “leaned on the film music masters heavily,” knew Sondheim well. Who Needs a Shave? ‘Sweeney Todd’ Is Back. 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z I shall long remember the superlative Donmar revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s “Passion ” that finished its limited run Saturday before winning the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical the following night. On the London Stage: It's Judy's World and Welcome to It 2010-12-01T08:00:00Z Unlike many of his peers, Sondheim has been served fairly well by film and video. Stream These 7 Productions That Celebrate Stephen Sondheim’s Work 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z For all his songs’ universality, the Sondheim philosophy is specific and exclusive. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z In 1965 Mr. Laurents reworked the play into the book for the modestly successful musical “Do I Hear a Waltz?,” which had music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Mr. Sondheim. Arthur Laurents, Playwright and Director on Broadway, Dies at 93 2011-05-06T04:27:34Z I guess Sondheim got it a little bit, because he is a big game player — he wasn’t familiar with “Among Us,” but he wanted to know the rules. Can Movie Theaters and Netflix Coexist? Rian Johnson Makes His Case. 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Sondheim, who died on Friday at 91, establishes the work’s dark, gothic mood in strange, chromatically wandering organ music right at the start. Stephen Sondheim, as Great a Composer as He Was a Lyricist 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Enraged Sondheim lovers would probably picket the theater. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z It was matched in seductive power by her versions of “Loving You,” from the Sondheim musical “Passion,” and of Norah Jones’s “Come Away With Me.” Stacy Sullivan Sings in Memory of Marian McPartland 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The big musical opening is Paul Kerryson's revival of 42nd Street at Chichester, but smart theatregoers may want to take a look at the Sondheim revival, Assassins, at the Union. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-06-25T15:46:00Z That involves the indirect path of epiphany through Sondheim, though there is also the more time-tested model of a particularly brutal screaming fight. Adam Driver Has Put Everything He’s Got Onscreen 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z After college Brennan was cast in a Chicago production of Sondheim's "Saturday Night." The nice guy who puts the mean into 'Glee' 2010-10-23T00:12:00Z But Sunday’s closing performances of two musicals — “A Little Night Music,” the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s bittersweet romance, and “In the Heights,” which brought a host of new talents to Broadway — were especially raucous. ArtsBeat: Stritch and Miranda Get Last Laughs at Finales of 'Night Music' and 'In the Heights' 2011-01-10T20:57:56Z Several years ago, on the occasion of his receiving the Stephen Sondheim Award, an honor bestowed annually by Arlington’s Signature Theatre, I sat down with him and the subject of aging came up. Perspective | Thank you, Hal Prince, for giving me some of the most transcendent nights of theater I’ve ever known 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Building a show on a willfully irrational source risks doubling down on the weirdness, leading to “Huh?” results like Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats” and Sondheim’s own “Anyone Can Whistle.” ‘Here We Are’ Review: The Last Sondheim, Cool and Impossibly Chic 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Like his contemporary, the songwriter Stephen Sondheim, Mr. Albee has devoted much of his life to the care and feeding of multifaceted words, and his language, too, could be said to sing. Theater Review: ?Edward Albee?s The Lady From Dubuque? at End Stage Theater 2012-03-06T03:00:39Z It screamed, ‘Look at me, I’m being poetic!’ said Sondheim.” Stephen M. Silverman, Biographer of Stage and Screen, Is Dead at 71 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Another in “Simply Sondheim” is “The Hills of Tomorrow,” the optimistic opening and closing anthem cut from “Merrily We Roll Along.” Bringing Out the Best of Sondheim, Herman and … Schraubstader? 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Ira was somehow aware that Sondheim didn't respect him, and that hurt him greatly. Michael Feinstein is keeping the standards alive 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z “Merrily” may be my desert-island Sondheim score, and I slightly prefer the original version. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z The show will also host musical tribute to a theater titan — composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who died last year at 91. UK theater’s Olivier Awards back after COVID-enforced hiatus 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z “Sondheim on Sondheim,” which first ran on Broadway in 2010, has been newly converted into an orchestral production for the Bowl. Sondheim on 'Sondheim on Sondheim' at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Their producer, Cheryl Crawford, had dropped the project, Mr. Sondheim said. Hal Prince, Giant of Broadway and Reaper of Tonys, Dies at 91 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Time Traveling With Old Friends Like doting godparents to a cherished but difficult child, Stephen Sondheim fans have been waiting 30 years for “Merrily We Roll Along” to grow up. Theater Review: Sondheim?s ?Merrily We Roll Along? in Encores! Staging 2012-02-09T23:44:16Z “I know Stephen Sondheim wrote that song in 1971,” she said, “but I swear, I feel he wrote it for me.” The Mezzo-Soprano Rosalind Elias in ?Follies? on Broadway 2011-10-23T22:55:37Z Pending the discovery of some unpublished juvenilia or yet another iteration of the penultimate “Road Show,” this is the last Sondheim musical we will ever have. ‘Here We Are’ Review: The Last Sondheim, Cool and Impossibly Chic 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim bears a relationship to his vocation that is unlike that of any artist in any other field. | 'Sondheim on Sondheim': Barbara Cook and Vanessa Williams at Studio 54 2010-04-23T02:50:00Z Two weeks later — without even a callback — she heard from her agent: “Stephen Sondheim wants you to play Little Red.” Julia Lester on Her ‘More Knowing’ Little Red Riding Hood 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z It was one of Mr. Sondheim’s most critically admired shows, running for 604 performances. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Jason Eagan, the artistic director of the artist incubator Ars Nova, said that Sondheim went to shows there but never to openings, because he didn’t want to be a distraction on someone else’s big night. Cherished Words From Theater’s Encourager-in-Chief 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z She went on to compare Stephen Sondheim to Shakespeare in the layered quality of his imagery. Review: Barbara Cook Sang Standards, With Audience Members as Acolytes 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z He studied drama and improvisation at the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago and is well versed in Stephen Sondheim. Instead of Killer Punchlines, Killer Choruses 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z For the answers to other clues, she often has imagined conversations with Sondheim. In ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Annaleigh Ashford Puts It All Together 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z “Sondheim takes pleasure in seizing certain clichés, and pushing them,” Mr. Perroux said. Theater: Th??tre Du Ch?telet Aims to Bring Broadway to Paris 2011-04-14T14:00:04Z Prince and Sondheim had not worked together since the stunning 1970s partnership that created “Follies,” “A Little Night Music” and “Sweeney Todd” snapped after the 1981 “Merrily We Roll Along.” Sondheim’s ‘Road Show’ on the rebound at Signature 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z It was “Company,” which opened on Broadway in April 1970, that cemented Sondheim’s reputation. Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Though they occasionally cross the line into rubato staginess — Sondheim would appear to be an influence — for the most part, they are right on track. RHS alum returns to town for Triple Door show 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Over all, he wrote both the music and the lyrics for a dozen Broadway shows — not including compendium revues like “Side by Side by Sondheim,” “Putting It Together” and the autobiographical “Sondheim on Sondheim.” Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Plus, of course, the Steven Spielberg-directed movie remake of “West Side Story,” which Sondheim wrote the lyrics for, is already generating awards buzz in advance of its release on Friday. A Sondheim Surge: Interest in His Work Soars After His Death 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Now she is “e-mail buddies” with Mr. Sondheim, whispering his rhymes while picking sweet peas in her backyard garden at home, 30 years after making a deliberate decision against a life in musicals. Imelda Staunton on Return to Musicals With Sondheim Roles 2012-08-10T01:35:08Z Sondheim died just three days before the revival’s first workshop began; he had been planning to attend a read-through on the workshop’s final day. Josh Groban to Star in ‘Sweeney Todd’ Revival on Broadway 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Some of the most strikingly mature vocals of the night were by Rachel Zegler, singing Sondheim as part of the in memoriam segment. At the Grammys, the Young Succeed Most When They Seem Old 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z While working on “Anyone Can Whistle,” she complained to Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the songs, that she didn’t really understand and thus feel comfortable playing the corrupt mayoress: There was “no there there.” Angela Lansbury, Broadway’s Beloved Everywoman 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Sondheim often attended rehearsals and would answer any questions. In ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Annaleigh Ashford Puts It All Together 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Into the Woods, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; book by James Lapine. Once upon a time, there was a fairy tale musical for grown-ups . . . 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z “It was a kind of secret language that I just got,” Groban recalled of his early explorations of Sondheim’s musicals. Who Needs a Shave? ‘Sweeney Todd’ Is Back. 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Lenk singing “Not While I’m Around” from “Sweeney Todd” — as both Sondheim and Brown accompanied. Review | The rarest of public events: Sondheim sings Sondheim! 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Such puzzles were popular in England, and Mr. Sondheim based his contributions on cryptic crosswords that were popular in The Listener, a publication of the BBC. ArtsBeat Blog: This Time It's Crosswords (Not Cross Words) That Surface From Sondheim 2011-09-16T17:37:55Z I have pictures of Sondheim feeding leafy tree branches to a giraffe. Stephen Sondheim, as Great a Composer as He Was a Lyricist 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z In the meantime, Sondheim fans will have plenty of opportunities to revisit his work. Sondheim Is Writing a New Musical, and Hopes to Stage It Next Year 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z In his psychological nuance and experimental sound, LaChiusa is part of the generation heavily marked by the influence of Sondheim, which doesn’t mean that he can’t be any fun. Theatre’s Superpower 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z The first musical I saw there was “Follies,” Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s elegiac farewell to old-fashioned, mindlessly optimistic Broadway musicals like “Hello, Dolly!” How a Jerry Herman Song Called a Future Critic to New York 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim, the composer and lyricist who died on Friday at age 91, had an unparalleled influence on contemporary theater. Stream These 7 Productions That Celebrate Stephen Sondheim’s Work 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z "Company," a filmed version of the Stephen Sondheim musical performed as a concert with the New York Philharmonic earlier this spring, will be at several theaters this week and next. Rock Hudson, 'Company' and 'LOTR' trilogy 2011-06-09T20:12:21Z Stritch’s raspy voice and boozy defiance — “another vodka stinger!” — was the perfect match for Sondheim’s urbane cynicism, and she became one of his greatest muses and interpreters. Elaine Stritch: How to Be a Broadway Diva 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Goldman’s book is still winceably clunky in its “Me Generation” confessional style, but Mr. Sondheim’s score has seldom seemed more psychologically penetrating or more astutely edged in the dissonance of desperation. Showgirls, a Monster and a Drag Queen: Singing Songs of Self 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Donna Migliaccio, who has played more than 20 Sondheim roles, principally at Signature, says she admired him for the sophisticated ways in which he wrote his female characters. Tributes pour in for Sondheim, the greatest theater composer-lyricist of our time 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z After Stephen Sondheim’s death last November, social media was awash with images of the notes he regularly sent to theater colleagues famous and not, offering praise and encouragement. The Antiquarian Book Fair: From Sondheim’s Letters to a Brontë Discovery 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z One of that revue’s six numbers from “Merrily,” it encapsulates Stephen Sondheim’s skeptical worldview as tartly as anything the composer has written. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z "If I can manage the fear without the nausea I'll be fine," she continued, describing Sondheim's Tony-winning score as "very difficult and fantastically complex". Thompson 'wept' over stage return 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Even Stephen Sondheim might have balked at the scenario. Tonys 2015: Meet the biggest hit maker on Broadway 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The said the show, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, was a "tremendous showcase" for her talents. Carole King actress wins rave reviews 2014-01-13T14:17:18Z It’s a noteworthy difference between his shows and those of his chief rival, the psychologically nuanced puzzler Stephen Sondheim. Not your granny’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’ at the Kennedy Center 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z After Sondheim died, Twitter was flooded with images of them. Cherished Words From Theater’s Encourager-in-Chief 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Despite the limited dimensions of its playing space, the Redmond theater has been quite ambitious with well-known Broadway shows lately, recently tackling Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music.” Ambitious SecondStory tackles ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ 2014-04-04T18:48:11Z Sondheim has never written typical musicals – the kind made famous in the US in the 1940s and 1950s – he writes about the human condition, with layer upon layer of depth. Is Stephen Sondheim the Shakespeare of musical theatre? | Michael Ball 2010-03-29T15:41:00Z They could just as easily be singing the Stephen Sondheim lyric “How did you get to be here?” Theater Review: ‘Chaplin: The Musical’ at the Ethel Barrymore Theater 2012-09-11T02:00:17Z The music ought to feed the musical’s momentum, but the orchestral streamlining exacerbates the sluggishness of Lapine’s overwritten book and the repetitive emphasis of some of Sondheim’s lyrics. Stripped-down staging brings clever moments in this long, long journey 'Into the Woods' 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z But listen hard and you can detect Mr. Sondheim’s gifts for acrobatic rhythm and rhyme and teasing pastiches that both mock and embrace classic musical comedy forms. Two Sides of Sondheim in the Berkshires 2010-07-06T21:36:00Z Ms. Cook named Irving Berlin and Stephen Sondheim as her favorite songwriters, and both cited Mabel Mercer as a critical stylistic inspiration. Music Review: Michael Feinstein and Barbara Cook at Feinstein?s - Review 2011-12-01T23:43:15Z Still, as strung together by Sondheim’s diamantine songs, “Company” offered a groundbreaking way of looking at its subject, less through a microscope than a kaleidoscope. Review: In a Gender-Flipped Revival, ‘Company’ Loves Misery 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The Stephen Sondheim Theater, where “Doubtfire” was being staged, exhibits many of Broadway’s real estate complexities. ‘The Universe Hit Pause’: The Ripple Effects of Broadway’s Shutdown 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along is an intriguing case study in the casting of parts with a large age range. Age on stage: how actors and plays depict the passing of the years 2013-02-21T17:03:42Z “If there’s any show that would be right for Alan it would be that,” he says of Stephen Sondheim’s musical comedy with Roman roots. Impossible dream: young director brings musicals to Shakespeare Co. 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The show, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by George Furth, is about a chronically single about-to-turn 35-year-old wrestling with the judgment of a group of married friends. ‘Company’ Returning to Broadway, With a Woman at Its Center 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z San Francisco Opera’s staging of composer Stephen Sondheim and librettist Hugh Wheeler’s “Sweeney Todd” was the only California proposal winning a top grant of $100,000. NEA grants go to musical works about Marilyn Monroe, My Lai massacre 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z What took Hollywood so long to make a movie of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s 1987 Broadway musical Into the Woods? REVIEW: 'Into the Woods': A Disney Musical for Adults of All Ages 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Of all the tributes Sondheim has garnered since his death, none has moved me more. Two Pianists, Two Recitals, Two Deeply Personal Statements 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z In 2016, I posed to Sondheim the question of why such a master composer so seldom wrote a purely instrumental work. Stephen Sondheim, as Great a Composer as He Was a Lyricist 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z But also, surely, shows by Sondheim — and perhaps other musicals that wouldn’t be appropriate for commercial runs on Broadway today. America Needs Its Own Comic Opera Company 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Sondheim described the frequent request to name a favorite of his own songs as “understandable but unanswerable.” 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Perhaps that is why Secrest—who has also written books on Frank Lloyd Wright, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Modigliani, among others—is the first to write a biography of the Italian couturiere. Books to Watch Out For: October 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z This is a chipper, haphazard anthology show that blends live performance of Sondheim songs with archival video footage and taped interviews with Himself. | 'Sondheim on Sondheim': Barbara Cook and Vanessa Williams at Studio 54 2010-04-23T02:50:00Z He toyed with the idea of multiple casting, but Sondheim nixed that idea, telling Arden that he wanted to stay true to the wishes of Furth. Michael Arden, man of the moment in L.A. theater, merrily rolls along 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z ‘Into the Woods’ is one of Sondheim’s most popular musicals. Review | The musical ‘A Bronx Tale’ sings of growing up on mean streets 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z As a surprise bonus, Brown was joined in a version of Sondheim’s “Franklin Shepard Inc.” from “Merrily” by another composer, one who is these days tantamount to the mayor of Broadway: Lin-Manuel Miranda. Review | The rarest of public events: Sondheim sings Sondheim! 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z The Menier Chocolate Factory has had two of its biggest hits with Stephen Sondheim, and so this Christmas it returns with Merrily We Roll Along. This week's new theatre 2012-11-24T00:05:41Z The revival will be staged at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater, with an opening scheduled on March 22, which is the night of Mr. Sondheim’s 90th birthday. ‘Company’ Returning to Broadway, With a Woman at Its Center 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Never mind that this production doesn’t feature anything like the usual highly polished, highly trained vocalists and orchestra customary for the rendering of Sondheim. Theater Review: ‘Into the Woods,’ at the McCarter Theater in Princeton 2013-05-14T21:08:58Z It's also why his legacy is so important: Stephen Sondheim changed the face of the medium. Is Stephen Sondheim the Shakespeare of musical theatre? | Michael Ball 2010-03-29T15:41:00Z The new “Follies,” which opened to strong reviews last week, has a score by none other than Mr. Sondheim himself, with a book by James Goldman. The New Season: New Layers for Broadway-Bound Musical Revivals 2011-09-17T23:00:46Z Previous winners include artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe Dominic Dromgoole, actor Simon Callow and, last year, Stephen Sondheim. Rupert Everett scoops Sheridan Morley prize for memoir Vanished Years 2013-02-27T12:07:41Z Elder is acting in the new HBO series “The Gilded Age,” as well as the recent revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical comedy “Company,” in which LuPone is also performing. A stranger bought this Broadway star a ticket years ago when he couldn’t afford it. They just reunited. 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Of Sondheim’s work, only “Sweeney Todd” has a comparable body count. ‘Into the Woods’ Review: Do You Believe in Magic? 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z The following year he adapted Stephen Sondheim's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum casting Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers and – in his last ever film role – Buster Keaton as Erronius. Richard Lester archive donated to BFI full of 'riches' 2010-08-22T23:01:00Z Or rather a melding of the artistic minds of Seurat, Mr. Sondheim, Mr. Lapine and the entire creative team required to put on a show. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Lives of the Artists 2012-09-20T16:23:38Z If Bernstein has a successor, it’s his onetime collaborator Stephen Sondheim, who has stayed as resolutely away from the institutions and forms of classical music as Bernstein was inexorably drawn to them. Perspective | Does Leonard Bernstein have any heirs? 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Then there are the homages and satires of Sondheim’s work. From ‘South Park’ to ‘Knives Out,’ Pop Culture Is Steeped With Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z It starts previews on 21 November at the Steven Sondheim Theatre. Carole King musical finds its star 2013-08-13T09:08:50Z Initially a maths student at Williams College in Massachusetts, the young Sondheim took an elective course in music with no intention of pursuing it. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z And there were reminiscences about first encounters with Sondheim, and of high school performances. Impromptu Sondheim Wakes Fill Piano Bars With Tears and Tunes 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Sondheim credited his “Woods” book writer, James Lapine, for the idea, but the sparkling execution is his alone. 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Many of the players applauded when Mr. Sondheim stood to take a bow during the inevitable ovation. Music Review: Philharmonic’s ‘Symphonic Sondheim’ at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-01-30T23:29:07Z Words and music from Bernstein's "Candide," "Trouble in Tahiti" and "Wonderful Town," as well as from Sondheim's "Sunday in the Park with George," "Company" and "Sweeney Todd." Classical roundup: Bernstein at symphony and men's, women's chorus 2010-06-24T19:31:00Z Sondheim was always at his best when writing about darkness, composing terrible things in beautiful, soaring melodies. “Assassins” is Stephen Sondheim's killer musical that we don’t talk about 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Roundabout’s Stephen Sondheim Theater now has the Tony-winning hit “Anything Goes,” while its American Airlines Theater now has “Man and Boy” and then “The Road to Mecca” scheduled from mid-December to early March. ArtsBeat Blog: Roundabout Extends Its Commitment to 'Sons of the Prophet' and Its Playwright 2011-10-26T22:03:56Z Grace sings, badly, from the Sondheim songbook on “Will & Grace,” and Penny’s absentee father on “Happy Endings” charms her with a story about a Sondheim encounter. From ‘South Park’ to ‘Knives Out,’ Pop Culture Is Steeped With Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z “Lyrics are an unforgivingly compact form,” writes Mr. Sondheim, who notes repeatedly that in this art “less is more.” Books of The Times: Sondheim?s Rhymes and Reasons 2010-10-21T17:45:00Z Sondheim had a difficult relationship with his mother. Here’s to the ladies who lunch: One of Sondheim’s greatest achievements was writing complex women 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z The camp even inspired the 2003 independent film "Camp," which lured Sondheim to stay a night on campus. Plenty of (sleep-away) drama in the Catskills 2012-08-23T11:33:10Z He meant not only that Sondheim’s songs are so often crushingly poignant but that the experience of loving them can feel unrequited. Review: ‘Merrily We Roll Along,’ Finally Found in the Dark 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z In seventh grade, I became completely obsessed with the 1981 musical “Merrily We Roll Along,” by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth. Revisiting a Legendary Sondheim Flop 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim, one of Broadway history’s songwriting titans, whose music and lyrics raised and reset the artistic standard for the American stage musical, died early Friday at his home in Roxbury, Conn. He was 91. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim also provides lucid explanations of the tools of his trade and how best to ply them. Books of The Times: Sondheim?s Rhymes and Reasons 2010-10-21T17:45:00Z Mr. Esparza’s interpretations of songs by Stephen Sondheim were revealing in the way they gave the work of this most cerebral composer a shot of adrenaline. Music Review: American Songbook?s Afro-Cuban Connection 2011-02-22T00:00:10Z Having already staged a happily-ever-after “Into the Woods,” Fiasco Theater dips back into the Sondheim catalog for a revival of this 1981 show about fame and its price. 9 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Expectations were especially high because “Merrily” was the follow-up to Mr. Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s “Sweeney Todd.” Review: Merrily (and Ruefully) Recalling an Epic Broadway Flop 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z It has since also acquired the theater at Studio 54 and assumed operations of the theater now known as the Stephen Sondheim. Todd Haimes, Who Rebuilt Roundabout Theater Company, Dies at 66 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The brothers, like many Sondheim characters, may be casualties of unfulfilled American dreams. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z A Broadway theater is renamed for Stephen Sondheim The Associated Press So what did Stephen Sondheim get Monday on his 80th birthday? A Broadway theater is renamed for Stephen Sondheim 2010-03-23T01:34:00Z Rare is the singer who doesn’t program at least one Sondheim song in her set; many put together entire evenings’ full. Sondheim Two Ways, From Judy Collins and Melissa Errico 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The high point of Jacobs’s intense storytelling is the chapter on “Company” and “The Ladies Who Lunch,” the Sondheim song that ultimately defined Stritch for the rest of her career. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Lear was apparently intrigued but wanted to see a script; Sondheim and Lapine were only peddling the idea. 'Into the Woods' reunion shows Sondheim can still cast a spell 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Sondheim should know — not least because his “Sweeney Todd” seems to have jumped the much-debated divide and been accepted into the opera canon. When musicals become operas 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Since then it’s bounced around as the most heavily revised project of Sondheim’s career. Sondheim’s ‘Road Show’ on the rebound at Signature 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Doyle did the same thing for Stephen Sondheim’s marital musical “Company,” but the instrument-toting characters looked like oddballs late for band camp. Review | This ‘Color Purple’ may have won a Tony, but it’s cut to the bone 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim’s darkly boisterous musical “Sweeney Todd” made its Broadway debut in a Nederlander house. James Nederlander, Theater Owner Known as Broadway’s Last Patriarch, Dies at 94 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Sondheim and Lapine have collaborated on several musicals, including "Sunday in the Park With George" and "Into the Woods," both full of popular songs and plentiful humor. Review: Intense revival of Sondheim's 'Passion' 2013-03-01T03:45:10Z “The two things that characterize him most are energy and impatience,” Mr. Sondheim said in an interview for this obituary in 2016. Hal Prince, Giant of Broadway and Reaper of Tonys, Dies at 91 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z These are just some of the revelations in HBO’s documentary “Six by Sondheim,” about the composer and lyricist, to be broadcast on Monday. Send in the Cameras: Sondheim on TV 2013-12-06T21:32:34Z On its face one of Sondheim’s simplest, most hopeful ballads, it is given an arsenic twist because we know how dreams turn to dust. A Sondheim Musical Rolls Back to Life 2012-02-15T16:40:10Z Drier than a sauvignon blanc, more New York than the Yankees, “Company” has, since its initial run, assumed an important if slightly veiled berth in the Sondheim canon. Sondheim and the City: In a Rethought ‘Company,’ a Woman Wavers 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z But it fell upon Sondheim to depict the inchoate yearnings of a street youth, played by Larry Kert, and offer a plausible glimpse into a mind barely able to glimpse it himself. 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z In April, she delivered a jaw-dropping rendition of “The Miller’s Son” from “A Little Night Music,” for the acclaimed event “Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration.” The Breakout Stars of 2020 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z When the songs in a Sondheim show get lost in the woods, you know it’s time for some serious deforestation. Theater Review: ‘Into the Woods,’ by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine 2012-08-10T04:58:42Z I assumed that Stephen Sondheim’s latest musical was sold out, but I decided to take a chance and see if I could get a ticket to the matinee. Stephen Sondheim, as Great a Composer as He Was a Lyricist 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Never does a Sondheim show sing down to an audience. Perspective | There will never be another Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Reached by phone on Saturday, Mr. Sondheim said he didn’t want to say much more about the shape of the musical. Stephen Sondheim Plans a New Musical, Based on Buñuel Films 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim’s great song “No One Is Alone” is a double-edged lullaby. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z By that time Mr. Sondheim had already achieved success with “West Side Story,” “Gypsy” and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” ?60s Sondheim TV Show Is Now on (Legal) DVD 2010-10-24T21:42:00Z The show’s producer said late Thursday night that the musical’s final performance, at the Stephen Sondheim Theater, would be May 29, just over a month after it reopened after a three-month hiatus. ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ to Close on Broadway, After Reopening 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z But there are a few dozen ways to encounter Sondheim’s sly wit, melodic acumen and astonishing moral complexity from the comfort of your sofa. Stream These 7 Productions That Celebrate Stephen Sondheim’s Work 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z But the point is that mounting costs and managerial timidity mean that brand-new shows, unless they're by Sondheim or Lloyd Webber, stand no chance in today's West End. Snooty? Us? 2010-03-16T16:51:00Z But as revealed in this version, which had its official opening Wednesday night on Signature’s main stage, justice to Sondheim’s most conventionally romantic musical goes unserved if the characters aren’t revealed to be robustly funny. Review | Signature opens season with ‘A Little Night Music,’ one of Sondheim’s precious gems 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z The revival of “Sweeney Todd,” which has a book by Hugh Wheeler, comes at a time of intensified interest in Sondheim’s work. Josh Groban to Star in ‘Sweeney Todd’ Revival on Broadway 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z "One lady came out on Saturday and said it was hilarious, but I don't think I would describe it like that," Sondheim told the BBC after Tuesday's opening night. Sondheim hails 'fresh' Assassins show 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z In a telephone interview, he described how he became involved in the production: “I basically was asked by Steve Sondheim, ‘Would you be interested in this? ArtsBeat Blog: Here's Charley: Lin-Manuel Miranda Signs on to 'Merrily We Roll Along' 2011-10-31T16:17:03Z Extracted from Finishing the Hat by Stephen Sondheim published by Virgin Books at £30.00. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z Mr. Grier was a one-man morale booster in August after the composer Stephen Sondheim publicly criticized artistic inventions being discussed for this “Porgy and Bess.” David Alan Grier of ?The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess? 2012-02-28T00:35:51Z I particularly loved your version of Stephen Sondheim’s famous “Sweeney Todd.” The fabulous, foul-mouthed Lea DeLaria on “Orange Is the New Black,” Big Boo’s backstory, and why Republicans can “suck my big dyke d*ck” 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Sondheim’s deft wordplay seems like a precursor to Miranda’s rap style by the end of a section in which Renée repeatedly sings, “And another hundred syllables/Came out of his brain.” 'Spamilton': Musical spoof lands its punches softly, and with a smile 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z It was the Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Celebration that further fueled D.C.’s Sondheim mania: The arts center produced a $10 million festival with six of Sondheim’s shows, plus a visiting production from Japan of “Pacific Overtures.” Tributes pour in for Sondheim, the greatest theater composer-lyricist of our time 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z I like much of Sondheim but I also tend to agree with you. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z At the finish, Mr. Sondheim took to the stage as a capacity Royal Albert Hall crowd of 5,900 cheered and cheered. Review: Old Favorites, With New Tricks 2010-08-10T14:33:00Z I tallied these formative misses while writing a new biography on Stritch, titled “Still Here,” after the Stephen Sondheim song from “Follies” that became an anthem of her endurance. Love Elaine Stritch? Thank the Parts She Didn’t Get 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Yet it is the “Porgy” creative team that has found itself under unusual scrutiny about the art and limits of revision, after a rare public rebuke last month from Stephen Sondheim. The New Season: New Layers for Broadway-Bound Musical Revivals 2011-09-17T23:00:46Z Porter refashions the Sondheim standard into a rousing gospel anthem and at the end shouts, “God bless you all. Pay your checks and get out!” Billy Porter’s New Book Isn’t Just a Memoir; It’s a Testimony 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z He said a later music workshop was planned, but it was canceled so Sondheim could use the time to continue writing. Sondheim Musical, in Development for Years, Looks Unlikely 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z In like manner the style of “Finishing” is excitingly excited, as Mr. Sondheim races through his own archives with a mixture of pride and casualness that befits the man who owns the joint. Books of The Times: Sondheim?s Rhymes and Reasons 2010-10-21T17:45:00Z On a humorous note, a Stephen Sondheim mash-up “No One Is Alive While I’m Around” located the composer’s recurrent musical tropes. Review: In ‘Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs’ at Café Carlyle, No Emotion Is Left Hidden 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z The good news is that Mr. Sondheim’s score remains thrillingly incisive, dramatizing every issue in its path. In the Berkshires, Musicals With Ambitions Not Always Realized 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z But Sondheim’s rigor and originality sound clear in songs like “Finishing the Hat,” “Children and Art” and “Move On.” Stream These 7 Productions That Celebrate Stephen Sondheim’s Work 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Johnson kicks off her album with a warm, after-hours rendition of the not-often-performed song by Stephen Sondheim, “Anyone Can Whistle,” capping it off with some whistling of her own. Review: Album releases by Greta Matassa and Kelley Johnson show two Seattle jazz singers at the top of their game 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim’s bone-dry lyrics supply one more maxim: “Nice,” Little Red concludes, “is different than good.” ‘Into the Woods’ Review: Do You Believe in Magic? 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Ancient Rome is the setting for this classic musical comedy featuring songs by Stephen Sondheim. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Nov. 12-19: Four Larks' 'Undine,' 'Chasing Mem'ries' and more 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Brennan has a love-hate relationship with his own long, wavy locks — something that started after an encounter with Stephen Sondheim. The nice guy who puts the mean into 'Glee' 2010-10-23T00:12:00Z "I'm a huge Sondheim fan," says fellow cast member James Corden. Woods team sing Sondheim's praises 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z “That is one of the things Sondheim mentioned,” Johnson acknowledges, noting the complications of using amplified instruments in a small-ish space like the Warehouse, where the sound designer will play a pivotal role. Attend the tale, and turn it up: New prog metal ‘Todd’ premieres in D.C. Sondheim, agreeing, fills the emotional gap with “We Do Not Belong Together.” Sunday in the Trenches With George 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z There was little indication that Mr. Sondheim, one of the greatest songwriters in the history of musical theater, was unwell. Days Before Dying, Stephen Sondheim Reflected: ‘I’ve Been Lucky’ 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Musical selections include tunes by Stephen Sondheim, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Holly Near and more. Bigger venues for Seattle Women's Chorus and a varied lineup for Seattle Men's Chorus in 2010-2011 season 2010-06-16T00:25:00Z But this revised script still has pace, energy and drive and is full of vintage Sondheim. Road Show ? review 2011-07-06T17:00:02Z The celebrated and sometimes controversial Belgian director revives this Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurents musical, with new choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, and one song and one ballet extracted. 15 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim and his allies were infusing the genre with shadowy new depths and brooding purpose, while “Jesus Christ Superstar” isn’t a musical comedy at all but a self-serious pop-operatic passion play. Critic?s Notebook: ?Jesus Christ Superstar? and ?Camelot? at Stratford 2011-08-29T21:59:36Z Migliaccio and Smith shared very grown-up turns last season, prickly in “Threepenny Opera” and suave in the Stephen Sondheim revue “Simply Sondheim.” Donna Migliaccio hits her stride 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Max’s involvement with Sondheim was not quite as heated or as lengthy: “Finale: Late Conversations With Stephen Sondheim” is based on five interactions between 2016 and 2019. Getting Close to Sondheim: New Books Try to Capture His Essence 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Max’s “Finale: Late Conversations With Stephen Sondheim” is the most recent, with several more on the horizon. Getting Close to Sondheim: New Books Try to Capture His Essence 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z “I’m thrilled, but deeply embarrassed,” he said, tearing up as a mid-September sun fell over the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z I had spoken with Sondheim on the phone. What Did Stephen Sondheim Really Think of ‘Rent’? 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z I think with Sondheim, witnessing the artistic process is part of the whole experience, creation is baked into the actual production. How Stephen Sondheim’s Work Did (and Didn’t) Translate to the Screen 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z In its favor: The Disney adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical enjoyed a robust commercial opening too, with an estimated $48 million over the long Christmas weekend. Christmas movies vying for Oscar voters' attention 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Tom Aldredge, an Emmy-winning actor who for five decades was ubiquitous on stage and screen, seen in everything from Sondheim to “The Sopranos,” died on Friday in Tampa, Fla. He was 83. Tom Aldredge, Character Actor, Dies at 83 2011-07-26T04:54:34Z We just called up Sondheim and we were like, 'Guess what?' The Carpetbagger: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Will Be Giving Sondheim His Big Break 2013-01-11T17:38:50Z It was quite a little run for Sondheim fans, but those are far from the only instances — his work is omnipresent television and movies. From ‘South Park’ to ‘Knives Out,’ Pop Culture Is Steeped With Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z A good start, yet Lapine waits so long to hear the result, or any result, that he begins to fear Sondheim will leave him “at the altar.” Sunday in the Trenches With George 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z She needed a showstopper; the one Sondheim originally wrote wasn’t working. What Makes ‘Follies’ a Classic? 7 Answers and 1 Big Problem. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Sondheim: That's the highest compliment you could get for something like this. Stephen Sondheim, Rob Marshall and Meryl Streep on 'Into the Woods' 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Then there were three songs from the Sondheim score for “Company,” led off by Ms. Baldwin’s rendition of “Another Hundred People.” Sondheim and Reich at Lincoln Center 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z On a recent Friday night, a fashionable Madrid audience leaped to its feet at the end of a performance of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company.” With ‘Company,’ Antonio Banderas Brings Sondheim to Spain 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z More important, “Here We Are” is as experimental as Sondheim throughout his career wanted everything to be. ‘Here We Are’ Review: The Last Sondheim, Cool and Impossibly Chic 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z In Sondheim’s lyrics, the double bind of attachment is often a source of agitation; in Ebb’s it is often a pummeling. Sheldon Harnick, Musical Theater’s Great Marriage Broker 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Sondheim, who had spent much of the pandemic at his country house in Roxbury, Conn., died in Connecticut on Nov. 26. Stephen Sondheim Leaves Rights to His Works to a Trust 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z The Kennedy Center-Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards will award an unspecified number of grants each year to U.S. teachers in any subject from kindergarten through college. Grant program will honor Sondheim, reward teachers 2010-09-28T15:27:00Z The audience in a Sondheim show revels in each character's complexity. Here’s to the ladies who lunch: One of Sondheim’s greatest achievements was writing complex women 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Over French fries and a bottle of wine, Sondheim compared himself to Eminem, Streep marveled at the emergence of the blue-hair trend and Marshall was scandalized by the concept of technologically enhanced singing. Stephen Sondheim, Rob Marshall and Meryl Streep on 'Into the Woods' 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z What's new here is that the audience gets to see Sondheim, who turned 80 last month, talk about his music and lyrics - and himself - in an equally open manner. A revelatory revue examines the work of Sondheim 2010-04-23T01:31:00Z Sondheim was on the side of prosaic, character-consistent lyrics in the face of the composer's more flowery approach. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z It’s not so hard to be married, as one wry lyric from Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” reminds us. Rehearse Me a Little, Wherever You Are 2011-04-06T13:27:09Z The “South Pacific” at the Olney Theatre Center is more substantial than Rep Stage’s skinny “Sweeney,” which takes a stab at Stephen Sondheim’s bloody epic with a scant eight actors and three musicians. Review | A beached ‘South Pacific’ — and what is Trump doing in ‘Sweeney Todd’? 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z No living Broadway composer’s gifts have been more celebrated than Mr. Sondheim’s. Theater Review: ‘Marry Me a Little,’ Sondheim Songs, at Clurman Theater 2012-10-04T20:43:21Z We talked about her creative process, her musical partners, and two relevant Stephens, King and Sondheim. Brandy Clark, the Raymond Carver of the Hot Country charts: “I live in a world where we have to tell a whole story in just three minutes” 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z Some, such as Cicely Tyson and Stephen Sondheim, held the spotlight for generations. The Artists We Lost in 2021, in Their Words 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Directed by frequent collaborator James Lapine, this documentary focuses on the creation of six of Sondheim’s songs. Monday TV Picks: ‘Six by Sondheim’ on HBO 2013-12-06T22:23:44Z Avian rose from a dancer in “West Side Story” and “Funny Girl” to work alongside such theater luminaries as Michael Bennett, Cameron Macintosh, Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Tony Award-winning choreographer Bob Avian dies at 83 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Like many musicians who revere Stephen Sondheim, I’ve been struck again and again by his sheer musical brilliance. Why You’ll Probably Never Hear a Sondheim Concerto 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Admittedly, much of the cast isn’t up to the demands of an intricate Sondheim score. Theater Review: ‘Into the Woods,’ by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine 2012-08-10T04:58:42Z The intricately crafted melodies and lyrics of Sondheim improbably felt like ideal vehicles for the most disparate and individual interior musings. Review: For Sondheim’s 90th Birthday, a Collage of Aching Voices 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z "Doesn't speak well for the BBC," Sondheim chided, sounding less than impressed. Composer of the Week | Radio review 2010-03-23T06:45:00Z It is now a series so far-ranging that this season it included a collaboration between Steve Reich and Stephen Sondheim. Lincoln Center artistic director Jane Moss conducts surprising successes 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z The score, by Stephen Sondheim, is a marvel and a minefield of layered meanings. What Makes ‘Follies’ a Classic? 7 Answers and 1 Big Problem. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z There is a lively number called “The Relativity Rag,” and several others are in the style of Stephen Sondheim. Review: ‘Einstein’s Dreams,’ Adapted and Muddled in a New Musical 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim was compared to Shakespeare, Cook remarking with awe on the manifold layers of his lyrics. Barbara Cook at the Wallis: Still doing what she does best 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Into the Woods, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine. Can a little theater troupe go big with ‘Into the Woods’? 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z When James Lapine needed help budgeting and shooting the video portions of “Sondheim on Sondheim” in 2011, he thought of her. Sondheim on 'Sondheim on Sondheim' at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The awkward result is unlikely to attract significant audiences outside of the Roundabout's subscription base, though it will prove of undeniable interest to Sondheim fanatics, and they are legion. "Sondheim" tribute would be better without songs 2010-04-23T11:43:00Z When I came up with this idea of who would be in his circle of friends, Sondheim and Lansbury were the two who were God-level, like, “Oh, we’ll never get them.” Can Movie Theaters and Netflix Coexist? Rian Johnson Makes His Case. 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z As its stars, KT Sullivan and Jeff Harnar, dug into Mr. Sondheim’s catalog, it was as though they had suddenly grown up. Review: ‘Another Hundred People’ Digs Into Stephen Sondheim’s Catalog 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Michael M. Kaiser, then the center’s president, had assumed the top job with the dream of this enterprise, and it would prove to be a triumph both for his leadership and for Sondheim. Tributes pour in for Sondheim, the greatest theater composer-lyricist of our time 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z After the meeting, Banderas said he immersed himself in Sondheim’s catalog. With ‘Company,’ Antonio Banderas Brings Sondheim to Spain 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim has long offered exhilarating proof that you can be true to the musical-theater tradition and musically sophisticated at the same time. Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z The much-loved problem child of Sondheim’s musicals, and one that directors keep returning to in the hopes of finally getting it right. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z At one point, Sondheim has a police officer sing proudly of his beat, “Thirty natives and all so quiet,” to which his partner replies, “Thirty-seven before the riot.” A Golden Team, a Terrible Title and a Show That Vanished 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z In Sondheim's 80th year, look out too for his Passion at the Donmar and Into The Woods at Regent's Park coming soon. This week's new theatre 2010-06-25T23:06:00Z Eager to work with Sondheim again, she moved her family back from Los Angeles. In ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Annaleigh Ashford Puts It All Together 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Now, it'll be open until April 29 at the Stephen Sondheim Theater on 43rd Street. Broadway run of 'Anything Goes' extended to April 2011-09-19T20:18:08Z In the interim, my other musical master, Sondheim, has died, and so some venues and promoters quickly asked if I could change my shows to sing in his memory. A ‘Girl Singer’ and Her Extra Hair Hit the Road 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z It was also his introduction to the work of Sondheim, who teamed with Hugh Wheeler, the show’s writer. Who Needs a Shave? ‘Sweeney Todd’ Is Back. 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z At the same time, former stars of the Follies relive memories and stumble through old numbers, magically ventriloquized from Broadway’s past in the Sondheim songs. What Makes ‘Follies’ a Classic? 7 Answers and 1 Big Problem. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z And Mr. Sondheim and Mr. Lapine’s reimagining of these fantasies have received so much exposure of late, that just mentioning “Into the Woods” makes eyes glaze over. ‘Into the Woods,’ Stripped Down by Fiasco Theater 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z “This is why nothing can replace live theater,” wrote Judy Kuhn, who memorably appeared in a revival of Sondheim’s “Passion.” Review: For Sondheim’s 90th Birthday, a Collage of Aching Voices 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z It’s too ornate to explain, but Sondheim sets it in the present and the past. Best Performances of 2020 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z Clinton led an hourlong panel titled “Here’s to the Ladies,” a riff on a Stephen Sondheim lyric from the song “The Ladies Who Lunch” from the musical “Company.” At BroadwayCon, Hillary Clinton Celebrates Women in the Theater 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z “As he got older, he got softer,” Esparza observed, noting Sondheim’s propensity to cry openly and easily over moments in his own shows and in those of others. Tributes pour in for Sondheim, the greatest theater composer-lyricist of our time 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Both actresses have storied histories with the work of Mr. Sondheim, the long-reigning master of the contemporary musical. Peters and Stritch in ?A Little Night Music? 2010-08-02T01:58:00Z “Performing in public is not what I like to do,” Sondheim acknowledged, during a conversation onstage with Brown. Review | The rarest of public events: Sondheim sings Sondheim! 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z That led me to study Frank Loesser, and Lerner and Loewe, and Stephen Sondheim and all the great Broadway writers. T Bone Burnett Wants to Make Music to Heal Shrinking Attention Spans 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z There have been productions of "A Little Night Music" and "Sondheim on Sondheim" on Broadway, as well as a birthday concert by the New York Philharmonic. Stephen Sondheim honored with a Broadway theater 2010-09-16T03:46:00Z Built on familiar tropes and repeated melodic motifs, “Into the Woods” is deceptively welcoming; thanks to the 2014 movie and innumerable school performances, it is probably Sondheim’s best-known work. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z I admit to only one major transgression — at the 2007 Pegasus Players production of Stephen Sondheim's “The Frogs.” At 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' ... Pain, laid bare, and then 'ring, ring' 2010-12-16T23:20:41Z That Meryl Streep can sing Sondheim is something that music-theater aficionados are likely to question — until, at least, they’ve heard it. Streep sings Sondheim, and finds her voice 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The show ends with a musical combo punch — “No One Is Alone,” “Children Will Listen” — an absolute T.K.O. to anyone who argues that Sondheim’s pleasures are intellectual alone. ‘Into the Woods’ Review: Some Enchanted Evening 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z But there’s something else in the show’s DNA that may account for its endurance, and may explain why, despite Sondheim’s expressed preference for smaller stagings, he was apparently eager to see Kail’s production. Who Needs a Shave? ‘Sweeney Todd’ Is Back. 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z To see Sondheim flex in a genuine classroom setting is one reason to be grateful for YouTube. From ‘South Park’ to ‘Knives Out,’ Pop Culture Is Steeped With Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z In a recent e-mail Mr. Sondheim said that it is “lovely to see her happiness” and called her performance “touching and wonderful.” The Mezzo-Soprano Rosalind Elias in ?Follies? on Broadway 2011-10-23T22:55:37Z “If we had gone that way,” Sondheim added, “we would’ve killed the piece.” What Is ‘West Side Story’ Without Jerome Robbins? Chatty. 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z A sofa and a snooze: Sondheim on what he needs to compose a lyric The pencils I write with are Blackwings, a brand formerly made by Eberhard Faber but alas no longer. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z In Act 1, she and Mandy Patinkin, her "Sunday" co-star, performed a heartfelt version of "Move On," a song that neatly encapsulates the Sondheim philosophy of being true to one's artistic self. Philharmonic celebrates Sondheim's 80th birthday 2010-03-16T11:52:00Z A spokeswoman for the magazine said the publication believed that it did not hold the copyright to the crosswords but that Mr. Sondheim did. ArtsBeat Blog: This Time It's Crosswords (Not Cross Words) That Surface From Sondheim 2011-09-16T17:37:55Z Sondheim smiles and, with what might be called a flick of the tail, adds: "Lenny suffered from something Madonna, when I worked with her, called Important-itis." Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z The show’s strongest numbers both involved Stephen Sondheim lyrics. Katie Finneran Performs ‘It Might Be You’ at 54 Below 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Harris, a longtime entertainment reporter, did hundreds of interviews, talking to Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Stephen Sondheim and other luminaries for a cleareyed — if not always generous — account. 13 New Books to Watch For in February 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Sondheim was awarded the medal at the MacDowell artist retreat colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Stephen Sondheim honoured in US 2013-08-12T09:39:51Z When Sondheim first heard her version live on stage, he famously realized that the lyricist's voice was too strong, too self-conscious and the character's voice was weak. Here’s to the ladies who lunch: One of Sondheim’s greatest achievements was writing complex women 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z As with many ideas in Lapine’s creative life, he approached his frequent collaborator and good friend Stephen Sondheim to write the music. Up, Up and Away: The Trippy Tales Behind ‘Flying Over Sunset’ 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim has demonstrated time and again it's possible to combine music with fresh and revelatory stories. 'Motown' is music to the ears, but the message is missing 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim has been the composer and lyricist of 15 stage musicals and the lyricist for three others. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z His director, Sam Buntrock – who staged the Olivier award-winning 2005 revival of Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George – "keeps saying to me, think of it like a play". Critic's comedy choice 2011: Lenny Henry on tour 2011-01-03T07:59:01Z It was with Sondheim, who was the lyricist for “West Side Story,” that Prince developed his most enduring creative relationship. Towering Broadway director and producer Hal Prince dead 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z But Sondheim’s words and music live on a whole other plane of invention — and that was what dazzled us, show after show. Perspective | There will never be another Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The prolific composers Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber celebrate their birthdays on March 22. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and ‘Pet Sematary’ 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z And any time I revisit them, even in less-than-ideal productions, I find new elements in characters who have been so intricately shaded in Mr. Sondheim’s songs. Two Sides of Sondheim in the Berkshires 2010-07-06T21:36:00Z “Children will listen,” or so Sondheim reminds us, in one of the melodic admonitions in a musical filled with them. Once upon a time, there was a fairy tale musical for grown-ups . . . 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z His musicals are so much about their own construction, so I can’t think of a better film based on Sondheim. How Stephen Sondheim’s Work Did (and Didn’t) Translate to the Screen 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z His skills as a sometime lyricist have been hailed by no less an expert than Stephen Sondheim. Martha Memories: The Week’s 8 Best Classical Music Moments on YouTube 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Leona is unmarried and, as Mr. Sondheim once said in a television interview, not so much one age or another as emotionally “frozen.” I’m 46. Is That Too Old to Play the Ingénue? 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z “That was so stupid I can hardly bring words to it,” Sondheim says with a good-natured sigh. Sondheim on 'Sondheim on Sondheim' at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim is, in fact, unwisely invoked at one point. Theater Review: In ‘A Second Chance,’ Singing New York Lovers 2014-03-31T02:00:01Z Before his death, Sondheim apparently agreed with them that the lack of songs in fact made structural sense: Once trapped in a repeating nightmare of deprivation, these characters would have no reason to sing. ‘Here We Are’ Review: The Last Sondheim, Cool and Impossibly Chic 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z For Melissa Baughman, who is directing her first Sondheim show, this project is “both of my worlds coming together, finally.” Attend the tale, and turn it up: New prog metal ‘Todd’ premieres in D.C. Kuhn, a Tony-nominated actor with such credits as “Fun Home” and Sondheim’s “Passion,” said she saw the Broadway production of “Assassins” and signed up for the Classic Stage Company version before she’d read the script. Classic Stage Company has a treat: Three ‘Assassins’ casts 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z This is the complicated, unexpected humanity of a Sondheim character: you think you know the character type in act one, they are revealed to be someone else in act two. Here’s to the ladies who lunch: One of Sondheim’s greatest achievements was writing complex women 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z But these songs, which also draw from jazz, R&B and the soaring ballads of Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber, are easily enjoyed on their own merits. Patriotism on Broadway 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z The music and lyrics are by Stephen Sondheim and the book by Arthur Laurents. Spring and Summer Theater Listings 2010-02-21T00:33:00Z He also appeared in a live production of "Chicago" at the Hollywood Bowl. Before his screen career, Moyer appeared in the Steven Sondheim musical "Sweeney Todd" in England. 'True Blood' could become a musical 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Arriving the day before his 21st birthday, he proceeded straight to Times Square and got a half-price ticket to see Stephen Sondheim’s “Passion.” The Gaudy, Glittery, Gorgeously Subversive World of Taylor Mac 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z But if you compare the two, the inescapable fact emerges that Mr. Sondheim’s lyrics programmatically repudiate his mentor’s optimistic, inspirational ideology. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z Like much of Mr. Sondheim’s work, they feature seemingly meandering melodies that coalesce into revelation. Theater Review: ‘Into the Woods,’ by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine 2012-08-10T04:58:42Z An intellectually rigorous artist who perpetually sought new creative paths, Mr. Sondheim was the theater’s most revered and influential composer-lyricist of the last half of the 20th century, if not its most popular. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Sondheim, “West Side Story’s” lyricist, was having some fun with Anita’s naive rapture over the material upgrade America represents. Who is an American? Look to the current crop of musicals to tell you. 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z “Follies” on Broadway So sublime Due to the talent of Steve Sondheim Queues ’round the block So get in line, while we’re here Lord knows it’s great to be back Look who’s here! Arts & Leisure: Elaine Paige Returns to the Stage in ?Follies? 2011-11-20T02:02:17Z Schaeffer, who curated the Sondheim Celebration, knew and liked her work, so Gardiner revved up his lobbying campaign. Natascia Diaz approaches ‘West Side Story’s’ Anita with passion 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The crowning moment was his pensive, semiclassical arrangement of Cole Porter’s “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” that was very much in the Sondheim mode. Review: Barbara Cook Sang Standards, With Audience Members as Acolytes 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z But the bride with second thoughts was something of a cliché before “Company,” and it would probably require the particular genius of a Sondheim to reanimate the character today. | 'See Rock City & Other Destinations': Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias?s Musical at the Duke 2010-07-26T02:22:00Z For one thing, Sondheim is here a lesser God. ‘Sondheim on Sondheim’: A Broadway baby in symphonic clothes 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z These developments are profoundly antithetical to the dream of sadly civilized enlightenment evoked by Mr. Sondheim’s songs. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z I don't think there's much serious disagreement on this point--nor on Sondheim's genius and charm. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Sondheim wrote the lyrics to Mary Rodgers’s music; Lavin supplied the hilariously clueless expressions. Review | A blessed event for hard times: Sondheim sung by Broadway’s best 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z For all these reasons — the high-minded ambition, the seriousness of subject matter, the melodic experimentation, the emotional discord — Mr. Sondheim’s shows, though mostly received with critical accolades, were almost never popular hits. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The talents of Rodgers, Laurents and Mr. Sondheim meld here into a moment of resonant complexity, with no glimmers of the clashes that bedeviled this show in its making. Review: Passion Pursued in ‘Do I Hear a Waltz?’ 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z But in this version, at least, you become newly aware of the singular psychological uses that Mr. Sondheim can make of seemingly threadbare song forms. | 'Follies': Broadway Babies? Glory Days 2011-05-23T02:01:05Z That kind of openness can be draining, she said, citing the Sondheim song “Finishing the Hat” for the way her mind will tend to wander to her work. Jeanine Tesori’s Gift: Conjuring the Storytelling Potency of Music 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z When Sondheim came back in the 1990s to see Schaeffer’s production of “Passion” in Signature’s old space, Schaeffer remembers him leaving in tears. Tributes pour in for Sondheim, the greatest theater composer-lyricist of our time 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z At Studio 54 the creative team of the musical tribute “Sondheim on Sondheim” was at work on a production that will be dominated by images on screen. The Screen?s Now Setting Many a Stage 2010-03-04T19:34:00Z Listen to that marvelous overture and pick out the Sondheim in it. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Sondheim's musicals were the beginning of the end of melody. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z It’s hard for me to imagine a world without Stephen Sondheim. Perspective | There will never be another Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Over the phone a few days after Sondheim’s death, though, Miranda said he didn’t truly feel that way. Cherished Words From Theater’s Encourager-in-Chief 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z I was thinking today about which Sondheim works I wish there were movies of. How Stephen Sondheim’s Work Did (and Didn’t) Translate to the Screen 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Also, the camera will allow you to see the smiles, laughter, applause and tears of Stephen Sondheim, the birthday boy, in his seat on the aisle. The Week Ahead: NOV. 21 ? 27 2010-11-20T19:34:00Z Mr. Sondheim improbably but astutely compares Hammerstein’s strengths and flaws to those of Eugene O’Neill. Books of The Times: Sondheim?s Rhymes and Reasons 2010-10-21T17:45:00Z Phone rings, door chimes and in comes a gender-bent version of the beloved Stephen Sondheim musical, with a book by George Furth. 13 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z In a phone interview Mr. Sondheim said he was pleased that the musical was finally being released, even with its scrappy made-for-TV aesthetic. ?60s Sondheim TV Show Is Now on (Legal) DVD 2010-10-24T21:42:00Z But then, for sentimental reasons, songs by Sondheim, the Pet Shop Boys, and Björk also turn me into a blubbering wreck. Tracks of our tears: the songs that make G2 writers weep 2011-04-08T07:00:02Z There have been plenty of successful dark and bittersweet musicals before, but not since Sondheim have tragedy and comedy been so illuminatingly entwined. This 'Fun Home' weaves tragedy and comedy into a wholly original American musical 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z It inspired me to revisit my interview with Sondheim. What Did Stephen Sondheim Really Think of ‘Rent’? 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Leonard Bernstein's score still thrills, and Stephen Sondheim's libretto offers laughs in the likes of Gee, Officer Krupke. Commission us: a library of kids' films 2010-10-11T13:50:00Z In the process, the already high-bar of Sondheim’s lyrical virtuosity vaulted several notes higher. 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim, the 91-year-old composer and lyricist widely regarded as among the greatest musical theater artists in history, is writing another show and said he hopes that a production will be staged next year. Sondheim Is Writing a New Musical, and Hopes to Stage It Next Year 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z And opening night was meant to be especially special, timed to the 90th birthday of the musical’s composer Stephen Sondheim. The Show’s Delayed, but They’re Still Keeping ‘Company’ 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Sondheim’s endlessly inventive score was heavily truncated, and the singers, who recorded it on the Sunday morning after the closing on a Saturday night, sound exhausted. Attend the Tale of ‘Anyone Can Whistle,’ Then and Now 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z For “Assassins” — one of Sondheim’s most brazenly original works — is a kind of melodic postmortem on the cluster of moral and mental illnesses that compel broken people to kill American presidents. Review | Insanity thrives, giddily, in Signature’s ‘Assassins’ 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z It once again reveals how deft Schaeffer can be with musicals of greater psychological accessibility, his long-ago versions of Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones’s “110 in the Shade” and Sondheim’s “Passion” still vivid in memory. Review | Signature opens season with ‘A Little Night Music,’ one of Sondheim’s precious gems 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z She introduced "The Ladies Who Lunch" on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim's landmark musical "Company." Remembering Elaine Stritch -- formidable, fun and candid 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim and Mr. Prince, interviewed then and now, are articulate, companionable presences. Review: Merrily (and Ruefully) Recalling an Epic Broadway Flop 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Cabrillo Music Theatre stages the classic farce set in ancient Rome, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. L.A. theater openings, Jan. 24-31: 'Dream Catcher' and more 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Supported by a fine-tuned ensemble, they are all close to flawless in navigating Mr. Sondheim’s intricate melody lines. The Pain of Fame, With Sondheim, Warhol and Capote as Guides 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z On the highbrow end, the Jan. 31 program, “Reich and Sondheim: In Conversation and Performance,” will bring together onstage for the first time these mutually admiring titans from Broadway and classical music. American Songbook Series Reshapes the Canon 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Here, too, is a show about “man devouring man,” to quote a lyric from Mr. Sondheim that dovetails with Mr. Bond’s bleak, beautifully written preface to the newly published edition of “Saved.” Theater Review: Psychological Turbulence Onstage 2011-10-18T13:00:19Z In most cases, however, the relationship of music and lyrics in Mr. Sondheim’s songs expresses a core ambivalence. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z “Into the Woods,” based on a Musical In Which People Sing by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, will be in theaters for Christmas. First peek at ‘Into the Woods' 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The fall revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Follies" got eight nominations, setting up a face-off in the best revival category with "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess," which Sondheim had criticized for messing with a classic. Tony nominations spread out but 'Once' leads 2012-05-02T00:16:03Z “Company” will provide one of several upcoming opportunities for Mr. Sondheim’s fans to revisit his work. ‘Company’ Returning to Broadway, With a Woman at Its Center 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z And yet ... for those of us who aren't part of the faithful who thronged the Albert Hall for this event, the Sondheim problem remains. Prom 19: Sondheim at 80 2010-08-01T20:31:00Z Those were Johnson’s only interactions with Sondheim and Lansbury before they died. How Angela Lansbury and Stephen Sondheim Came to Appear in ‘Knives Out’ Sequel 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z “In no uncertain terms, he is a legacy of Jonathan’s, just like Jonathan was a legacy of Sondheim,” she said. La Vie Boheme: ‘Rent’ musical celebrates 25th anniversary 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z That’s the “simple answer,” Mr. Sondheim said, to the question I raised. Why You’ll Probably Never Hear a Sondheim Concerto 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Other programs in this enticing festival juxtapose Babbitt with his fellow modernists, like Charles Wuorinen; various students, including Stephen Sondheim; and composers he revered, from Brahms to Irving Berlin. Review: Milton Babbitt Inspires a Focus! Festival Tribute 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Though the Internet was outraged in the wake of this disclosure, in his conversation with the educators, according to Entertainment Weekly, Sondheim was a bit more accepting of Disney’s heavy-handedness with his material. Disney Snips Into The Woods 's Naughty Bits 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Rubbing shoulders with stage legends like George Rose, Ann-Margret and Stephen Sondheim. Ed Dixon, now playing multiple roles for ‘Cloak and Dagger,’ has a past full of transformations After that, Sondheim opened his archives to the company as he collaborated with them on their 2019 Off Broadway revival of a reworked “Merrily We Roll Along.” Cherished Words From Theater’s Encourager-in-Chief 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z It often gets forgotten, because people think of Sondheim purely in terms of making difficult, highbrow music – which he did. Is Stephen Sondheim the Shakespeare of musical theatre? | Michael Ball 2010-03-29T15:41:00Z Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street The title character seeks bloody revenge in Stephen Sondheim’s dark musical fable set in 19th century London. L.A. theater openings, Oct. 9-16: Pat Kinevane's 'Underneath' and more 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Sondheim's birthday isn't until March 22, but no matter. Philharmonic celebrates Sondheim's 80th birthday 2010-03-16T11:52:00Z By 1969, she had become “an obvious employment risk,” according to Jacobs, when Harold Prince and Stephen Sondheim cast her in “Company.” Review | Elaine Stritch biography takes a gossipy, once-over-lightly approach 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Yet there was a steadily increasing feeling that the songs of Sondheim, who turned 90 last month, were more than ready for their close-ups. Review: For Sondheim’s 90th Birthday, a Collage of Aching Voices 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z I also spoke on the phone with Mr. Sondheim. John Mulaney and Seth Meyers Fondly Send Up Sondheim. He’s Amused. 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z It does help, as with most musicals and especially Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Weber, to listen to them before you see the movie or play. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Sondheim seemed genuinely moved by the rousing cheers that greeted his entrance and he looked even more humbled by all the gratitude directed to him by the actors whose careers he helped change. 'Into the Woods' reunion shows Sondheim can still cast a spell 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Prince and Mr. Sondheim, whose mentor was Oscar Hammerstein, met in 1949 at the Broadway opening of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “South Pacific,” and their friendship and aspirations ran parallel throughout the 1950s. Hal Prince, Giant of Broadway and Reaper of Tonys, Dies at 91 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Others mourned and celebrated Mr. Sondheim at the theater: he had shows running on Broadway and off when he died, and Friday night’s performances were exceptionally emotional. Impromptu Sondheim Wakes Fill Piano Bars With Tears and Tunes 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Right, I was telling you I’m clearly not a Sondheim obessive, at all. Forget Cats: in a close-run field, Marriage Story was the musical highlight of my holiday 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z By comparison, Sondheim's “Sweeney Todd” just seven years ago took in $52 million… over its entire run. Box office: 'Interview,' 'Unbroken' and a busy, bizarre weekend 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Instead, Sondheim and George Furth, who wrote the book, serve up a series of loosely connected scenes about a commitment-phobic bachelor and his friends. With ‘Company,’ Antonio Banderas Brings Sondheim to Spain 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z “Less is more” was famously one of the composer Stephen Sondheim’s aesthetic credos. Who Needs a Shave? ‘Sweeney Todd’ Is Back. 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z In their living rooms and home offices and foyers — and even their bathrooms — some of the best-known Broadway stars of our time sang in digital honor of Stephen Sondheim for his 90th birthday. Review | A blessed event for hard times: Sondheim sung by Broadway’s best 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z The original “Merrily,” directed by Hal Prince, was the biggest flop of Mr. Sondheim’s career. ‘Merrily’ This Film Will Roll Along. For the Next 20 Years. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Responding to a follow-up question, Laura Rigby, a spokeswoman for the Public, said last week that Sondheim had informed the theater last year that he was no longer developing the musical. Sondheim Musical, in Development for Years, Looks Unlikely 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z But the rest of the Sondheim portion of the show does not benefit from her somewhat lordly approach. Sondheim Two Ways, From Judy Collins and Melissa Errico 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Shortly after hearing the day’s news, Mr. Nash decided to bring back “Mostly Sondheim.” Impromptu Sondheim Wakes Fill Piano Bars With Tears and Tunes 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Sondheim wrote new songs, including one for Streep’s Witch, called “She’ll Be Back,” that ultimately weren’t used. ‘Into the Woods’ aims for fairy-tale end 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z He also conceived and directed the 2010 biographical revue “Sondheim on Sondheim,” which incorporated interviews with Mr. Sondheim. Send in the Cameras: Sondheim on TV 2013-12-06T21:32:34Z On one issue Ms. Paulus was particularly emphatic: She and her team, not Mr. Sondheim, were responsible for dropping the most controversial changes contemplated for the show. ?The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess? Is Less Changed for Broadway 2011-11-14T23:31:01Z In “Assassins,” Weidman and Sondheim present a cavalcade of real-life misfits, the desperate and the disaffected, who killed or tried to kill the president of the United States. Classic Stage Company has a treat: Three ‘Assassins’ casts 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z They’re not Sondheim veterans — but when this show is done, they will be. Where to Celebrate Sondheim in New York 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z This is a nearly complete version of Bernstein’s score, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Classical Playlist: 'West Side Story,' Schubert, Haydn and More 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Along the way, he’s become especially known for directing musicals by Stephen Sondheim, staged to reflect an Asian American spin or milieu. In 23rd year, East West Players' leader honored for 'unwavering support' of Asian artists 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Streep, as film and theater fans are well aware by now, plays the Witch in the new Rob Marshall film of Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods.” Streep sings Sondheim, and finds her voice 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Among other things, "Sondheim on Sondheim" celebrates craft and collaboration. A revelatory revue examines the work of Sondheim 2010-04-23T01:31:00Z The obverse of Ms. Carroll’s saucy flirtatiousness is a farsighted wisdom that when applied to Stephen Sondheim inspires some starkly moving performances. Music Review: Barbara Carroll at Birdland 2013-05-13T22:01:55Z The artistic director has staged other musicals in Seoul, including a revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s “Sweeney Todd.” Does the road to Broadway pass through Beijing? 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z “They were all on their mobile phones and someone said, ‘Stephen Sondheim passed away just now,’ and I screamed ‘Oh no!’ very loudly,” Ms. Barnett, 47, said. Impromptu Sondheim Wakes Fill Piano Bars With Tears and Tunes 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z I would think a Sondheim suite would entice many classical music conductors. Music Review: Philharmonic’s ‘Symphonic Sondheim’ at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-01-30T23:29:07Z The Stephen Sondheim musical is filled with infidelity and violence. Anna Kendrick: The Tomboy Who Became a Princess 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The monochromatic background is a deep forest green, a nod to the thicket where much of the show, written by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, is set. Behind the Poster: 'Into the Woods' 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Yes, my fellow Sondheim aficionados, an "Into the Woods" craze is upon us. 'Into the Woods' reunion shows Sondheim can still cast a spell 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z By the way, the best recordings of Sondheim are on Nonesuch. Philip Glass, Pat Metheny, k.d. lang, Audra McDonald all turn out for a tribute to a Nonesuch guy 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z In it, Ben Francis takes aim at the prevalent view of Sondheim as the eternal cynic. Getting Close to Sondheim: New Books Try to Capture His Essence 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z In the midst of his Broadway triumphs, Sondheim went to Yale. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Today it’s the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, but in the 1990s, it was a disco, Club Expo. 50 years of 'Cabaret': How the 1966 musical keeps sharpening its edges for modern times 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z After college Mr. Brennan was cast in a Chicago production of Mr. Sondheim’s “Saturday Night.” The Nice Guy Who Puts the Mean Into ?Glee? 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z Tuesday in the Hall With Stephen “Attend the score of ‘Sweeney Todd,’ ” Nathan Lane said, tweaking the lyric to the ballad that opens the masterpiece musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler. Music Review: Philharmonic’s ‘Symphonic Sondheim’ at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-01-30T23:29:07Z James Goldman wrote that book; Mr. Furth wrote the one for Mr. Sondheim’s “Company.” Hal Prince, Giant of Broadway and Reaper of Tonys, Dies at 91 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z In the lead-up to his 90th, the orchestra went early, celebrating Sondheim on New Year’s Eve. Where to Celebrate Sondheim in New York 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The “Lumberjack Adventure,” located a couple of miles from Dollywood, brings dancers and gymnasts onto the stage for a lively entertainment that will never be confused with the work of Stephen Sondheim. Hooray for Dollywood 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Other festival highlights this year include an evening devoted to the music of Stephen Sondheim, which the composer will attend; and a concert of the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein with excerpts from Carousel, Oklahoma!, Proms to hold two Last Nights 2010-04-22T12:42:00Z But Kendrick’s Cinderella in the upcoming film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, out Christmas Day, may surprise you. Anna Kendrick May Be a Princess, But She's No Damsel in Distress 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Accounts from two of Sondheim’s longtime collaborators, the musical director Paul Gemignani and the pianist Paul Ford, were both in the works well before 2021. Getting Close to Sondheim: New Books Try to Capture His Essence 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z In a stinging, widely read letter to The Times, Stephen Sondheim shot back that “there is a difference between reinterpretation and wholesale rewriting.” Music Review: ?Porgy and Bess? at Tanglewood Festival - Review 2011-08-28T21:33:46Z The production was fully sold out before Sondheim’s death, but now the number of people regularly entering a digital lottery hoping to score $15 tickets is ballooning. A Sondheim Surge: Interest in His Work Soars After His Death 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Together they unveiled the resulting Brown/Sondheim hybrid. Review | The rarest of public events: Sondheim sings Sondheim! 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z The joy of collaborating is the company, says Sondheim. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z AP: Were you nervous reworking songs by The Beatles or Sondheim? Broadway's Telly Leung gets jazzy in his solo CD 2012-12-06T13:39:16Z The score, featuring such Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim classics as “Somewhere” and “Maria,” is considered one of the best in Broadway history. The Great ‘West Side Story’ Debate 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Gack.If you are part of that small percentage of the population who enjoy Sondheim then you'll look past the flaws of this deeply tedious... ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z The Encores! version doesn’t quite solve the conundrum of characters who, as Sondheim wrote of the original, “were, if not exactly three-dimensional, at least two-and-a-half.” A Sondheim Musical Rolls Back to Life 2012-02-15T16:40:10Z Stephen Sondheim has been awarded the prestigious Edward MacDowell medal in the US. Stephen Sondheim honoured in US 2013-08-12T09:39:51Z Notably, though composers are not tracked by the survey, work with songs by Stephen Sondheim is experiencing a spike in popularity since his death last year, with at least 19 productions planned around the country. Lynn Nottage’s ‘Clyde’s’ Is the Most-Staged Play in America 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Tony Award winner Sondheim is considered by many to be the greatest Broadway composer/lyricist of his time. U.S. theater stars sing "Happy Birthday" to Sondheim 2010-03-12T19:20:00Z The show will begin previews at the Stephen Sondheim Theater in March 2020 for an April 5 opening, after an out-of-town run in Seattle later this year. ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Musical Is Coming to Broadway 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Happily, the pandemic version of “Sondheim Unplugged” is quite nice, too: elegant, consoling, peppered with deadpan humor. 5 Things to Do This Christmas Weekend 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Subsequently, actors lined up to play Sondheim women characters. Here’s to the ladies who lunch: One of Sondheim’s greatest achievements was writing complex women 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z “I thought of the Sondheim lyric from ‘Move On,’ one of my favorite songs: ‘If you can know where you’re going, you’ve gone.’ Jane Krakowski Tap, Tap, Taps Into ‘A Christmas Story Live!’ 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z He returned to the project after directing “Sondheim: The Birthday Concert” with the Philharmonic last year, working with several people from that creative team, including the conductor Paul Gemignani and the choreographer Josh Rhodes. Rehearse Me a Little, Wherever You Are 2011-04-06T13:27:09Z Mr. Sondheim speaks in the documentary about the importance of education, and the film itself is, in many ways, a master class in how to write. Send in the Cameras: Sondheim on TV 2013-12-06T21:32:34Z Sondheim’s music “connects the brain to the heart,” he said, but what Ward does is “find ways to smooth the songs out and bring even more heart into the performance.” Eleri Ward Captures the Longing at the Heart of Sondheim’s Work 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Sondheim, noting that the Brecht would be chopped up by scenes set in the present, “and thus not be so relentlessly Brechtian,” rejoined the team. A Golden Team, a Terrible Title and a Show That Vanished 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z What is it that makes it so difficult to adapt Sondheim to the screen? How Stephen Sondheim’s Work Did (and Didn’t) Translate to the Screen 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The literary richness of their lyrics is matched by a musical approach that mixes the tough simplicity of North American folk traditions with the urbanity of the Gershwins and Stephen Sondheim. Movie Review: ‘Sing Me the Songs,’ a Tribute to Kate McGarrigle 2013-06-25T22:29:46Z Witty, incisive, even cranky, Sondheim is a master of his craft and a grand raconteur. 'Downton Abbey' leads critics' picks 2012-01-08T04:05:44Z His role as the drunkard Vino in Mr. Sondheim’s “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” disappeared as the musical made its way to Broadway, but Mr. Sondheim made up for it. John McMartin, Versatile Mainstay on Broadway and TV, Dies at 86 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z At its least inspired “Sondheim on Sondheim” has the smiley supper-club blandness of previous Sondheim revues, like “Putting It Together” and “Side by Side by Sondheim.” | 'Sondheim on Sondheim': Barbara Cook and Vanessa Williams at Studio 54 2010-04-23T02:50:00Z And in this particular case, I rewound it about, ooh, 10 kajillion times, because it was Adam Driver singing Being Alive, from Stephen Sondheim’s Company. Forget Cats: in a close-run field, Marriage Story was the musical highlight of my holiday 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z Platt and Rose met onstage to sing “Move On” from Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s “Sunday in the Park With George.” Tony Awards 2021: ‘Moulin Rouge’ wins best musical, and ‘The Inheritance’ snags best play 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z The Sondheim lyrics do much of the storytelling, with their dense wordplay and ingenious internal rhymes that verge on a Broadway equivalent of rap. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z As an adult, Mr. Sondheim supported her financially; nonetheless, in the 1970s, the night before she was to have heart surgery, she wrote a letter to her son and had it hand delivered. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Most often they involve the 82-year-old Ms. Cook, a longtime and exceptionally sensitive Sondheim interpreter. | 'Sondheim on Sondheim': Barbara Cook and Vanessa Williams at Studio 54 2010-04-23T02:50:00Z Go-to audition number: Ideally “Finishing the Hat,” from “Sundays in the Park with George” by Stephen Sondheim, “But I’m getting a little too old for it,” Lester said. Signature’s ‘Revenge of the Understudies’: Give them a spotlight and no one gets hurt Still, the dramatizing effect of Sondheim’s scores is more profound when both he and his collaborators are at their best. It’s Not the Music. It’s Not the Lyrics. It’s the Drama. 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim has described this flowing score as having “arioso passages that sometimes take song form.” Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z The Broadway run in 1981 lasted only 16 performances, but the show spawned such Sondheim standards as “Not a Day Goes By,” “Good Thing Going,” and “Old Friends.” ArtsBeat Blog: Hey, Old Friends: Casting Announced for 'Merrily We Roll Along' at Encores! 2011-10-11T19:15:18Z In your show, you sing everything from a Miley Cyrus song to Stephen Sondheim and Noël Coward. Alan Cumming explains why he loves singing sappy songs, from Sondheim to Miley Cyrus 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Later on, when I would listen to Steve Sondheim’s work, it made me work as hard as I could on my own. Sheldon Harnick, 'Fiddler' and 'She Loves Me' lyricist, sails back into the Tony spotlight at 92 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Sondheim himself has a hand in the planning. Where to Celebrate Sondheim in New York 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The delay is in part the result of Sondheim’s fundamental concern: “I didn’t think the show needed songs.” Sunday in the Trenches With George 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z The Sondheim production, regarded as a benchmark of sophisticated theater, provided Ms. Stritch with what became her lacerating signature song, “The Ladies Who Lunch.” Elaine Stritch, vivid stage and screen personality, dies at 89 Mr. Sondheim has designated in his will what he called a phalanx of composers, writers and associates to protect his works. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z Williams will hit the neighborhood fresh from performing in the Broadway musical "Sondheim on Sondheim," which runs through June. Vanessa Williams headed to 'Desperate Housewives' 2010-05-18T23:31:00Z Its rival “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” grossed $1,170,050 over eight shows, shattering the house record at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Tony wins help shows at the Broadway box office 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Her renditions of Sondheim’s “In Buddy’s Eyes” and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “This Nearly Was Mine” are as complexly probing as any love poem. Barbara Cook, a Broadway singer who revealed the great American songbook in a new light 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z If you don't like Mozart or Shakespeare or Sondheim, that's fine, but the problem is you, not Mozart, Shakespeare, or Sondheim. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Number of walks of life Sondheim considered for the “Sweeney Todd” song “A Little Priest,” about the people the murderous barber and Mrs. Lovett might bake into meat pies: More than 150. Decades in the Broadway biz, and still we want more of Stephen Sondheim You’ll find the barbarity of “Assassins,” distilled by Sondheim’s refined sense of the absurd, a weirdly enjoyable dive into crazy. Review | Insanity thrives, giddily, in Signature’s ‘Assassins’ 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z It’s interesting that they chose an intricate, whodunit murder mystery plot, because how else would you intelligently funnel this Sondheim complexity and idea of overlapping narratives, characters, themes into a genre film? How Stephen Sondheim’s Work Did (and Didn’t) Translate to the Screen 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z A few years later, when I heard they were going to do a concert of the show, I ran to the phone and begged Mr. Sondheim to let me sing that number. ?Follies? Memories; a Revival With Bernadette Peters 2011-08-26T12:00:01Z Oscillating tones, shimmering and percussive, echoed through the Appel Room on Saturday as an array of musicians from various musical worlds performed works by Stephen Sondheim and Steve Reich. Sondheim and Reich at Lincoln Center 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Yes indeed, Mr. Sondheim said in a telephone interview, after being told about the Web site and looking it over himself. ArtsBeat Blog: This Time It's Crosswords (Not Cross Words) That Surface From Sondheim 2011-09-16T17:37:55Z His frankness notwithstanding, nothing about the show when it ran on Broadway in 2010 surprised or dismayed Sondheim. Sondheim on 'Sondheim on Sondheim' at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z “And it’s a lot of fun for me. My hands are doing these dark, twisted things while the singing is pretty romantic, and I think that’s the rub that Sondheim had in mind.” 5 Tony-Nominated Broadway Shows, 5 Stagecraft Secrets 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z The music of Stephen Sondheim is an ultimate test of a theater singer’s dramatic smarts. Review: Vanessa Williams, Strong and Steady, Without Taking Chances 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Wanting to avert disaster, I ask about the music of Stephen Sondheim; Gyllenhaal is currently wowing critics in a Broadway production of Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park With George. Jake Gyllenhaal: ‘I would love to not talk about my personal life’ 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z It said that the award recognized the contribution of Mr. Sondheim, the composer and lyricist of musicals including “Into the Woods,” “Sunday in the Park with George,” and “Company,” to London theater. ArtsBeat: An Olivier Award for Sondheim 2011-03-04T17:07:47Z Mr. Jones made an unusual impression on the theater world in the 1970 Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company.” Dean Jones, Star of Disney’s ‘The Love Bug,’ Dies at 84 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z In July, he starred in an ASL performance of Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd" at Lincoln Center. “Only Murders in the Building” star on the creation of Theo, the show’s conscience 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z “Oscar — let’s not say he was a poet — was a lyricist and a playwright,” Mr. Sondheim said. Why You’ll Probably Never Hear a Sondheim Concerto 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z It is not entirely clear when Sondheim began working on the show, but he first discussed it publicly in 2014, and there were delays and setbacks in the years following. Final Sondheim Musical Will Be Staged in New York This Fall 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z The movie, opening on Christmas, is based on the stage musical written by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine that debuted at the Old Globe in San Diego and transferred to Broadway in 1987. 'Into the Woods' teaser provides early peek of movie, but no songs 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z The songs of Mr. Sondheim are rewarding territory for both performers, who like to burrow into the psychological depths of a character and find new nuances to bring forth. | 'An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin': ?An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin? - Review 2011-11-22T03:01:03Z Together, they’re emblems of a new aggressively acquisitive 20th century in America — or, as Sondheim puts it, “the century of get-rich-quick.” ‘Road Show’: A journey into the ‘get-rich-quick’ 20th century 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z There’s a lot of Stephen Sondheim in New York at the moment: the premiere staging of his last musical, “Here We Are,” and star-studded revivals of “Merrily We Roll Along” and “Sweeney Todd” on Broadway. MasterVoices Puts on a Starry Show With a Shoestring Budget 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z In October, two troupes took overlapping whacks at Stephen Sondheim’s “Assassins.” Perspective | Why is Washington theater so predictable? 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Organizers said Sondheim is a committed mentor and credits teachers for his success. Grant program will honor Sondheim, reward teachers 2010-09-28T15:27:00Z All types of directorial concepts are possible “as long as they honor the notes,” Mr. Sondheim said in the interview. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z As a result, the bilingual “Almost Like Praying,” which takes its title and chorus from Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim’s “Maria,” from “West Side Story,” is bursting with energy. Lin-Manuel Miranda Gathers All-Star Latin Artists for Hurricane Relief 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Only once after “Gypsy” would Mr. Sondheim write lyrics for another composer: an unhappy collaboration with Richard Rodgers, “Do I Hear a Waltz?,” based on Laurents’s play “The Time of the Cuckoo.” Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The day before, Mr. Sondheim had celebrated Thanksgiving with a dinner with friends in Roxbury, Mr. Pappas said. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The score, written by Leonard Bernstein, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, still looms large in American culture. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Wynonna Earp’ and ‘Dark Tourist’ 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z That was very much home-grown, but the company provides a piquant taste in a revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical about the barber, wrongly criminalised, who returns home for revenge. Theatre picks of the week 2010-05-14T23:27:00Z I’m also a great admirer of lyricists, especially Stephen Sondheim. Edelweiss, Edelweiss? Julie Andrews Loves Reading About 18th-Century Plant Hunters 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Sorry for not liking this version of “Company” better — and grateful to Sondheim for providing the chance to find out. Review: In a Gender-Flipped Revival, ‘Company’ Loves Misery 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim took a little blame for helping “Evening Primrose” make the rounds of the musical theater underground for so long. ?60s Sondheim TV Show Is Now on (Legal) DVD 2010-10-24T21:42:00Z As the organization continues its search for a new artistic director, following the departure last year of founder Eric Schaeffer, “Simply Sondheim” suggests that his successor might be in plain sight. Review | Sondheim revue provides exhilarating warmth in cold, trying times 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z In aiming to tell stories, not only within each song but also in their overall tunestacks, both “You I Like” and “Simply Sondheim” resemble jukebox musicals, with all the problems that entails. Bringing Out the Best of Sondheim, Herman and … Schraubstader? 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Titled “Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy,” the book is to be published in September. Stephen M. Silverman, Biographer of Stage and Screen, Is Dead at 71 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The outspoken composer offers witty and intimate accounts of her life with other broadway legends, including Stephen Sondheim and her father, Richard Rodgers. Washington Post hardcover bestsellers 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The nature of creativity is an elastic theme: stretched to the length of Fellini’s “8 1/2,” or as succinct as Sondheim’s lyric “Look, I made a hat where there never was a hat.” Review: A New Opera Pays Poetic Tribute to the Creative Process 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z “James has been my good friend and collaborator over the course of 32 years, and it’s about time I thanked him ostentatiously,” Sondheim said in a statement. Opening night for Kennedy Center’s ‘Little Dancer’ — or is it? Where this “Follies” excels is in its psychological portraiture and character-defining use of Mr. Sondheim’s intricately layered songs. | 'Follies' : ?Follies? on Broadway - Review 2011-09-13T02:01:08Z Using Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein as his referees for his green card application, Bennett thrived in the home of the Great American Songbook. A life in music: Richard Rodney Bennett 2011-07-22T22:55:02Z At this concert it is also introducing a great musical maker: Stephen Sondheim. Spare Times: For Children, for Feb. 3-9 2012-02-02T21:53:28Z This emotion-packed rendering of the grittily lyrical musical by Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents is not only one of the finest revivals Signature Theatre has ever mounted. Signature’s ‘West Side Story’: It’s not just any night 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z At the first reading of the first act, Sondheim plays the entire score so far, which consists of four arpeggios — about 10 seconds of music. Sunday in the Trenches With George 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim, who describes himself as first and foremost a good mimic, gives his collaborators full due. Books of The Times: Sondheim?s Rhymes and Reasons 2010-10-21T17:45:00Z Audiences are mystified, as is Sondheim: “It was really terrible.” Sunday in the Trenches With George 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Really good performers in Washington get an intense workout, appearing in plays by Annie Baker, William Shakespeare and August Wilson, in musicals by Stephen Sondheim and other great composers. Perspective | You love theater? So do these 12 D.C. stage dynamos. 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z The Guardian newspaper once offered this question: “Is Stephen Sondheim the Shakespeare of musical theatre?” Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z He opted instead to create a work by using canonical material that was not traditionally intended for black actors — a soul-infused production of songs by Stephen Sondheim. A Landmark Tony Awards Season for Black Actors 2013-06-10T21:57:34Z In August, Stephen Sondheim attacked some of the artistic changes, and recently has narrowed his invective to “the greedy Gershwin estate” — apparently referring to the collaborative efforts of the George and Ira estates. With ?Porgy? on Broadway, Gershwin Heirs Flex Their Rights 2012-01-09T13:27:40Z Mr. Alexander and Mr. Mathias may intend Kate’s aria of doubt as a direct homage to Mr. Sondheim. | 'See Rock City & Other Destinations': Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias?s Musical at the Duke 2010-07-26T02:22:00Z Lear deBessonet’s superb production of the Sondheim and James Lapine modern classic “Into the Woods,” which originated at Encores! in May, has made the journey west and south to Broadway. ‘Into the Woods’ Review: Do You Believe in Magic? 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z “The pandemic has been a nightmare for us who depend on large, live audiences,” said Twyford, a ubiquitous presence on Washington stages, in everything from Shakespeare to Sondheim. Actress Holly Twyford has been teaching acting to 90-year-olds during the pandemic — and learning a few things about living 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z But in truth, Sondheim was never just the gimlet-eyed outsider at the party, quipping wisely and witheringly. Stephen Sondheim, the Man Who Felt Too Much 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The solos and ensembles they sang suggested the work of a younger, hipper Andrew Lloyd Webber, with fleeting hints of Bernstein and Sondheim. Music Review: Eric Whitacre and His ?Paradise Lost? at Carnegie 2010-06-16T20:23:00Z One of the other important developments this season was the death of Stephen Sondheim. Ariana DeBose on Hosting the Tonys: ‘Whatever We Do Is Going to Be Fun’ 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Classic farce set in ancient Rome, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. L.A. theater openings, April 5-12: 'I and You' and more 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z It was inevitable that one day Ms. Maye would tackle “I’m Still Here,” the Sondheim anthem from “Follies” that is a kind of Rorschach for seasoned show business veterans. Music Review: American Songbook as Fountain of Youth 2011-05-29T21:21:31Z But he didn’t write a note of the songs in question, deferring to those with last names like Bernstein and Sondheim and Webber and Kander. So Many Shows, So Many Hits: For ‘Prince of Broadway,’ the Challenge Is What to Leave Out 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z In the book, Mr. Silverman describes Mr. Sondheim’s conflicts with Leonard Bernstein when they were composing “West Side Story,” which opened on Broadway in 1957. Stephen M. Silverman, Biographer of Stage and Screen, Is Dead at 71 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z She continued to appear in nightclubs, television and musical theater, including a stint on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim's "Company." Screen siren Jane Russell dies 2011-03-01T15:30:00Z The second half will probably be thoroughly digested only by Mr. Sondheim’s most ardent fans. Books of The Times: ?Look, I Made a Hat,? Stephen Sondheim Lyrics - Review 2011-12-08T23:09:14Z She added that she thought of asking Mr. Sondheim, who is a friend, for advice but decided against it, because she wanted to discover the song on her own. Bernadette Peters, Learning in ?Night Music? 2010-08-15T23:15:00Z "You were responding to styles," responded Sondheim, 83, and heir to Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and other composers for the stage and screen. Simon and Sondheim talk shop at joint appearance 2013-12-04T18:31:26Z Maybe, though, the most chilling words in “Assassins” are the ones Sondheim put down three decades ago, in an effort to reassure audiences of the country’s resilience. Perspective | In words and music, New York theaters take aim at an America at war with itself 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z No one was humming Rodgers and Hammerstein in the school hallways or quoting lines from Stephen Sondheim at each other or saving yellow-framed playbills, at least that they admitted to. Farewell to “The Phantom of the Opera,” which welcomed outcasts 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim did not respond to an email seeking comment on the project. ArtsBeat: ‘Sweeney Todd’ (Progressive Rock Remix) 2014-02-12T22:37:24Z "No artist has made a larger contribution to this quintessential American art form in the modern era than Sondheim has," he said. Stephen Sondheim honoured in US 2013-08-12T09:39:51Z Yet as a composer Mr. Sondheim is a towering figure. Music Review: Philharmonic’s ‘Symphonic Sondheim’ at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-01-30T23:29:07Z But there are also plenty of parallels to the present in Sondheim’s sharp-eyed song cycle of the ostensibly dispossessed and in Weidman’s often casually violent dialogue. Review: This Revival of Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ Misses Its Mark 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Rodgers required a relapse into a Golden Age style that no longer suited the ambitious young Sondheim — or the musical theater he was about to change forever. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z And although Desiree performs the better part of what may be Sondheim’s most beloved ballad of all time, “Send in the Clowns,” the role was not conceived for a singer. A longtime D.C. actress tackles her first musical, and it’s by Sondheim 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z I wonder what Stephen Sondheim thinks of that. Behind the Poster: 'Into the Woods' 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim, whose scores include Sweeney Todd and A Little Night Music and who wrote lyrics to Leonard Bernstein's music in West Side Story, was unable to pick up his special international award. Plan B wins hat-trick at Novellos 2011-05-19T17:02:37Z But “Merrily” was written when Mr. Sondheim was still mining the rich seam of his peak Broadway style. Review: ‘Merrily We Roll Along,’ the Way It Never, Ever Was 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Lot of comments from those who know this play from their school productions, and don't realize how Sondheim changed Bdwy. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z I now yearn for anything and everything ever created by Sondheim, but especially this surprising and suspenseful tale. Alan Cumming, Drinking and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z If Gershwin had wanted two versions, one for the opera house, another for musical theater, that would have been fine, Mr. Sondheim added. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z This renaming would allow theatergoers to know exactly what to expect of the friendly, formulaic bio-musical that opened on Sunday night at the Stephen Sondheim Theater, starring an immensely likable Jessie Mueller. Theater Review: ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ at Sondheim Theater 2014-01-13T03:00:12Z I performed the lead in the West End for its UK premiere and worked very closely with Sondheim. Is Stephen Sondheim the Shakespeare of musical theatre? | Michael Ball 2010-03-29T15:41:00Z Jeffrey Stock’s lushly orchestral score includes lovely arias and choral pieces, and draws knowingly on Italian opera, popular period music and the oeuvres of Broadway masters Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. A visit to romance and Italy in ‘Room with a View’ 2014-05-03T00:30:45Z Stephen Sondheim’s music has become so familiar that it’s easy to forget how experimental it is. Stephen Sondheim, experimenter. Listen to 'Pacific Overtures' and 'Forum' 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Like her love for Mr. Sondheim, Ms. Goodman’s passion for music was shared by Mr. Masullo. Working Best With a Minimum of Information 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Some who worked with Mr. Sondheim thought that he was harder on Ms. Stritch and other women than on men, perhaps because of his dreadful relationship with his mother. Put Down Your Phone! It’s Patti LuPone. 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z Doyle’s signature approach — what has been called minimalist, though he prefers “essentialist” — was born in modest black box spaces, and eventually scaled to Tony Award-winning takes on Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd” and “Company” on Broadway. Review: A Tenor Claims His Place Among the Met Opera’s Stars 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Still, Sondheim writes that the workshop “was not the mess the chatterati made it out to be.” Sondheim’s ‘Road Show’ on the rebound at Signature 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z “Sometimes people leave you halfway through the wood” — she reflected upon the Dantesque meaning of Sondheim’s line, but she needn’t have said a word. Barbara Cook at the Wallis: Still doing what she does best 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z “It’s historical but modern. This is a guy who knows rap and knows Stephen Sondheim, and that’s the step no one has taken yet.” ‘Hamilton’ Heads to Broadway in a Hip-Hop Retelling 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z In "Assassins," Weidman and Sondheim present a cavalcade of misfits, the desperate and the disaffected who killed or tried to kill the president of the United States. Roundabout to present Sondheim's 'Assassins' 2012-08-21T15:38:07Z The program, enlivened throughout by Mr. Blier’s witty onstage comments, opened with a lively ensemble performance of Stephen Sondheim’s “Another Hundred People.” Music Review: From the New York Island To California, a Songbook 2011-01-13T23:20:54Z In 1967, he asked Sondheim to read “The Measures Taken,” the first in a collection of four translations, for possible adaptation. A Golden Team, a Terrible Title and a Show That Vanished 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim: Signature built its reputation on Sondheim but barely needed him Monday night. Signature sings out: The 25th anniversary concert Compared with other musicals, not much dialogue remained after Bernstein and Sondheim’s raid. Brash, Confident and Democratic: How Leonard Bernstein Symbolized America 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z We were in awe of the deftness of Sondheim’s grasp of character, of plot, of music genres, and how he could take all these threads and spin them with such a refinement of intellect. Perspective | There will never be another Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z She made her Broadway debut in 2017's "Hello Dolly!" revival, which also received a glowing response, and is slated to appear in Richard Linklater's movie adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along." Why "Funny Girl" matters: a breakdown of the revival's casting issues 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z “Ah, the woods,” Stephen Sondheim exclaims about the setting for his fractured-fairy-tale musical Into the Woods. Into the Woods in Central Park: al Fresco Enchantment 2012-08-10T21:45:00Z “Do I Hear a Waltz?,” the only collaboration between Rodgers and Mr. Sondheim, will run May 11-15. Encores! Season Will Feature Sondheim and '1776' 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Purists including Stephen Sondheim complained that a musical treasure was being corrupted. Tony Awards show not skimping on razzle-dazzle 2012-06-10T15:16:03Z Whole generations of theater composers and lyricists could be thrown off their game by bouts of Sondheim Syndrome: the desire to write with his uncanny rhyming panache or emulate his vast knowledge of music history. Perspective | There will never be another Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z But you often have to chase Sondheim as much as you do Busta Rhymes. Debating ‘Hamilton’ as It Shifts From Stage to Screen 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z We just reached out and they were so gracious, and before I knew it, I was on Zoom with Sondheim, and he couldn’t have been kinder. Can Movie Theaters and Netflix Coexist? Rian Johnson Makes His Case. 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z And for Sondheim, that meant never repeating himself in terms of subject matter, a point made by Jonathan Tunick, the composer's most prominent orchestrator, who spoke during the concert. Philharmonic celebrates Sondheim's 80th birthday 2010-03-16T11:52:00Z “We would go to the Golden Nugget bar after the show and all these miners and their families and friends would be talking about Chekhov and Tennessee Williams and Stephen Sondheim,” Patinkin said. Friday Night Footlights: How Theater Bonds a Colorado Town 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim has been party to some bold reimaginings of his own works. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z Since Wednesday, Mr. Gilbert has been conducting a production of Stephen Sondheim’s chilling masterpiece musical “Sweeney Todd,” with a book by Hugh Wheeler. Opera & Classical Music Listings for March 7-13 2014-03-06T23:20:26Z Stephen Sondheim, 80 last year, takes two of the three slots in best musical revival category for Passion at the Donmar and Into The Woods at the Open Air Theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies receives seven Olivier award nods 2011-02-07T18:30:25Z Sondheim “literally stopped in his tracks, closed his eyes, put his hand on his chest and said, ‘Be still my beating heart,’” Elliott said. Jonathan Bailey Is Keeping Busy 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z But it was Sondheim’s score, inflected with regional accents of the American songbook through the ages, that gave the show its radiant chill, as its dispossessed characters sang longingly of a hunger for glory. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim has received a belated birthday gift: his name on a Broadway theater. Stephen Sondheim honored with a Broadway theater 2010-09-16T03:46:00Z And then there is Mr. Sondheim, who appears in appropriately larger-than-life form on artistically arranged monitors, typically concealing as much as he reveals in quick takes of self-portraiture. | 'Sondheim on Sondheim': Barbara Cook and Vanessa Williams at Studio 54 2010-04-23T02:50:00Z "I'm still here, thank you Stephen Sondheim," referring to the composer's standard "I'm Still Here" from "Follies," which Stritch brought to vibrant life in her act. Remembering Elaine Stritch -- formidable, fun and candid 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Likewise, the songs, many built from musical cells Sondheim flips and shuffles, darken into warnings, laments and lullabies. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Like Mr. Sondheim’s music, they make harmony out of the jangling contradictions that come with being alive. | 'Follies' : ?Follies? on Broadway - Review 2011-09-13T02:01:08Z Look at Sondheim; there is this precedent of artists who work things out in their art. ‘Three Divas, What Could Be Better?’ Making ‘The Hours’ Operatic 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Not even the “I want” song remained intact in Sondheim’s visionary hands. 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Sondheim inspired a generation of women to believe complex female characters have a place at the centre of the Broadway stage. Here’s to the ladies who lunch: One of Sondheim’s greatest achievements was writing complex women 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z "Woods," Disney's adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical take on the Brothers Grimm, looks to take in an estimated $48 million over the four-day weekend. Box office: 'Hobbit,' 'Woods,' 'Unbroken' continue to sell tickets 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z As in Sondheim musicals, there is no happy or sad ending with Lady Bird, no easy answers, only the stuff of life. Why Lady Bird should win the 2018 best picture Oscar 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Though some of the lyrics he'd already written were retained, he insisted that Sondheim get full credit — and full royalties. 'Something's Coming, Something Good': the story behind 'West Side Story' 2011-07-07T19:22:03Z The Sondheim vaults have been so thoroughly trawled over the years that many of these one-time rarities are now familiar. Theater Review: ‘Marry Me a Little,’ Sondheim Songs, at Clurman Theater 2012-10-04T20:43:21Z He said he did not know the cause but added that Mr. Sondheim had not been known to be ill and that the death was sudden. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z I spoke with Koresky about Sondheim’s gifts to cinema and why it’s so hard to adapt his work. How Stephen Sondheim’s Work Did (and Didn’t) Translate to the Screen 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Here they play the sole survivors of a devastating flood, who discover a common language in song and dance, prompting routines performed to Rodgers and Hammerstein, Sondheim, R.E.M. and Queen. Theater Listings for Dec. 13-19 2013-12-13T18:23:32Z Sondheim recognizes the potential in Larson and in the piece, while the critic quickly dismisses it. How Jonathan Larson Taught Me to Become a Better Critic 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z In this revue’s videotaped interviews, Mr. Sondheim goes out of his way to praise Hammerstein for teaching him the craft of writing lyrics. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z Dorothy Rodgers, the widow of Richard Rodgers and an éminence grise in New York State arts funding, argues that Sondheim, as a “commercial” composer, doesn’t merit public funds. Sunday in the Trenches With George 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z The first is a winning revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical that wowed Broadway this season. Who will win at the Tony Awards? AP predicts 2012-06-07T19:01:07Z But even more than for those showmen, Sondheim twins and twines the two elements like DNA. It’s Not the Music. It’s Not the Lyrics. It’s the Drama. 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z That she should have produced a writer such as Sondheim is, perhaps, comment enough on what he thought of her values. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z In “Another Hundred People” she abandons that voice, the better to interpret psychologically knotty Sondheim lyrics with a ruthless honesty. Review: ‘Another Hundred People’ Digs Into Stephen Sondheim’s Catalog 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z One might round out a Sondheim listening party by catching one of the ongoing screenings of the National Theatre’s London production of “Follies.” Stephen Sondheim, experimenter. Listen to 'Pacific Overtures' and 'Forum' 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z They had already taken advantage of the two-for-one Broadway tickets, having snagged tickets to “Company,” the revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical. Can New Yorkers Be Lured Back to the Arts by a Good Deal? 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z “Saturday Night,” a Stephen Sondheim musical dating to the composer’s creative infancy, had a belated Off West End bow in 1997, after which it was produced in Chicago and then New York. Theater Review: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘Allegro’ 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Although the true fans will relish the opportunity to hear Sondheim expound at length, not to mention the plethora of rarely performed obscurities in the program, most audiences will find "Sondheim" more tutorial than entertainment. "Sondheim" tribute would be better without songs 2010-04-23T11:43:00Z Lonny Price’s “Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened”: “It’s a documentary about ‘Merrily We Roll Along,’ the original production in 1981, the Sondheim that was a huge flop.” Surfing and Sondheim: What’s on Josh Radnor’s Mind 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z As we stood in the wings, seconds from addressing the throngs who’d come to see him, Sondheim turned to me and said: “You know, the success of this depends entirely on the interviewer.” Perspective | There will never be another Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z It was the cleverness of Sondheim’s lyrics that attracted me in my youth. ‘Follies’ Was My First Broadway Show. 50 Years Later, I Remember It All. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z In the intimacy of this theater, an incubator of previous acclaimed Sondheim revivals, those deadly lollipops are brandished with an aggressiveness that’s unsettling. ‘Assassins,’ Sondheim and Weidman’s Musical, in London 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z While Sondheim’s oeuvre is the reason I sleep well at night, it is sonic moments like these that get me up in the morning. In Defense of ‘Diana,’ the Show We Didn’t Deserve 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z As exacting as he was with his notes and his words, Sondheim did what he had to do in order to make a show work. 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Dang's directing credits at East West include 10 stagings of Stephen Sondheim musicals. Asian theater leader Tim Dang to step down at East West Players 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Certainly there were moments in her own career that helped her relate, Ms. Paige says, but the most important insight came from a 20-minute conversation with Mr. Sondheim in rehearsal in New York. Arts & Leisure: Elaine Paige Returns to the Stage in ?Follies? 2011-11-20T02:02:17Z The actress went on to star with Anthony Perkins in Evening Primrose, the Stephen Sondheim television musical. Charmian Carr – Liesl in The Sound of Music – dies, aged 73 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z One, of course, was Stephen Sondheim, setting words to his own music with a neurotic complexity that defined that time and ours. Sheldon Harnick, Musical Theater’s Great Marriage Broker 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z He won a number of grants and awards to continue writing the show, including the Richard Rodgers Development Grant, chaired by Stephen Sondheim, which paid for a workshop production at Playwrights Horizons in 1988. ‘Tick, Tick … Boom!’: A Musical Based on a Musical About Writing a Musical. We Explain. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Streisand had covered the Stephen Sondheim song for “The Broadway Album” in 1985. Clintons, Mariah Carey turn out for Barbra Streisand concert 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Barry Joseph decided to plumb this relatively under-discussed aspect of his life in “Matching Minds With Sondheim: The Puzzles and Games of the Master Lyricist.” Getting Close to Sondheim: New Books Try to Capture His Essence 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Revered as the closest thing we had to a theatrical deity, Sondheim didn’t retreat to reign alone on some Olympus. Cherished Words From Theater’s Encourager-in-Chief 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Even Stephen Sondheim, whom one thinks of as conceiving shows out of air with his collaborators, has looked to the movies for his “Passion” and “A Little Night Music.” ArtsBeat: Brantley, Isherwood Answer Readers’ Questions About the Theater Season 2013-05-02T17:29:09Z On film, you can see the frustration on Sondheim’s tired face. Elaine Stritch: There was nothing like this dame Stevens was a friend and producer of some of the great talents of his time; Kaiser made his reputation in Washington on megaprojects such as the 2002 Sondheim Celebration, a stunning musical retrospective. Perspective | How the Kennedy Center’s theater chief sniffs out Broadway-worthy winners 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Most of the Times readers agree with Mr. Sondheim that the planned revisions, as described by Ms. Paulus and the creative team don’t respect the source material. ArtsBeat: Paulus Responds to Sondheim 2011-08-11T19:45:07Z Mr. Prince was “the most important single figure” in Mr. Sondheim’s career, Meryle Secrest wrote in her biography of the storied composer. ‘Cabaret,’ ‘Phantom of the Opera’ and More: Hal Prince’s Hits Transformed Broadway 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z I’m looking as I write this at the piano-vocal score to “Sweeney Todd” Sondheim signed for me the first time he came to dinner, in 1997. Stephen Sondheim, as Great a Composer as He Was a Lyricist 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z What about that film is able to articulate the skill and artistry of Sondheim in ways that some other attempts do not? How Stephen Sondheim’s Work Did (and Didn’t) Translate to the Screen 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Plot refresher: “Romeo and Juliet” on the Upper West Side, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Spare Times for Nov. 20-26 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z It wasn’t to resume until 2003 when Prince and Sondheim collaborated on “Bounce,” a musical about the adventure-seeking Mizner brothers that had a troubled birth and finally made it to Broadway as “Road Show.” Towering Broadway director and producer Hal Prince dead 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z At 81, Stephen Sondheim is the dean of Broadway composers, and still full of vim and vinegar. 'Downton Abbey' leads critics' picks 2012-01-08T04:05:44Z With the consent of Sondheim and the estates of the other originators, van Hove and De Keersmaeker pursued their own vision. Perspective | Can this generation’s Tony and Maria find their place in yet another ‘West Side Story’? 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z The former Henry Miller's Theatre on West 43rd St., recently restored and currently housing Roundabout Theatre productions, is now the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Arts news: Jazz winners, Sondheim honor and summer Shakespeare 2010-03-23T23:15:00Z Passion , music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine. Review | Fall for the ravishing music in ‘Passion,’ not the love triangle’s melodrama 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Cerveris said that, despite hearing nothing of “Buñuel” for several years, he had still been hoping for another Sondheim show. Sondheim Musical, in Development for Years, Looks Unlikely 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z It is his "coming-of-age" musical, but it wasn't until A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum that Sondheim had a chance to write both music and lyrics, and begin his career proper. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z So while I will not tell you what we are doing, there will be a beautiful moment for the man that is Stephen Sondheim. Ariana DeBose on Hosting the Tonys: ‘Whatever We Do Is Going to Be Fun’ 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Musically, I grew up listening to everything from Gilbert and Sullivan — I love “The Pirates of Penzance” — to Sondheim; “Into the Woods” is my favorite musical ever. Aussie Clare Bowen has found her niche in Nashville, and on TV, too 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Those unhappily married couples of Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical “Follies,” who long for their younger, happier days revolving around New York theater, will have another shot at Broadway this summer. ArtsBeat: 'Follies' Is Coming to Broadway This Summer 2011-06-15T20:00:41Z And, given how often Sondheim songs traded in wistfulness and melancholy, the composer’s own lyrics were used to celebrate and remember him, too. ‘Elemental and Irreplaceable’: Stars Pay Tribute to Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Ram Bergman, Johnson’s producing partner, said that Sondheim’s and Lansbury’s cameos were recorded during the editing of “Glass Onion,” as he and Johnson tried to reach them, working every connection they had. How Angela Lansbury and Stephen Sondheim Came to Appear in ‘Knives Out’ Sequel 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z “Based on his approach and his sketches, I believe Sondheim is the most ‘serious’ composer ever to write for the musical theatre — including Gershwin, Weill, Blitzstein and Bernstein,” Horowitz wrote. Decades in the Broadway biz, and still we want more of Stephen Sondheim She choreographed the swimmers in Stephen Sondheim's 1974 “The Frogs,” which was performed in and around a Yale pool. At 85, Carmen de Lavallade is the rare L.A. legend much of L.A. doesn't know 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z With the Freudian mystique of the 1960s and ’70s on the wane, and the language of psychotherapy reduced to the banal pop scripture of reality television, the Age of Sondheim may be fading. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z He’s a gifted magpie, but I can’t say he’s established a singular personal voice as a composer-lyricist the way the hallowed greats like Berlin, Porter and Sondheim did. Tony Nominations Prove the Musical Has Lost Its Voice 2010-06-11T04:31:00Z That was a standard complaint about Mr. Sondheim for decades. | 'Sondheim on Sondheim': Barbara Cook and Vanessa Williams at Studio 54 2010-04-23T02:50:00Z In late November, he workshopped numbers in the eagerly awaited Stephen Sondheim musical, working title “Bunuel.” Life after 'Glee': Matthew Morrison on his dream role and his national concert tour 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Sondheim let people adapt his work freely, which your program shows. How Stephen Sondheim’s Work Did (and Didn’t) Translate to the Screen 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z As it turns out, the race for best musical revival is between Mr. Sondheim’s show and the one he attacked. ‘Newsies’ Versus ‘Once,’ and Other Tony Competitions 2012-06-07T22:01:22Z “I’d have loved to see it come to be. But then, I will always want more Sondheim in the world.” Sondheim Musical, in Development for Years, Looks Unlikely 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z But ask Stephen Sondheim, as Jamie Bernstein did in a public discussion on Saturday afternoon at the Glimmerglass Festival, and you’ll hear that it has to do largely, simply, with the expectations of the audience. When musicals become operas 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Or maybe to "Somewhere", Stephen Sondheim's song of yearning to escape in West Side Story. Somewhere ? review 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z Starting on Wednesday, Mr. Gilbert conducts a production of Stephen Sondheim’s chilling masterpiece musical “Sweeney Todd,” with a book by Hugh Wheeler. Opera & Classical Music Listings for Feb. 28-March 6 2014-02-27T23:00:40Z And when it comes to emotions, Sondheim — more than any other composer from the Broadway songbook — is the one I trust to tell me the truth. Stephen Sondheim, the Man Who Felt Too Much 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z With Sondheim you see the gears working without it taking you out of the film. How Stephen Sondheim’s Work Did (and Didn’t) Translate to the Screen 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z There was hardly a moment not to cherish in this mini-marathon, and the offerings were eclectically representative enough for a seminar on all the corners of Sondheim’s expansive imagination. Review | A blessed event for hard times: Sondheim sung by Broadway’s best 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Charley, his regular lyricist, and Mary, a writer, also move back toward their idealistic beginnings in a show that features such Sondheim standards as “Good Thing Going” and “Not a Day Goes By.” ‘Merrily’ This Film Will Roll Along. For the Next 20 Years. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The resulting interpretations are somehow both spare and lush, honoring the complexity of Sondheim’s compositions without, as the album’s producer, Allen Tate, put it, “trying to outthink” the original material. Eleri Ward Captures the Longing at the Heart of Sondheim’s Work 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z And is there a plentiful paying audience, not only for the show’s stars, who include Gaten Matarazzo and Jordan Fisher, but also for Sondheim himself? Who Needs a Shave? ‘Sweeney Todd’ Is Back. 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z For Karen Akers, whose new show, “Live, Laugh, Love — Akers Sings Sondheim,” which opened at the Oak Room of Algonquin Hotel last week, the character of Phyllis, from “Follies,” is a kind of doppelgänger. Music Review: Karen Akers at the Oak Room - Review 2011-10-03T21:42:51Z "Anything Goes" will begin performances March 10 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Joel Grey returns to Broadway in 'Anything Goes' 2010-09-30T18:06:00Z Okrent’s book will look at Sondheim and his work through this lens. Getting Close to Sondheim: New Books Try to Capture His Essence 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Prince left a legacy in the shows he created, both as director and producer, with Stephen Sondheim. ‘Cabaret,’ ‘Phantom of the Opera’ and More: Hal Prince’s Hits Transformed Broadway 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Its 1957 premiere on Broadway famously married the talents of Bernstein with those of Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents and Jerome Robbins. Crossing Cultures, and Genres, at the Glimmerglass Festival 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z But its patchwork assembly is mitigated by the thematic coherence of Mr. Sondheim’s work. Theater Review: ‘Marry Me a Little,’ Sondheim Songs, at Clurman Theater 2012-10-04T20:43:21Z Then I spotted the Stephen Sondheim action figure. ‘I Was Skeptical.’ How Sondheim Agreed to Change ‘Company.’ 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Many regard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Stephen Sondheim as the preeminent lyricists of the last half century; some say longer. I already knew Leonard Cohen was dead on Election Day — then things got worse 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z The credit, of course, also belongs to Sondheim, who subtly shows how the touch of Fosca's hand at first evokes memories of Clara – only for the positions to be later reversed. Review 2010-09-22T10:00:00Z The DVD and Blu-ray are musts for Sondheim fans, not just because of the wealth of behind-the-scenes material but also because they contain a new song, cut from the film. 'In the Woods' leaps from musical theater to movie theaters 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z When I turned 50, it was a run-through that I had done for Stephen Sondheim the day Steve arrived for "Sweeney Todd" at the Kennedy Center. ArtsBeat: Emmys Watch: Christine Baranski on 'The Good Wife' and Competing With Maggie Smith 2012-09-18T20:28:48Z "No One Is Alone," of course, is the number that melted everyone into a collective puddle, disproving once and for all that Sondheim is all brain and no heart. 'Into the Woods' reunion shows Sondheim can still cast a spell 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z In the light of his partnership with Ms. Molaskey, Mr. Pizzarelli’s solo renditions of heavy-duty ballads like the Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” and Mr. Sondheim’s “Sorry-Grateful” took on a prayerful intensity. Music Review: John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey at the Caf? Carlyle 2011-11-06T22:50:23Z To up the glamour, Stephen Sondheim arrived in an unglamorous sweater and plunked himself down in a booth near the back. Scene City: Public Theater Raises Funds for Renovation 2012-03-07T21:34:55Z Which is why "I'm Still Here," Sondheim's ferocious hymn of survival from "Follies," got the cheering audience on its feet. Philharmonic celebrates Sondheim's 80th birthday 2010-03-16T11:52:00Z Mr. Sondheim’s music was always recognizable as his own, and yet he was dazzlingly versatile. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z “Merrily We Roll Along,” however, requires another librettist to rework Furth’s already heavily revised book — something Sondheim understandably opposes. After another brave attempt, Sondheim-Furth musical 'Merrily We Roll Along' remains a rutted road 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z So I’ve long wondered why Mr. Sondheim has never composed an instrumental piece — a piano suite, say, or a work for small ensemble. Why You’ll Probably Never Hear a Sondheim Concerto 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The musical about the reminiscences of two couples, all former members of the “Weismann Follies” who reunite on the eve of their theater’s demolition, features the now-classic Sondheim songs “Broadway Baby” and “Too Many Mornings.” ArtsBeat: 'Follies' Returns to Broadway With Kennedy Center Cast 2011-06-29T16:43:36Z One of her many definitive performances was her rendition of Stephen Sondheim’s “I’m Still Here,” a song that could be read as the story of her life on the bumpy road of show business. Julie Wilson, Sultry Cabaret Legend and Actress, Dies at 90 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Sondheim, recognizing that this was “a logical request rather than the whim of a diva,” supplied a transition. Barbra Streisand, still gunning for 'Gypsy,' samples some Stephen Sondheim at Staples Center 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z That just makes me think of the song "Move On" from that Sondheim musical, "Sunday in the Park with George," which is all about art and that stuff. "There were weird silver linings": How Sarah Silverman worked through grief to still make us laugh 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z It’s a lovely reminder that for all his much-touted cleverness, Mr. Sondheim is great not because he’s a wizard with rhyme, rhythm and key changes. | 'Sondheim on Sondheim': Barbara Cook and Vanessa Williams at Studio 54 2010-04-23T02:50:00Z The song was inspired by the title of a 1994 cover story of New York magazine: “Is Stephen Sondheim God?” | 'Sondheim on Sondheim': Barbara Cook and Vanessa Williams at Studio 54 2010-04-23T02:50:00Z Then the long-running cabaret series “Sondheim Unplugged” would begin — one more shimmering perk to spending the holidays in New York. 5 Things to Do This Christmas Weekend 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Some of his dialogue scenes — including a riveting colloquy between the questing Marianne and the questioning bishop — have the shape, rhythm and sorrowful wit of a Sondheim song. ‘Here We Are’ Review: The Last Sondheim, Cool and Impossibly Chic 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Of the shows for which Mr. Sondheim wrote both music and lyrics, his first, “Forum,” had the longest Broadway run at 964 performances; his second, “Anyone Can Whistle,” lasted nine. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z In recent years the tributes to Mr. Sondheim have come so thick and fast that they have begun to blur. Music Review | 'Sondheim: The Birthday Concert': A Little Birthday Music for Sondheim 2010-03-16T19:50:00Z Her most recent Tony nomination, in 2010, was for her work in a revival of yet another Sondheim musical, “A Little Night Music.” Angela Lansbury Will Receive Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z “You mean, ‘Sunday in the Park with George,’ ” she trills, “written by one of my heroes, Stephen Sondheim.” Theater Review: In ‘A Second Chance,’ Singing New York Lovers 2014-03-31T02:00:01Z The Broadway production will continue churning until late April with Sutton Foster and Joel Grey both aboard at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. 'Anything Goes' to launch national tour in 2012 2011-12-12T17:06:08Z Sondheim had done this sort of performance countless times. Perspective | There will never be another Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Barbara Cook sang it in the recent Broadway revue “Sondheim on Sondheim.” ?60s Sondheim TV Show Is Now on (Legal) DVD 2010-10-24T21:42:00Z So forgive me, Sondheim, if my sympathy was in short supply. Marriage by this age! Babies by that age! When will we stop giving women deadlines? 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z In the history of the theater, only a handful could call Mr. Sondheim peer. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z What was tough was the effort the actress had to put in to do justice to Sondheim's demanding score and lyrics. Woods team sing Sondheim's praises 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z “I just did a reading of a new Sondheim musical,” Lane said. Sondheim Is Writing a New Musical, and Hopes to Stage It Next Year 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Midway in Sunday’s matinee, Ms. Winer wondered out loud what kind of songs Stephen Sondheim might have written for Astaire-Rogers before concluding that the team’s heyday ended before psychoanalysis invaded popular music. Music Review: At Kaufmann Concert Hall, a Tribute to Astaire and Rogers 2010-03-23T21:18:00Z A perfect example is, ironically, the 2014 film adaptation of Sondheim’s Into The Woods, because it is self-conscious and senseless, everything Sondheim shouldn’t be. Forget Cats: in a close-run field, Marriage Story was the musical highlight of my holiday 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z The trust will also benefit a Stephen Sondheim Foundation, once that is created. Stephen Sondheim Leaves Rights to His Works to a Trust 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z She currently stars in the Broadway musical "Sondheim on Sondheim." Vanessa Williams turns "Desperate" for ABC 2010-05-18T22:19:00Z When she was refused an audition for the 2001 Broadway revival of Follies, she contacted composer Stephen Sondheim. Polly Bergen, Emmy winner and Sopranos star, dies aged 84 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z It expects to open in the fall with a ground-floor entrance and an upstairs dining room with 150 seats, in the building that houses the Stephen Sondheim Theater: 123 West 43rd Street. Jose Garces Opens Amada on Familiar Turf Downtown 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z But not Sondheim, whose musical talent escapes me. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Sondheim spent the next 60-plus years grumbling about the quality of his “West Side Story” lyrics: the unintelligible passages, the too-clever-by-half internal rhymes. 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Rob Marshall, who worked with Blunt on the film version of the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods, will direct, while the script will be written by Finding Neverland writer David Magee. Emily Blunt confirmed as Mary Poppins in sequel to classic film 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z A surreal musical revue featuring assassins and assassin wannabes from the pages of history, the enterprise is buoyed by Sondheim’s typically transcendent music. Ambitious 'Assassins' at Pico Playhouse can't overcome the show's peculiarities 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z My daily distress comes nowhere near Sondheim-caliber worthiness, though Sondheim figures in my yearning, too. Perspective | Play It Again | These songs from musicals changed my life. Now they can sustain me. 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Stars on Sondheim: 'He laughed so hard he couldn't sing' More top stories Noises off: Is the internet killing the theatre show? Noises off: Is the internet killing the theatre show? | Chris Wilkinson 2010-04-01T11:39:00Z But Mr. Sondheim, being Mr. Sondheim, streaked even the show’s sunniest songs with chilling shadows of melancholy. Theater Review: Sondheim?s ?Merrily We Roll Along? in Encores! Staging 2012-02-09T23:44:16Z The evidence of a spike in appetite for work by Sondheim is everywhere. A Sondheim Surge: Interest in His Work Soars After His Death 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z But nothing approached the decibel levels at the curtain call, when after several bows by the cast, Mr. Sondheim slowly walked on stage to join them. ArtsBeat: Stritch and Miranda Get Last Laughs at Finales of 'Night Music' and 'In the Heights' 2011-01-10T20:57:56Z Here they will come from four shows for which Mr. Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics: “Into the Woods,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Follies” and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” Spare Times: For Children, for Feb. 3-9 2012-02-02T21:53:28Z Over coffee at a cafe near his home in Inwood Mr. Miranda, 31, talked about the early American polity, getting advice from Stephen Sondheim and other subjects that are trending in his world. Arts & Leisure: Lin-Manuel Miranda Is Rapping on Alexander Hamilton 2012-01-06T16:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim appears as a kind of oracle in the movie adaptation of the Jonathan Larson rock monologue “Tick, Tick ... Boom!” What Did Stephen Sondheim Really Think of ‘Rent’? 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Lloyd Webber was my bête noire: I intensely preferred Stephen Sondheim, who created rich humans while Lloyd Webber drew cartoons. A musical whose time has gone: Three Post critics take on ‘Phantom’ 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z The most important thing he learned from these lessons, Mr. Sondheim told me in an interview many years ago, was the principle of “long-lined composition.” Beethoven’s 250th Birthday: His Greatness Is in the Details 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z And no one, Prince wanted to put down on the record, “has come close to matching” her version of “The Ladies Who Lunch,” the Sondheim number from “Company” that was her signature. Elaine Stritch: All the best lines at this memorial were hers 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z Musically, it’s fully if a little skimpily Sondheim, and entirely worthy of his catalog. ‘Here We Are’ Review: The Last Sondheim, Cool and Impossibly Chic 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z We show Sondheim the first draft and I'm nervous. Back 'Into the Woods' for librettist James Lapine, with new feeling 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z As reluctant as Sondheim was to write lyrics for other composers, it was almost unheard of for him to write music for other people’s lyrics. 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z The pair first worked together on a gender-swapped production of the Stephen Sondheim musical “Company,” which won Bailey an Olivier award in 2019. Jonathan Bailey Is Keeping Busy 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z In her banter to the audience, she called this characteristic Sondheim effect “the bittersweet comma,” and provided two real-life examples. Sondheim Two Ways, From Judy Collins and Melissa Errico 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z For Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett, Mr. Sondheim created songs that improbably capture the human capacity to commit and to justify murder. Two Sides of Sondheim in the Berkshires 2010-07-06T21:36:00Z The letters Sondheim wrote over the decades were so numerous that they might seem cheap currency if they weren’t so powerfully affecting to the recipients. Cherished Words From Theater’s Encourager-in-Chief 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z It was Sondheim’s articulation of the witch’s alienation and moral skepticism that was so riveting. Why “Into the Woods” Matters 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z An afternoon-long tutorial followed, teaching him, by Mr. Sondheim’s account, more about the craft than most songwriters learn in a lifetime. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Needless to say, Sondheim was always popular there, but now, even more so. A Sondheim Surge: Interest in His Work Soars After His Death 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The musical theater historian Laurence Maslon charts the waning of the exclamation point to the style of serious musical theater exemplified by the director Harold Prince and the composer Stephen Sondheim. Broadway Shows Get the Point! Again! 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z She loved “A Clockwork Orange” and still harbors sincere dreams of writing for Broadway, calling Stephen Sondheim her “number one hero of all time of all people.” Glad scientist: Megan Amram’s unique brand of comedy "Into The Woods," the adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical which puts a dark spin on fairy tales, stars Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Johnny Depp. 'Hobbit' battles 'Unbroken,' 'Into the Woods' to second box office win 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z In her new memoir, Chita Rivera says she could never relate to the song “I’m Still Here,” Stephen Sondheim’s beloved ode to persevering despite the odds. A Dancer’s Life: Chita Rivera on Working Hard and Learning From the Best 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim if you want to hum it. Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney Read Hemingway at Marcia Brady’s Urging 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z “Sweeney Todd” may be a musical theater piece, but Stephen Sondheim’s score has more sophistication than many contemporary operas. Mozart, Made New: This Week’s 8 Best Classical Music Moments 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z “The fact that Stephen Sondheim is so supportive means maybe I have a chance to really spread my love of metal out to the theater world,” the director says. Attend the tale, and turn it up: New prog metal ‘Todd’ premieres in D.C. But I was newly conscious of how precisely and delicately Mr. Sondheim’s score translates the pleasures of seeing into music. Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Shines in a Joyous ‘Sunday in the Park With George’ 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z As much as the concert emphasized their similarities, you would never confuse Mr. Reich and Mr. Sondheim. Sondheim and Reich at Lincoln Center 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z This is the message of the show’s heartbreaker ballad, “No One Is Alone,” which Sondheim articulated even more directly in a 1991 PBS interview. ‘Into the Woods’ Review: Do You Believe in Magic? 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z I am not usually the sort of person who walks around with Sondheim tunes as my internal soundtrack, but I was when I left “An Encounter.” Review: The Compassion of ‘A Thousand Ways (Part Two)’ 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z Referring to the production of that Sondheim musical that he performed in at Avery Fisher Hall last April, Mr. Colbert vowed that that was a one-time-only event. ArtsBeat Blog: Montclair Film Festival Gains Directors, and a Cheerleader Named Stephen Colbert 2011-12-01T16:30:02Z The theater, which is at the Yale School of Drama, said Friday that its 2016-17 season would include three world premieres as well as productions of shows by Stephen Sondheim and August Wilson. Yale Rep to Debut Works by Amy Herzog and Sarah Ruhl 1457-08-10T05:00:00Z Playing against the richness of the music and mise-en-scène, he is more apt to reveal, as a deep cut reveals bone, the conditions of inequity that create, in Sondheim’s memorable phrase, “another national anthem.” What to See and Experience in New York City This Spring 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The revival will appear for just 14 weeks and previews begin March 31 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams Broadway-bound 2012-12-20T21:56:08Z Sondheim's tight, episodic rhyming lyrics, and twisting, arpeggiated, complicated music reveals so many intricacies about the life of a woman, particularly a woman of the theatre: Here’s to the ladies who lunch: One of Sondheim’s greatest achievements was writing complex women 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z “I began with Stephen Sondheim and I’ll end with Stephen Sondheim,” she said. Contemplating Molly Ringwald 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z When Stephen Sondheim placed this timeless showbiz advice in the classic musical “Gypsy,” he was referring to stripping. Stand-Ups Get Experimental in Five Adventurous New Specials 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Prince not only agreed, he commissioned Weidman to write the book and Sondheim the music for the show that became “Pacific Overtures.” Signature names librettist John Weidman as Sondheim Award winner 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim always says, "Content dictates the form." For Taylor Mac, the stage show is just part of the fight for the LGBT community 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Sondheim: No. You never think of those things when you're writing a show. Stephen Sondheim, Rob Marshall and Meryl Streep on 'Into the Woods' 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Sondheim's favorite line from the show is when the Baker's wife, fed up with a nasty witch and threatening giants, exclaims to her husband, "We are moving!" 'Into the Woods' reunion shows Sondheim can still cast a spell 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z They spontaneously sang Sondheim’s “Old Friends” from “Merrily We Roll Along,” and “In Buddy’s Eyes,” the song from “Follies” that Ms. Cook memorably performed at Lincoln Center in 1985. In Barbara Cook’s Final Days, Her Friends Came to Sing at Her Bedside 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z And as a result, she went on to become casting director for Stephen Sondheim musicals including “Company,” “A Little Night Music,” “Follies,” and “Sweeney Todd.” 50th anniversary of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ reunites Tevye’s many daughters The show with both original leads in place is scheduled to run through April 29 at the Stephen Sondheim Theater on 43rd Street. Joel Grey sticks with 'Anything Goes' until April 2011-12-07T21:16:06Z Within the book, the remarkable collaboration with Sondheim. Alan Cumming, Drinking and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim once said that “Groundhog Day” was the one movie he’d want to adapt, and it’s fascinating to think what the puzzle master might have done with it, repeating and refracting musical motifs. The Tao of “Groundhog Day,” Onstage 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z LuPone hailed Sondheim as a brilliant teacher who made her a better singer: "Singing one of Steve's scores is always difficult, but always, once achieved, a great accomplishment," she said. Stephen Sondheim honored with a Broadway theater 2010-09-16T03:46:00Z Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the score, favored the musical thriller take: the one that focuses on gore and shock. Review: The Many Thrilling Flavors of a Full-Scale ‘Sweeney Todd’ 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z The yearning and anguish Sondheim poured into the music of “Sweeney Todd” may finally be as telling as any of the bloody action in the script. Who Needs a Shave? ‘Sweeney Todd’ Is Back. 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z A teen from Utah was advised not to overthink a Stephen Sondheim lyric. 62 high school students hopeful of a musical crown 2013-06-29T17:31:45Z Whether we'll still be staging Sondheim in 500 years, like Shakespeare, is another matter. Is Stephen Sondheim the Shakespeare of musical theatre? | Michael Ball 2010-03-29T15:41:00Z In 1987 she had a leading role in a West End production of Sondheim's "Follies." Diana Rigg, star of "The Avengers" and "Game of Thrones," dies at 82 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Yet, in the Gershwin archive, there's a very complimentary letter that Sondheim wrote to him, so that's kind of an odd situation. Michael Feinstein is keeping the standards alive 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Let’s just say that Stephen Sondheim, who happens to share a birthday with Lloyd Webber, doesn’t have a monopoly on musical complexity, psychological depth and conceptual ambition. Why ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ the Album Has Always Rocked 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z The nine nods for “Company” pack an especially emotional punch because its composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim, died soon after attending the first post-shutdown preview. ‘A Strange Loop’ Nominated for 11 Tonys as Broadway Lauds Comeback 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim has long acknowledged the influence of Steve Reich’s shimmering minimalism on his score for “Sunday in the Park With George.” American Songbook Series Reshapes the Canon 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z The galumphing opening chords marked the first time Broadway audiences heard Sondheim’s music as well as lyrics. 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z And yes, Stephen Sondheim has given Landless permission to get loud with what may be his best-known and most operatic show. Attend the tale, and turn it up: New prog metal ‘Todd’ premieres in D.C. Mr. Laurents then brought in a talented newcomer named Stephen Sondheim, who eventually wrote all the lyrics for what became his Broadway debut. Arthur Laurents, Playwright and Director on Broadway, Dies at 93 2011-05-06T04:27:34Z “You were responding to styles,” responded Sondheim, 83, and heir to Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and other composers for the stage and screen. Simon and Sondheim Talk Shop at Joint Appearance 2013-12-04T16:57:23Z Folding together two Sondheim songs, “Children Will Listen” and “Not While I’m Around,” she made a cogent statement about parental influence and protection during adolescence. Music Review: Alex Getlin, 18, Performs at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency 2012-06-14T21:20:13Z Eager to find someone Washington-based, with an affinity for the kind of characters of psychological richness in which Sondheim specializes, he invited Twyford out to Matchbox on 14th Street NW to talk. A longtime D.C. actress tackles her first musical, and it’s by Sondheim 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z With the exception perhaps of “Forum,” Mr. Sondheim’s shows had hefty ambitions in subject matter, form or both. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z I felt good about getting it because I never saw myself as being one to do a Sondheim show. ‘I Deserve to Be Here’: Riding His First Professional Gig to Broadway 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z So call it an apt grace note in Signature’s ongoing celebratory season that an exacting 16-piece orchestra is front and center in the current and fleeting original revue “Simply Sondheim.” Instrumental to Signature’s success, orchestra shines in Sondheim revue 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Between my first time seeing “Sweeney” — I went back twice! — and getting to know him personally in the late 1990s, Sondheim was a singular presence in my life and work. Stephen Sondheim, as Great a Composer as He Was a Lyricist 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z But what happened to all those wide-eyed kids who made their Broadway débuts in a new Sondheim show, only to see their dreams abruptly dashed? Revisiting a Legendary Sondheim Flop 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Although the program is almost exactly the same as her previous Sondheim tribute, its tone is more reflective and combative. Music Review: Elaine Stritch at Caf? Carlyle - Review 2011-09-14T21:45:11Z Lyricist and composer Stephen Sondheim is receiving a special achievement award during Sunday's ceremony. 'Love Never Dies' leads race for Olivier Awards 2011-03-13T10:28:10Z The Philharmonic's history with Sondheim includes a memorable 1985 "Follies" concert, considered by many to be that show's pre-eminent recording; and last year's "Sondheim: The Birthday Concert," televised by PBS. Theater review: 'Company' 2011-04-08T20:40:13Z Sondheim told me: 'The great thing about you, Cameron, is that you make commerce out of art, you don't try and make art out of commerce.' Betty Blue Eyes: can Cameron Mackintosh make this pig musical fly? 2011-04-12T14:45:08Z “We almost immediately sold out, and had to reorder, ‘Finishing the Hat,’” said Pete Milano, who oversees the store’s operations, referring to the first volume of Sondheim’s collected lyrics. A Sondheim Surge: Interest in His Work Soars After His Death 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z You can imagine a mischievous grin on Sondheim’s own face as he dreamed up this ironic love song. Review | Insanity thrives, giddily, in Signature’s ‘Assassins’ 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The rarest of public events: Sondheim sings Sondheim! Perspective | An actor, once undocumented, got cast as a border detention guard. It was a revelation. 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z The show’s ultimate expression of self-assertion was an exhilarating version of Sondheim’s “Everybody Says Don’t” that Ms. Salonga delivered as a burst of pure defiance. Music Review: Starting With Perkiness, Then Leaping Beyond It 2011-06-15T22:01:23Z For just that reason, Stephen Sondheim had to replace “Love Is in the Air” with “Comedy Tonight” in order to save “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” ‘The Secret Life of the American Musical’ — from ‘Gypsy’ to ‘Hamilton’ 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim, who was 27, wrote the lyrics; Mr. Bernstein, then 39, wrote the music. Stephen M. Silverman, Biographer of Stage and Screen, Is Dead at 71 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z And sometimes, most thrillingly, Sondheim will double-team the drama, pitting both music and lyrics against the story. It’s Not the Music. It’s Not the Lyrics. It’s the Drama. 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z As those words were sung just hours after the announcement Friday of Stephen Sondheim’s death, an affectionate cheer rose at Signature Theatre in Arlington, Va., where “Rent” is being revived. Tributes pour in for Sondheim, the greatest theater composer-lyricist of our time 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Porgy and Bess, Guys and Dolls and others – a rich and varied songbook that paved the way for Sondheim's intellectually dazzling innovations. Why Americans beat the British at musicals 2011-02-23T12:25:04Z Nor has it been sampled in any of the six other Sondheim revues I’ve seen. Bringing Out the Best of Sondheim, Herman and … Schraubstader? 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z She credited her close friend Stephen Sondheim with promoting her both as a composer and as a writer. Mary Rodgers, who composed ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ and wrote ‘Freaky Friday,’ dies Every time I think about “Ordinary Days,” Adam Gwon’s chamber musical about four New Yorkers longing for meaningful connection, Stephen Sondheim’s song “Another Hundred People” starts playing in my head. Review: In ‘Ordinary Days,’ a Sweet Escape to the Recent Past 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Watching a rehearsal, Sondheim commented on Brennan to the stage manager, "He's one haircut away from being attractive." The nice guy who puts the mean into 'Glee' 2010-10-23T00:12:00Z Sondheim on Sondheim Musical revue combines interview footage of the Broadway composer with some of his most beloved songs. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 1-8: 'Seussical the Musical' and more 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Near the end of previews, Sondheim finishes “Finishing the Hat,” a song for Seurat that makes the first act gel. Sunday in the Trenches With George 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z And it's a gift for an actor to sing a Sondheim song in any way because Steve is an actor. Stephen Sondheim, Rob Marshall and Meryl Streep on 'Into the Woods' 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Composer Stephen Sondheim has helped to launch a new London staging of his 1990 musical Assassins, calling it "entirely different" from previous productions. Sondheim hails 'fresh' Assassins show 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z And even for listeners who know this score inside out, the vividness of the playing was a reminder that Bernstein’s score — with Stephen Sondheim’s lyrics and the Ramin-Kostal-Chaplin orchestration — is a magnificent, timeless creation. Music Review: ?West Side Story? Orchestral Film Screening - Review 2011-09-08T22:05:59Z “Bit by bit, putting it together,” as Stephen Sondheim wrote. The Buildings That Drove Their Creators to Despair 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Sondheim scripted that voice mail for the film himself, and goodness knows he’d had decades of practice, offering just the right words to buoy the spirits of Larson and countless other young artists. Cherished Words From Theater’s Encourager-in-Chief 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Sondheim also wrote the lyrics for "West Side Story." Stephen Sondheim to receive NYC arts award 2011-10-10T18:55:09Z Onscreen, lesser minds are eager to dismiss the self-proclaimed “future of American musicals,” but Sondheim salutes the younger man’s talent and potential. What Did Stephen Sondheim Really Think of ‘Rent’? 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Finally, following the success of last year's Hello, Dolly!, there's an appropriate choice for this sylvan setting: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into The Woods. Theatre picks of the week 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z “It’s a perfectly valid little fantasy,” said Mr. Sondheim, whose new book, “Finishing the Hat,” a collection of his lyrics and commentary, also comes out on Tuesday. ?60s Sondheim TV Show Is Now on (Legal) DVD 2010-10-24T21:42:00Z Sondheim described the show as incomplete, as did some of his collaborators in the days following his death. Final Sondheim Musical Will Be Staged in New York This Fall 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Roundabout Theatre Company announced Wednesday that its new production of the classic Cole Porter musical will begin performances next March and officially open on April 7 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Sutton Foster back on Broadway in 'Anything Goes' 2010-07-21T23:46:00Z The song is from Sondheim’s underrated “Pacific Overtures,” and belongs in his Top 10. Best Performances of 2020 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z The rest of his winning score is a mix of Russian folk music, Chess-era theater-pop, with a bit of of country and Sondheim thrown in for good measure. Natasha, Imelda and the Great Immersion of 2013 2013-05-20T13:00:23Z “One Hand, One Heart” barely has any notes; Sondheim had to beg Bernstein to toss in a few more so he could fit some proper English onto the melody. Brash, Confident and Democratic: How Leonard Bernstein Symbolized America 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z “Into the Woods,” Mr. Sondheim and Mr. Lapine’s 1986 revisionist mash-up of classic fairy tales, has been stripped down to a production that uses a single piano and a multifarious cast of 10. Hugh Jackman in ‘The River,’ One of Several Compact Shows 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z This Sondheim admirer would like nothing more than for a new generation to discover him through Disney’s Into the Woods. REVIEW: 'Into the Woods': A Disney Musical for Adults of All Ages 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Side by Side by Sondheim Revival of this musical salute to the legendary Broadway lyricist and composer. The week ahead in SoCal theater, July 15-22: REDCAT's New Original Works Festival and more 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z And “Beautiful” was up slightly, enough to set a box office record of $1,036,646 at the Stephen Sondheim Theater. ArtsBeat: Box Office Bump for Top Tony Nominees 2014-05-05T20:25:46Z There are no jokes, which would have given it a Sondheim feel. I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky; Icarus at the Edge of Time; Don Giovanni 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z Stay tuned, though: The company will present an original Sondheim revue in the spring. Signature sings out: The 25th anniversary concert He also writes, produces and stars in the Hulu comedy "The Wrong Mans," and will appear as the Baker in Rob Marshall's upcoming adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical "Into the Woods." James Corden to replace Craig Ferguson as host of 'Late Late Show' 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z He has set an exacting standard at Signature Theatre since the company’s first musical in 1991, which was no less a venture than Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd.” Jon Kalbfleisch tunes up ‘A Little Night Music’ 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z And Goldman’s book and especially Mr. Sondheim’s songs captured an almost pathological tension between the two. | 'Follies' : ?Follies? on Broadway - Review 2011-09-13T02:01:08Z The musical, featuring a book by James Goldman and a score by Stephen Sondheim, will have a 28-piece orchestra and a 41-person cast, with additional casting to be announced at a future date. Bernadette Peters to take 'Follies' to Broadway 2011-06-29T21:46:10Z Oh, what a beautiful day,’” said Sondheim, quoting from the Rodgers and Hammerstein standard from “Oklahoma.” Simon and Sondheim Talk Shop at Joint Appearance 2013-12-04T16:57:23Z “What I do know is that Mr. Sondheim and Mr. Lapine have created an audacious, haunting and, in its own intensely personal way, touching work.” Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Based on the musical stage production by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, the film is a modern twist on several fairy tales. 'Hobbit' to prevail for 2nd weekend as 'Interview' rolls out 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim was 11 when he met Hammerstein and his family. Why You’ll Probably Never Hear a Sondheim Concerto 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Roughly a decade before Stephen Sondheim died in November 2021, he added a surprising new occupation to his multi-hyphenate career: autobiographer. Getting Close to Sondheim: New Books Try to Capture His Essence 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z The company made a significant amount of money, for example, by renting out the Sondheim for five years to the producers of “Beautiful,” the Carole King biomusical. Todd Haimes, Who Rebuilt Roundabout Theater Company, Dies at 66 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z James Lapine, a frequent Sondheim collaborator, will direct the run, which will be 15 performances, twice as long as this season’s other productions from Encores!, which specializes in scaled-back renditions of forgotten or flawed musicals. ArtsBeat Blog: Hey, Old Friends: Casting Announced for 'Merrily We Roll Along' at Encores! 2011-10-11T19:15:18Z Jose Llana, actor I was 10 when I stumbled on the PBS telecast of Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park With George.” Carrie Brownstein, Carly Rae Jepsen and Others on First-Time Cultural Experiences 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z Vanessa Williams and Norm Lewis, who starred with Ms. Cook in the 2010 Broadway revue “Sondheim on Sondheim,” were among those who came by her Upper West Side apartment and sang to her. In Barbara Cook’s Final Days, Her Friends Came to Sing at Her Bedside 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z The $13 million Sondheim Celebration in 2002 featured full productions of half a dozen Sondheim musicals, with A-list actors, designers and directors. Exit Max Woodward after four decades at the Kennedy Center 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z And “Children Will Listen” distills what might be called the gospel according to Sondheim: ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z So it might seem odd to apply the “only believe” principle to an artist as notoriously skeptical and ambivalent as Mr. Sondheim. ‘Into the Woods,’ Stripped Down by Fiasco Theater 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z What most distinguished Mr. Sondheim’s lyrics, however, was that they were by and large character-driven, often probing explorations into a psyche that expressed emotional ambivalence, anguish or deeply felt conflict. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z “I was not so arrogant as to think I would get to the mystery of Stephen Sondheim’s creative genius,” Max said, “but I did hope to get close to it.” Getting Close to Sondheim: New Books Try to Capture His Essence 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z I also played excerpts from “Merrily We Roll Along,” never his most popular but perhaps my desert-island Sondheim musical, and one of his most appealing, ingeniously intricate and moving scores. Stephen Sondheim, as Great a Composer as He Was a Lyricist 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Sondheim’s popularity had its peaks and valleys during his lifetime, and many of his shows were not commercially successful. A Sondheim Surge: Interest in His Work Soars After His Death 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Sondheim, who typically begins by looking for places to put songs in the book writer’s text, finds one in Lapine’s first pages, as Dot poses for Seurat on a hot Sunday. Sunday in the Trenches With George 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z An antic adaptation of several ancient comedies by Plautus, featuring a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, and the first Broadway show for which Sondheim created both music and lyrics. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z If you are part of that small percentage of the population who enjoy Sondheim then you'll look past the flaws of this deeply tedious movie and enjoy his song. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Its perfect pitch showed in “Original Cast Album: Co-Op,” a sendup of the ill-starred production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company,” complete with soundtrack album. Best TV Shows of 2019 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Trust in Sondheim to find the heart of the matter. Into the Woods in Central Park: al Fresco Enchantment 2012-08-10T21:45:00Z I developed a taste for Sondheim as a teenager who didn't get to see shows on Broadway but could ask for cast albums for birthdays and Christmas. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Sondheim’s work here is broad, buoyant and melodic, with only tantalizing traces of the complex artist to come. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z But the concert’s moving centerpiece remained Sondheim peering at the sheet music for “Good Thing Going” and offering his best, raw execution of a number he’d written long ago. Review | The rarest of public events: Sondheim sings Sondheim! 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z “People who like Sondheim love him with a frenzy,” goes the satirical song by the musical comedy duo Kit And The Widow, and obviously that is completely ridiculous. Forget Cats: in a close-run field, Marriage Story was the musical highlight of my holiday 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z As a person, Stephen Sondheim is a very funny, very dry and very shy man. Is Stephen Sondheim the Shakespeare of musical theatre? | Michael Ball 2010-03-29T15:41:00Z Or even Stephen Sondheim’s bracing title song of “Company,” with its insistent refrains of “Bobby, Bobby, Bobby baby” over a rhythmic riff that evokes a telephone busy signal. Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z “At this point It’d be really cool to have a Sondheim in the Sondheim Theater,” Mr. Haimes said before hastily adding, “after Anything Goes runs for five years.” ArtsBeat: 'Book of Mormon' and 'War Horse' Win Big at Tonys 2011-06-13T03:23:03Z Resounding proof that Sondheim, at 60, had lost none of his artistic daring or precision, or his willingness to defy convention. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Before the production was introduced in Cambridge, Mr. Sondheim wrote a letter published in The New York Times. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z Sondheim, who turned 91 at the end of March, did not respond to emailed questions about the project’s status. Sondheim Musical, in Development for Years, Looks Unlikely 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z “Hal Prince and Stephen Sondheim asked if I wanted the role, and I said ‘Yes, but Desiree would never wear a red dress to a luncheon in the country,’ ” she recalled. Tammy Grimes Begins New Cabaret Show 2010-06-21T22:34:00Z A measure of Ms. Mulder’s extraordinary sensitivity is her mastery of both Mr. Sondheim and Tom Waits, songwriters who have little in common. Review: Marissa Mulder Trusts Her Intuition at the Metropolitan Room 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z After “March of the Falsettos,” the cast and crew dispersed: Mr. Finn to work on other projects, Mr. Lapine to collaborate with Stephen Sondheim. An AIDS-Era Musical in an Age of Marriage Equality 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z He was sometimes criticized as a composer of unhummable songs, a badge that didn’t bother Sondheim. Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z But she was best known for her stage work - especially her candid one-woman memoir and in the Stephen Sondheim musical “Company.” Broadway lights will be dimmed in Stritch’s memory 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z “A bin for banana skins,” he thinks, in a reverie that could almost be out of Sondheim. Books of The Times: ‘Quesadillas,’ by Juan Pablo Villalobos 2014-02-27T22:39:35Z Every “Desperate Housewives” episode title is a Sondheim lyric, and Andy does “Sweeney Todd” on “The Office.” From ‘South Park’ to ‘Knives Out,’ Pop Culture Is Steeped With Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z One caveat about the performance space: The Sondheim is a big, tall house, and I sat in the orchestra. Review: ‘Slava’s Snowshow’ Delivers Flurries of Joy 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Sondheim’s penetrating study of modern love and even more modern ambivalence is a classic. Stream These 7 Productions That Celebrate Stephen Sondheim’s Work 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Sondheim didn’t set out to make “Sweeney Todd” operatic. When musicals become operas 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z She got a bad note when she was playing Fosca in “Passion” at Lincoln Center; Mr. Sondheim berated her about her enunciation, saying all he heard was “monotonous mush.” Put Down Your Phone! It’s Patti LuPone. 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z Of course, that might be why it sounds so very Sondheim. Eleri Ward Captures the Longing at the Heart of Sondheim’s Work 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z I like the way that Sondheim and Madonna’s contributions help to negate the uber-masculinity of the text. How Stephen Sondheim’s Work Did (and Didn’t) Translate to the Screen 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Bernstein’s melodies and Sondheim’s lyrics for “West Side Story” remain nonpareil, some of the most lushly soul-stirring theater music ever written. Review | This gutsy new ‘West Side Story’ is unlike any you’ve seen — and it’s exhilarating 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z And yes, Mr. Sondheim, who turned 80 this year, is tough on himself too, finding abiding flaws in songs that seemingly achieved immortality years ago. Books of The Times: Sondheim?s Rhymes and Reasons 2010-10-21T17:45:00Z They gathered before seeing the new film and just before news broke that Sondheim, the show’s lyricist and the last survivor from its creative team, had died at 91. The Great ‘West Side Story’ Debate 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Our popular conception of theatrical geniuses — prickly, arrogant and contemptuous of newfangled ideas — makes it a bit surprising that Sondheim responded to the last proposal with enthusiasm. Sondheim on 'Sondheim on Sondheim' at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z “Now You Know” is a high point of “Sondheim on Sondheim,” the biographical anthology of his songs, conceived and directed by James Lapine for the Roundabout Theater Company at Studio 54. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z “Happy endings can spring a leak/ ‘Ever after’ can mean one week,” as Sondheim wrote in his lyrics for “Do I Hear a Waltz?,” the 1965 musical on which he collaborated with Richard Rodgers. Stephen Sondheim, the Man Who Felt Too Much 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The Sondheim cynicism didn’t come out of the blue. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z One of the show's biggest hits, "America", is another Sondheim disappointment. Rivers of babble on: how word became the servant to music 2013-06-28T17:59:00Z Doyle, whose work with Sondheim includes an underappreciated production of "Road Show," another musical skewering capitalist greed, is sometimes a little heavy-handed in his delivery of the political message. Revivals turn 2 problem-child musicals into something special 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z She tells us how Sondheim and Ayckbourn once floated the idea of collaborating on a musical for her. A singing masterclass from the countess of cabaret 2011-07-11T13:36:43Z So much so that Sondheim’s songs and Weidman’s book conjure a delusional mind-set that sounds eerily prescient. Perspective | In words and music, New York theaters take aim at an America at war with itself 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Whatever the reason, the Glimmerglass production of “Sweeney Todd,” Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s musical of gleeful comeuppance in Victorian England, seems as convinced as Mr. Trump that the world has gone terribly, chaotically wrong. ‘Sweeney Todd’ and ‘The Crucible’: Not New, but Darkly Up-to-Date 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Take the matter of the movie’s homage to Stephen Sondheim. Is Theater Ridiculous? Movies, TV and Books Seem to Think So 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Sondheim not only layers individual vocal lines into dense mille-feuilles of choral noise but also forces contrasting feelings into uncomfortable proximity with words that belie the tunes, and vice versa. Attend the Tale of ‘Anyone Can Whistle,’ Then and Now 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z If Mr. Sondheim ever gets around to releasing the scores, musicians will line up to play them. Why You’ll Probably Never Hear a Sondheim Concerto 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Pacific Overtures Stephen Sondheim’s musical drama about two friends caught up in the westernization of Japan in the mid-19th century. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Nov. 26-Dec. 3: 'Pang!' at 24th Street Theatre and more 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z “Passion,” as Mr. Sondheim points out, scarcely contains any traditional song forms at all, which “makes the lyrics less compelling to read than others.” Books of The Times: ?Look, I Made a Hat,? Stephen Sondheim Lyrics - Review 2011-12-08T23:09:14Z On Broadway, he was in the original productions of “What Makes Sammy Run?” and Stephen Sondheim’s “Company.” George Coe, character actor and veteran of ‘Saturday Night Live,’ dies at 86 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z In one, Sondheim describes a 1969 trip to Europe: “In Vienna we were treated with the doubtful pleasure of one act of ‘West Side Story’ in German. The Antiquarian Book Fair: From Sondheim’s Letters to a Brontë Discovery 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Still, giants like George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Stephen Sondheim are outside my purview here. The Greatest 2011-01-07T16:04:57Z Sondheim did not reveal any other details, and he did not immediately respond to an email seeking clarification. Sondheim Is Writing a New Musical, and Hopes to Stage It Next Year 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z With the exception of a benefit reading of “Assassins,” her first professional experience of Sondheim was in 2016, playing Dot, the artist’s model, in “Sunday in the Park With George.” In ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Annaleigh Ashford Puts It All Together 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z He also told Banderas that there was more to that show that met the eye: “I love to create plays with enigmas,” the actor recalled Sondheim saying. With ‘Company,’ Antonio Banderas Brings Sondheim to Spain 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z At one point he stands on an escalator belting, “I’m here! I’m here!” foreshadowing the famous anthem in Goldman and Sondheim’s own “Follies” taken up late in life by Stritch. When Department Stores Were Theater 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z "A Little Night Music" features a score by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler. Peters, Stritch stay on in 'A Little Night Music' 2010-10-05T22:08:00Z One of his more troubled shows was “Road Show,” which reunited Sondheim and Weidman and spent years being worked on. Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Logan, who wrote the screenplays for such diverse films as "Gladiator" and Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd," carefully develops this intriguing give-and-take. 'Red' examines art, an artist, the act of creation 2010-04-02T01:16:00Z Sondheim has won more Tony Awards than any other composer, with his hit musicals including Follies, A Little Night Music and Sweeney Todd. Stephen Sondheim honoured in US 2013-08-12T09:39:51Z Perhaps even more welcome, for reasons of novelty, were staples of the Sondheim musical theater stable in gratifyingly unanticipated hands. Review: Old Favorites, With New Tricks 2010-08-10T14:33:00Z Perhaps Sondheim's musical has not aged well and should not be staged lightly. “Assassins” is Stephen Sondheim's killer musical that we don’t talk about 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Luckily, Jerome Robbins caught an out-of-town performance just before its New York transfer and mentioned this to Sondheim, who wrote that weekend the no less hummable “Comedy Tonight,” sung here by Jason Alexander. 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z She’s the managing director of Signature Theatre, known for its musicals and where Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park With George” is now playing. For D.C. couple, musicals take center stage Mr. Sondheim and Mr. Marsalis have yet to settle on a set list or to hire vocalists, and it remains unclear if they will choose Broadway performers, jazz singers or some combination. ArtsBeat: Sondheim and Marsalis to Collaborate on Show for City Center 2013-04-18T17:55:27Z Into the Woods Kentwood Players presents the Sondheim musical inspired by classic fairytales. L.A. theater openings, Nov. 9-16: 'O Réjane' and more 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z But with his shows running on Broadway and off, and a major film adaptation of “West Side Story” about to be released, Mr. Sondheim was clearly feeling good about the current reception of his work. Days Before Dying, Stephen Sondheim Reflected: ‘I’ve Been Lucky’ 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z She e-mailed Mr. Sondheim to ask his permission. ArtsBeat: It Takes Two: Artistic Director Explains Why a Bukowski-Sondheim Show Makes Sense 2012-07-13T16:00:39Z In 1979, Bennett, feeling frustrated and hemmed in by his life in Britain, moved to New York, having enlisted Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein to support his application for a US green card. Sir Richard Rodney Bennett 2012-12-26T18:24:33Z “I have always conscientiously tried not to do the same thing twice,” Mr. Sondheim said, reflecting on his career in an interview with The New York Times Magazine in 2000, when he turned 70. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z She has talked to her friend Stephen Sondheim, the show’s lyricist, about potential revisions to the songs. Barbra Streisand Sets the Record Straight 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim, more than anyone in musicals, has made a career out of acknowledging just how alone each of us is, ultimately. ‘Into the Woods,’ Stripped Down by Fiasco Theater 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z For those who made it to the Union Theatre in Southwark, a new production of Stephen Sondheim's Company also impressed. This week's new theatre 2010-06-25T23:06:00Z “But the idea of different orchestras doing ‘Sondheim on Sondheim’ is thrilling to me.” Sondheim on 'Sondheim on Sondheim' at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Sondheim influenced several generations of theater songwriters, particularly with such landmark musicals as “Company,” “Follies” and “Sweeney Todd,” which are considered among his best work. Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The special begins with his scratchy-voiced rendition of the Stephen Sondheim song from "A Little Night Music." 'The Simpsons': Five of the series' greatest musical moments 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z The asset here is the score by Jay Schwandt — songs with bouncy melodies that sweep you toward Stephen Foster territory while painting complicated psychological portraits a la Stephen Sondheim. Review | First ladies on the edge in two plays and a musical 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Like most big Sondheim roles, it requires a certain level of vocal ability. Streep sings Sondheim, and finds her voice 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Against it: Again, Sondheim fans are a demanding bunch, and then there are hundreds of academy members who'd just as soon eat last year's fruitcake than sit through a musical about fairy tale characters. Christmas movies vying for Oscar voters' attention 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z “Bit by bit,” as Stephen Sondheim would say. Without Michael Bennett’s choreography, is it still ‘A Chorus Line’? 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z “He opened a door, but it wasn’t an open door — it was just the door for Sondheim to walk through.” One Opera Opening Would Make Any Composer Happy. He Has Two. 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Harold Prince, the Tony-winning director of “Sweeney Todd” and many other musicals, said the success of “Sweeney” emboldened him and the composer Stephen Sondheim to open their next collaboration cold on Broadway. Musicals Born on Broadway Set Off Jitters 2010-10-13T01:52:00Z She sang old standards, and contemporary folk songs, and the Beatles, and Sondheim, and a medley based on the music of “Marat/Sade.” Judy Collins Has a Time Machine 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z I was very much in the theatre crowd, so the fact that I was doing a high-school movie where my character was in a Sondheim musical was like living my dream. Rising star Beanie Feldstein: ‘Lady Bird opened my eyes to what film can do’ 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z The Roundabout announced the lineup Wednesday for its Dec. 5 concert reading at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre and said the director will be Scott Ellis. Cheyenne Jackson to appear in 'She Loves Me' 2011-10-05T19:21:19Z This is a plotless but a pointed show, as Sondheim offers a carousel of people for whom the American dream has turned sour and who turn their disappointment on the president. Assassins 2010-07-09T21:16:00Z The revival, directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall, is now planned to play at the Stephen Sondheim Theater through January 8; it was originally scheduled to close after July 31. ArtsBeat: 'Anything Goes' Extends Into 2012 2011-04-13T20:01:12Z So while the stories of all 15 shows were collaborations, by the time they got musicalized, the drama was mostly Sondheim’s. It’s Not the Music. It’s Not the Lyrics. It’s the Drama. 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim will be honored by PEN on April 25 at the American Museum of Natural History, with Meryl Streep presenting the prize. Stephen Sondheim to Receive PEN Literary Award 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z In tandem with his longtime collaborators, choreographer Karma Camp and music director Jon Kalbfleisch, Schaeffer’s evincing as fine a touch with Sondheim’s lighter motifs as he did with the darker themes of “Passion.” Review | Signature opens season with ‘A Little Night Music,’ one of Sondheim’s precious gems 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z All of this is interposed with video of Sondheim talking to Lapine about his life and career and the songs, along with historical footage. ‘Sondheim on Sondheim’: A Broadway baby in symphonic clothes 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Conceived by Craig Lucas and Norman Rene, it is a revue without dialogue and draws on songs that were cut from other Sondheim works, among them "Follies," "Company" and "A Little Night Music." ArtsBeat: Sondheim's 'Marry Me a Little' Returning to New York 2012-08-02T19:09:51Z Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim - review Stephen Sondheim's profound attention to his craft is the key to his genius. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z Experienced as companion pieces, they also suggest the extraordinary distance that Mr. Sondheim, who turned 80 in March, traveled in between. Two Sides of Sondheim in the Berkshires 2010-07-06T21:36:00Z Johnson likewise sounds like an acolyte on a tightrope: “I want to be true to prog metal. But I don’t want to disrespect Sondheim in any way.” Attend the tale, and turn it up: New prog metal ‘Todd’ premieres in D.C. In this way he has more deeply connected Sondheim's score to the respective books of their musicals. 'Color Purple' musical on Broadway has a divine, moving spirit 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Later in life, she claimed another Sondheim song as her own: “Still Here,” the hard-bitten ode to overcoming dark days that gives New York Times writer Alexandra Jacobs the title for her slick, entertaining biography. Review | Elaine Stritch biography takes a gossipy, once-over-lightly approach 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z And they skillfully illuminate the tug of war — between youth and age, optimism and cynicism — that swirls within Mr. Sondheim’s score. | 'Follies' : ?Follies? on Broadway - Review 2011-09-13T02:01:08Z Their renditions of dozens of Sondheim compositions, well-known and obscure, are interwoven with video footage in which the composer discusses the artistic genesis of many of the songs being performed. "Sondheim" tribute would be better without songs 2010-04-23T11:43:00Z She recalled meeting Sondheim in Barcelona, in 1995, at a performance of “Sweeney Todd,” which she had translated into Catalan. With ‘Company,’ Antonio Banderas Brings Sondheim to Spain 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Brennan has a love-hate relationship with his own long, wavy locks — something that started after an encounter with Stephen Sondheim. The Nice Guy Who Puts the Mean Into ?Glee? 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z Mr. Sondheim, a composer and lyricist, met Mr. Prince in 1949, and they worked together on musicals including “West Side Story,” “Follies,” “Sweeney Todd” and “Merrily We Roll Along.” Remembering Hal Prince: 12 Broadway Luminaries Share Their Stories 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim described them as “the most beautiful and powerful in our musical theater history.” Op-Ed Columnist: In ?Porgy and Bess,? Variations on an Explosive Theme 2012-01-22T04:49:04Z In a telephone interview Mr. Harris praised Mr. Sondheim for “filling every beat and note and moment with some intention.” ArtsBeat: In Comes 'Company,' Starring Neil Patrick Harris, in New York Philharmonic Production 2010-12-10T15:00:00Z And “Sunday in the Park,” with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine, is one of the most beloved shows in the musical theater canon. Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in Concert Production of ‘Sunday in the Park With George’ 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z In 2013 she appeared in an off-Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Passion.” Tony-nominated Broadway star Rebecca Luker dies at 59 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Sondheim: But also the excitement of singing with an orchestra — you know, we all sing in the shower. Stephen Sondheim, Rob Marshall and Meryl Streep on 'Into the Woods' 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z In June, Sondheim revealed that the Disney movie alters the story line, including the fate of a main character. 'Into the Woods' has a bewitching popularity — and presents issues 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim once expressed interest in writing a musical adaptation, but never followed through; one can imagine the fun he’d have with recurring motifs every time Phil tweaked a pick-up line. Cultural Clicks: Benjamin Britten, Billie Holiday, and Bill Murray 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Back then it still had such Broadway dreams that it even reunited Sondheim with his longtime pal and director, Harold Prince. Sondheim’s ‘Road Show’ on the rebound at Signature 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z The encores were Ms. Graham’s definitive rendition of Reynaldo Hahn’s “À Chloris” and a Sondheim bossa nova pastiche, “The Boy From ....” Music Review: Susan Graham and Malcolm Martineau at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-02T23:20:09Z Mr. Doyle will direct; he has previously directed several other Sondheim shows, including not only “Sweeney Todd” but also “Company” on Broadway and “Passion” at Classic Stage. 'Dead Poets Society' Screenwriter Is Turning Film Into a Play 1462-01-22T05:00:00Z There has been so much Sondheim mania in recent years, including Lapine's superb 2013 documentary film "Six by Sondheim," that this reunion was memorable mostly for the emotion it allowed us to witness. 'Into the Woods' reunion shows Sondheim can still cast a spell 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z The period of Mr. Sondheim’s greatest work began when Harold Prince became his director. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z To theater fans, Sondheim’s sophistication and brilliance made him an icon. Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Which is why Sondheim is for grownups and why his work is often so profound. Is Stephen Sondheim the Shakespeare of musical theatre? | Michael Ball 2010-03-29T15:41:00Z The book’s shape is to some extent dictated by the chronology of the shows it discusses, with descriptions of the fraught in-the-making back stories and Mr. Sondheim’s gimlet-eyed annotations of his own lyrics. Books of The Times: Sondheim?s Rhymes and Reasons 2010-10-21T17:45:00Z The question of revisions applies more to opera than to musicals, Mr. Sondheim said, since only classic musicals tend to be revived and no one wants to tamper with success. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z Though Mr. Sondheim spent long hours in solitary labor, usually late at night, when he was composing or writing, he often spoke lovingly of the collaborative nature of the theater. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z “A startling and hilarious, if discomfiting, compendium of published criticism about everyone from Beethoven to Copland,” Sondheim writes in “Look, I Made a Hat.” Decades in the Broadway biz, and still we want more of Stephen Sondheim Of course, Bernstein was working with some of the best lyrics yet written for a Broadway show, by Stephen Sondheim, then in his late 20s. Brash, Confident and Democratic: How Leonard Bernstein Symbolized America 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z But such brooding thoughts have little place in a discussion of “Sondheim on Sondheim,” which opened Thursday night. | 'Sondheim on Sondheim': Barbara Cook and Vanessa Williams at Studio 54 2010-04-23T02:50:00Z Sondheim was also a lover of wordplay, games and crossword puzzles, and he enjoyed orchestrating murder-mystery parties with his friend Anthony Perkins. How Angela Lansbury and Stephen Sondheim Came to Appear in ‘Knives Out’ Sequel 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z It not only brought her another Tony nomination but became her signature tune — at least until, in her 70s, she became equally known for Sondheim’s paean to showbiz longevity and survival, “I’m Still Here.” Elaine Stritch, Tart-Tongued Broadway Actress and Singer, Is Dead at 89 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z A keepsake from that set he bought so long ago, when he wanted to assemble the best Sondheim musical a community theater audience had ever seen. Eric Schaeffer: As his Signature Theatre celebrates its 25th year, any regrets? “Sondheim was a complicated guy to sit with,” said Max, who tagged along with Sondheim and Meryl Streep at a gala for one of the five interviews. Getting Close to Sondheim: New Books Try to Capture His Essence 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim has a particular hate for Ira's lyrics, referring to them in his book as "rhyming poison." Michael Feinstein is keeping the standards alive 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z A few years later she appropriated another Sondheim number as her own, his rousing anthem to show-business survival, “I’m Still Here.” Elaine Stritch: How to Be a Broadway Diva 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z For perhaps the first time, Brace found himself pondering the work of Kurt Weill and Stephen Sondheim. From a single tune to a folk opera, ‘Hangtown Dancehall’ comes to Birchmere She worked with a singing coach to prepare for her role in the Stephen Sondheim adaptation. Blunt reveals new toughness in ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Home Is Where the Years Disappear The title destination in Horton Foote’s “Trip to Bountiful,” which has been revived at the Stephen Sondheim Theater, is said to be a small, obscure town in Texas. Theater Review: ‘The Trip to Bountiful,’ at the Stephen Sondheim Theater 2013-04-24T02:00:06Z Jonathan Tunick’s orchestrations, which for many Sondheim devotees are crucial to the sound of the musicals, were dispensed with. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z Sondheim did not attend the ceremony due to illness. Wonder honoured at US music gala 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z “Frida” enjoys a healthy helping of Weill, Bernstein and Sondheim, with a little Stravinsky, Wagner and Tchaikovsky gleefully thrown in. Death haunts Frida Kahlo's long and clumsily winding road to the lyric stage 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z Well, they’ll understand this part of it: Musical theater is a much more collaborative field than nonmusical theater; Sondheim never wrote the books for his own projects, rarely even initiating them. It’s Not the Music. It’s Not the Lyrics. It’s the Drama. 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim denied that there had been a falling out. Hal Prince, Giant of Broadway and Reaper of Tonys, Dies at 91 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z In 2001, she returned to Broadway after more than 50 years to play the operetta star Heidi Schiller in a revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies.” Joan Roberts, Heroine of Original ‘Oklahoma!,’ Dies at 95 2012-08-16T03:15:26Z It was Sondheim who then became my musical spirit guide. How a Jerry Herman Song Called a Future Critic to New York 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z It reminded me of the “Loveland” sequence from Sondheim’s “Follies,” in which kitschy vaudeville numbers reveal the characters’ unravelling sanity. The Top Ten Showstoppers of 2015 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z As we lunge into the 21st century, there is no next Stephen Sondheim waiting to step into the master’s shoes and perpetuate the tradition that he carried to its pinnacle. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z Sondheim’s Pulitzer Prize winner and a show that breathtakingly expanded the possibilities for the form and subject of the genre. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Only occasionally do you hear Mr. Sondheim wielding words with the dexterity for which he is famous. Review: Passion Pursued in ‘Do I Hear a Waltz?’ 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z And the birthday celebrations aren't over: The Roundabout Theatre Company will honor Sondheim on March 22 and New York City Center has its own gala on April 26. Philharmonic celebrates Sondheim's 80th birthday 2010-03-16T11:52:00Z "It was magical to be in front of an audience again," she said of her role in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd at the Lincoln Center. Thompson 'wept' over stage return 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z The first offering, which has already been put on film, is a nod to Signature’s most entrenched tradition, an embrace of the work of composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Arlington’s Signature Theatre will put its best musical foot forward online in 2021 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Johnson has worked on several traditional Sondheim productions before, but he was a stranger to the heavy crunch of prog until he worked with Landless on the metal opera “Richard Campbell’s Frankenstein” last year. Attend the tale, and turn it up: New prog metal ‘Todd’ premieres in D.C. And there are other productions of Sondheim shows in the works. A Sondheim Surge: Interest in His Work Soars After His Death 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z And, of course, teary memories of Stephen Sondheim. Put Down Your Phone! It’s Patti LuPone. 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim gave his blessing because film has its own ground rules. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z Mr. Sondheim told her that her performance was “wonderful, most of the time.” Sondheim Two Ways, From Judy Collins and Melissa Errico 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z And as in Sondheim shows like “Merrily We Roll Along,” “Gypsy” and “Sweeney Todd,” they wrestle with the question of whether getting what you want is actually good for you. ‘Into the Woods’ Review: Some Enchanted Evening 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Sondheim Seen in Light and Shadow WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — So charmingly frolicsome, so scarily intense. Two Sides of Sondheim in the Berkshires 2010-07-06T21:36:00Z “In ‘Finishing the Hat,’ the barest minimum of thematic material is used to form a song that becomes moving and rich and rhapsodic,” Horowitz wrote in a “Biography of a Song” for the Sondheim Review. Decades in the Broadway biz, and still we want more of Stephen Sondheim Mr. Sondheim liked to think of himself less as a songwriter than as a playwright, albeit one who wrote very short plays and set them to music. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Much attention has been given in the coverage to Sondheim's assessment of some of his peers. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z “Evening Primrose” offers Sondheim fans an early glimpse of what would become the composer’s signature style. ?60s Sondheim TV Show Is Now on (Legal) DVD 2010-10-24T21:42:00Z Donna Murphy also has returned this summer, playing the Witch in the second show this season in the park, Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods." Bugs, rain and magic _ Shakespeare in the Park 2012-06-15T16:28:08Z But Mr. Sondheim invests them with that layering of anger, wit and wistfulness that makes him such a great portraitist as a songwriter. Theater Review: Sondheim?s ?Merrily We Roll Along? in Encores! Staging 2012-02-09T23:44:16Z He will also appear as the Baker in Rob Marshall's upcoming adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical "Into the Woods." Report: James Corden to replace Craig Ferguson on 'Late Late Show' 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z In the case of one of them — Maria Friedman’s splendid, London-born revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s 1981 musical, “Merrily We Roll Along,” from Boston’s Huntington Theater Company — the view is also exhilarating. The Pain of Fame, With Sondheim, Warhol and Capote as Guides 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z That was when Mr. Sondheim was discussing “The Road You Didn’t Take,” a solo from “Follies” performed by Benjamin Stone, a wildly successful but deeply dissatisfied businessman. Books of The Times: Sondheim?s Rhymes and Reasons 2010-10-21T17:45:00Z There are a lot of wonderful moments, some intensely personal, in "Sondheim on Sondheim," the Roundabout Theatre Company's revelatory revue celebrating Stephen Sondheim's theatrical career. A revelatory revue examines the work of Sondheim 2010-04-23T01:31:00Z Mr. Sondheim realized early that there’s a spark of psychosis in the natural-born entertainer’s need for attention, and he exploited it brilliantly in shows like “Follies,” “Assassins” and “Sweeney Todd.” | 'Anyone Can Whistle': Sondheim Tribute to Politics and Other Craziness 2010-04-10T00:20:00Z Sondheim gave transcendent musical voice to monomaniacal rage, with a shivery riff on the Dies Irae of the Catholic mass. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z But then the "troublesome lady" Streisand demanded that Sondheim rewrite the second half of the show and, for reasons not explained, potentially the most supreme ever Merry Widow was abandoned. The Merry Widow; Britten Sinfonia 2010-10-23T23:06:00Z But in the immortal words of Stephen Sondheim's Little Red Riding Hood, "nice is different than good." You can be queer but you can't be happy on "Ted Lasso" 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z West Side Story Leonard Bernstein’s classic musical, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, set in modern-day NYC and based on Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” L.A. theater openings, April 16-23: 'The Walking Forest' and more 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z But, as Ribeiro has been telling his friends, he is not in Signature’s sold-out production of the classic Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim musical. Backstage: Famous for a role be never played 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z But she has continued to make a lot of surprisingly ambitious music, including thoughtful, eclectic albums with selections careening from Stephen Sondheim to Steely Dan. Betty Buckley steps into ‘Hello, Dolly!’ to ‘make America happy again’ 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z By reconnecting popular music with the contemporary stage — a link that had been lost long before Stephen Sondheim — “Hamilton” has won the favor of a whole raft of contemporary hip-hop and R&B recording artists. A critic's take: Why 'Hamilton's' Tony Award record ushers in a new era for theater 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z I like to think it made Sondheim gasp, as Herman surely did when the words first aligned. How a Jerry Herman Song Landed a Triple Punch 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Its heroes are the free-spirited narrator of “The Lady Is a Tramp,” the loner of Rod McKuen’s “Man Alone” and the rebel in Mr. Sondheim’s “Everybody Says Don’t.” Music Review: She?s Young, Restless and a Bit Dreamy 2011-02-20T22:54:19Z The seemingly eternal question mark involves David Benedict’s authorized Sondheim biography, which was announced in 2014 complete with a first draft to be submitted in 2017. Getting Close to Sondheim: New Books Try to Capture His Essence 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z This is my silly attempt to word things in a way that someone like Sondheim would. Devendra Banhart’s amazing “Mad Men” finale theory involves Roger’s octopus painting and J.K. Rowling 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Oh, you would like to know my top 10 Sondheim musicals in descending order? Forget Cats: in a close-run field, Marriage Story was the musical highlight of my holiday 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z It’s telling that even Sondheim’s non-rhymes rhyme, in the sense that they link different aspects of the same word. It’s Not the Music. It’s Not the Lyrics. It’s the Drama. 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Simply Sondheim, directed and choreographed by Matthew Gardiner. Review | Sondheim revue provides exhilarating warmth in cold, trying times 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim is the American musical’s supreme artist of ambivalence. Stephen Sondheim, the Man Who Felt Too Much 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim’s formally adventurous 1970 Broadway musical about modern relationship issues is viewed by many as his breakout work as an independent creative force. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Original Cast Album: Company’ and ‘Songland’ 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Such exchanges were not unknown to Paul Salsini, who includes many of them in “Sondheim & Me: Revealing a Musical Genius,” which came out in October. Getting Close to Sondheim: New Books Try to Capture His Essence 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z In his spare time, he's also working on a musical with Stephen Sondheim. Playwright David Ives finds his timing perfectly 2013-02-08T16:46:04Z Music director Anthony Lucca, who also helms the live quartet, ingeniously wrangles the cast’s disparate voices and Sondheim’s challenging score into a tuneful whole. Ambitious 'Assassins' at Pico Playhouse can't overcome the show's peculiarities 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z When Sondheim died on Nov. 26 at 91, the American stage lost not only a composer and lyricist nonpareil but also its longtime encourager-in-chief. Cherished Words From Theater’s Encourager-in-Chief 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z That was the happy discovery of “Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration,” a starry, streaming tribute to Stephen Sondheim that began catastrophically and blossomed into something beautiful. Review: For Sondheim’s 90th Birthday, a Collage of Aching Voices 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Sondheim finds corresponding rhythms and phrasings in music and lyrics for Seurat’s staccato brushstrokes, a virtuoso achievement capped by “Sunday,” one of musical theater’s most enthralling Act 1 finales. A ‘Sunday’ to remember: Sondheim classic an artistic triumph at Signature Theatre And even if I were, my love for the Being Alive segment in Marriage Story isn’t entirely to do with Sondheim. Forget Cats: in a close-run field, Marriage Story was the musical highlight of my holiday 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z The relationship between the central characters of the Baker and his Wife is a classic Sondheim portrait of marital restlessness. Theater Review: ‘Into the Woods,’ at the McCarter Theater in Princeton 2013-05-14T21:08:58Z It came in just ahead of the $15.1 million made by "Into The Woods," Walt Disney Co.'s film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical. Jolie's 'Unbroken' sprints to front of Christmas Day box office 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the lyrics for “Gypsy,” remains a part of the film development discussions, Mr. Silver said. Laurents Left Book, Play and Plan for ?Gypsy? Film 2011-05-25T21:33:59Z I asked what she was working on, and she said that she was reviving her Sondheim show at the Carlyle that fall. My Summer Morning in Central Park with Elaine Stritch 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Asked if he had any sense when it might be finished, Mr. Sondheim said, “No.” Days Before Dying, Stephen Sondheim Reflected: ‘I’ve Been Lucky’ 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z "I have to say - don't take this the wrong way - this is so much more moving to christen a theater the Stephen Sondheim as opposed to the British Petroleum Playhouse." Stephen Sondheim honored with a Broadway theater 2010-09-16T03:46:00Z Wonder what Stephen Sondheim thinks of all this. Term of Affection? Ethnic Slur? Theater Union Decides That ‘Gypsy’ Must Go. 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Artists Striving to End Poverty produced the critically acclaimed 90th birthday concert on the Web for composer Stephen Sondheim in late April. Perspective | This remarkable ‘Hairspray’ video raises the roof. Even better, it raises money for entertainers in need. 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z The most vivid of several characters was a beloved grandfather whom she described in an exquisite vignette that prefaced Stephen Sondheim’s “I Remember.” Review: Marissa Mulder Trusts Her Intuition at the Metropolitan Room 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Sondheim’s music and lyrics gave his shows a dark, dramatic edge, whereas before him, the dominant tone of musicals was frothy and comic. Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z “Innocent” has never been an adjective attached to Mr. Sondheim, the most sophisticated lyricist of his generation, and it’s not one that could ever be used to describe “Into the Woods.” Theater Review: ‘Into the Woods,’ by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine 2012-08-10T04:58:42Z Originally announced to open in spring 2014, previews for the Broadway production of “Beautiful” at the Stephen Sondheim Theater will now begin on Nov. 21 with an official opening night set for Jan. 12. ArtsBeat: Carole King Musical Finds Its Carole King 2013-08-12T19:23:12Z Sondheim, of course, wrote the songs for "Follies." Tony Awards show not skimping on razzle-dazzle 2012-06-10T15:16:03Z To adapt a great Sondheim lyric: Give us less to see. Review: Off Broadway, Jim Parsons Meets the Small Bang Theory 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z It’s right there, out in the open, before the show starts: a chrome Cyclops glowering at you from the stage of the Stephen Sondheim Theater, of all places. Review: On Broadway, ‘& Juliet’ (& Britney & Katy & Pink) 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Sondheim's appearance on Tuesday followed a surprise visit to another south London venue that has been staging one of his works. Sondheim hails 'fresh' Assassins show 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z There would be guest curators from outside the film word, too, like Salman Rushdie, Don DeLillo, Rachel Kushner and Stephen Sondheim. Tom Luddy, a Behind-the-Scenes Force in Cinema, Dies at 79 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Finally, in “A Little Night Music,” Sondheim, working with a book by Hugh Wheeler, wrote a musical in which the realignment of mismatched lovers made for a happy ending. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” recouped its $13 million investment less than 10 months after opening at the Stephen Sondheim Theater in January 2013, becoming the season’s first new musical to pay back investors. As 'Motown' Nears Closing, the Hits and Dollars Keep Coming 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z In London, she participated in a National Theater workshop on writing musicals, with mentors including Stephen Sondheim. How a Sooty Old Piano Helped Beth Orton Reach a New Creative Peak 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z The closest Mr. Sondheim has come to being multicultural was in the 1976 musical “Pacific Overtures.” Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z Sondheim and Groban had developed a friendly relationship in the years before the composer’s death — Groban periodically performed Sondheim’s songs in concert, and Sondheim reached out when “The Great Comet” began its run. Josh Groban to Star in ‘Sweeney Todd’ Revival on Broadway 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's work is one of the great achievements of American musical theater: a mash-up of classic fairy tales that's funny, tuneful and refreshingly honest about the impossibility of "happily ever after." 'In the Woods' leaps from musical theater to movie theaters 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z “The way Stephen Sondheim is Mr. New York for a general audience, James Murphy is Mr. New York for a very niche audience,” said Kat Ryals, 28, an artist, and Brooklyn transplant from Nashville. LCD Soundsystem, Split Up in 2011, Joins the Reunion Circuit 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Had Sondheim written more songs for Act II — there are just a few, bunched at the beginning — that problem might have been eased. ‘Here We Are’ Review: The Last Sondheim, Cool and Impossibly Chic 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Crouched on the bare wooden floor of his shabby apartment in 1990 New York City, he listens as Stephen Sondheim leaves a message — instant balm to his battered artist’s soul. Cherished Words From Theater’s Encourager-in-Chief 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z “I’ve been working on a show for a couple years with a playwright named David Ives, and it’s called ‘Square One,’” Sondheim said Wednesday night during an appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” Sondheim Is Writing a New Musical, and Hopes to Stage It Next Year 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Streep plays the Witch, who promises to have “the curse reversed” — as Stephen Sondheim’s lyrics go — so the Baker’s Wife will no longer be barren, as long as a few key demands are met. 'Into the Woods': Emily Blunt on Singing for Stephen Sondheim 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z “What Sondheim didn’t appreciate was Bernstein’s fancying himself a lyricist,” Mr. Silverman wrote. Stephen M. Silverman, Biographer of Stage and Screen, Is Dead at 71 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Perhaps more important for readers of the new volume, one of the principles Mr. Sondheim has long venerated — “Content dictates form” — led to radical changes in the formats of the later musicals. Books of The Times: ?Look, I Made a Hat,? Stephen Sondheim Lyrics - Review 2011-12-08T23:09:14Z A family friend of Sondheim's created the show, which Sondheim said was designed to be dull and soothing. Simon and Sondheim talk shop at joint appearance 2013-12-04T18:31:26Z Mr. Gether said he woke up one morning last October and thought he had never seen a first-rate jazz band perform Mr. Sondheim’s work. ArtsBeat: Sondheim and Marsalis to Collaborate on Show for City Center 2013-04-18T17:55:27Z But Sondheim’s rueful score captured the sweep and sting of regretful memory and abandoned hopes, and introduced the cabaret standard “Not a Day Goes By.” Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z As a fellow Sondheim devotee, I’ve been fascinated to hear how particular composers fixate on certain elements of these songs and transform them into original piano pieces. Review: Anthony de Mare Introduces the Last of His Sondheim Project 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z My one companion through all this is a ukulele, which I use in my Sondheim show. A ‘Girl Singer’ and Her Extra Hair Hit the Road 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z About half of voters say they are choosing the gender-reversed revival of “Company,” which Sondheim strongly supported before his death. A ‘Strange’ Wind Blowing: Tony Voters Like ‘Loop’ and ‘Lehman’ 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z At the time, my companion remarked that a perfect show for the leafy venue would be Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into The Woods. This week's new theatre 2010-08-13T23:06:00Z Revealingly, Stephen Sondheim's least successful musical has had productions and cast recordings under four different designations – Bounce, Gold!, Do play titles matter? 2013-04-01T11:17:03Z And the new musical “Beautiful” set a new box office record at the Stephen Sondheim Theater with a gross of $901,903; the previous record was set by “Anything Goes” in October 2011. ArtsBeat: Strong Sales for ‘All the Way’ in Previews 2014-02-18T20:57:25Z Not even the heavily awarded revival of a Sondheim favorite like “Company” could withstand shaky ticket sales brought on by a pandemic-wary theatergoing community. In Defense of ‘Diana,’ the Show We Didn’t Deserve 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z Ms. Carroll, accompanied on bass by Jay Leonhart, played a pianistic Sondheim suite whose songs, connected by a recurring fragment of the “Night Waltz” from “A Little Night Music,” evoked a whirling dance of life. Music Review: Nightclub Tradition Gets a Jolt Of Youth 2010-10-08T22:54:00Z The evening began conventionally enough, with breezy early Sondheim songs about New York City taken at a breathless clip by the singers and the pianist Jon Weber. KT Sullivan and Jeff Harnar Reflect a New Era 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Merrily We Roll Along Concert performance of the Stephen Sondheim musical about three longtime friends. L.A. theater openings, Sept. 25-Oct. 2: 'Phoebe Zeitgeist Returns to Earth' and more 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z He also became known as a star of Stephen Sondheim musicals. Royal Shakespeare Company Names Two Directors for Top Job 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z So for now, no one should count on hearing a Sondheim piano fantasy or étude or whatever. Why You’ll Probably Never Hear a Sondheim Concerto 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z In starting with fairy tales, Lapine and Sondheim were already dealing with layered stories. The trip 'Into the Woods' is spooky, thoughtful, delightful 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Aside from Sondheim’s customized new lyrics, only a few of the alterations made to accommodate the thesis scan. Review: In a Gender-Flipped Revival, ‘Company’ Loves Misery 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z “If I were hearing ‘Another Hundred People’ for the first time,” the music critic Will Friedwald said in an interview for this article, “I would have guessed it was Bacharach and not Sondheim.” For Burt Bacharach, ‘Promises, Promises’ Was One Broadway Hit Too Many 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Streams of Stephen Sondheim’s music are up more than 500 percent. A Sondheim Surge: Interest in His Work Soars After His Death 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z In March of last year, Classic Stage Company announced that its revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical “Assassins” was postponed. Theater to Stream: ‘Assassins’ and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who was named as a recipient two weeks ago but was not in attendance Monday, will receive his medal next year, Obama said. Obama awards Medal of Freedom to diverse group of activists, artists, scientists Disney's Stephen Sondheim adaptation "Into the Woods" landed in second place on Jan. 1 with an estimated $8.1 million. Box office: 'Hobbit' finale tops 'Into the Woods' on New Year's Day 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Marshall, whose previous musicals include the Oscar-winning Chicago and the rather less feted Nine, describes Into the Woods as Sondheim's "most heartfelt piece". Woods team sing Sondheim's praises 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Although he confesses to a powerful affection for writing pastiche — songs that intentionally evoke previous styles of music — Mr. Sondheim’s later works more potently illustrate the continual reach of his musical and lyrical imagination. Books of The Times: ?Look, I Made a Hat,? Stephen Sondheim Lyrics - Review 2011-12-08T23:09:14Z Stephen Sondheim, fresh from college, studied the scores of Beethoven quartets, among other works, during private lessons with the 12-tone composer Milton Babbitt. Beethoven’s 250th Birthday: His Greatness Is in the Details 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z In his 2010 memoir, “Finishing the Hat,” Sondheim called the outrage understandable, but said, “I wasn’t about to sacrifice the line that sets the tone for the whole lyric.” ‘West Side Story’: How We Covered the Classic N.Y.C. Musical 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Sondheim’s 1965 lyric collaboration with composer Richard Rodgers — “Do I Hear a Waltz?” — also turned out to be problematic. Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z That was certainly the case for me, as I journeyed from college to adult life, if you will, side by side by Sondheim. Perspective | There will never be another Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The three operas varied distinctly with 21st-century musical strategies, triangulating film music, Sondheim and latter-day minimalism’s consonant drive. At the Kennedy Center, WNO’s Opera Initiative unveils a trio of novelties 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z When Stephen Sondheim was in his 30s, he would get approached, occasionally, by out-of-town theatre companies, struggling with a production. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z And her rewrite of the book for "Porgy and Bess" ignited controversy when Stephen Sondheim criticized the creative team's presumption. Suzan-Lori Parks moves a stage beyond race to get to our 'mythic or epic experience' in her plays 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Nor was it because Ms. King kept hearing from close friends that the show — which has twice set attendance records at the Stephen Sondheim Theater — was worth seeing. So Far Away. No, She’s in Row K. 2014-04-04T22:13:12Z Perfectly matching Sondheim’s first description of the character — “His skin was pale and his eye was odd” — he looks almost overexposed and, squinting throughout, as if he needs glasses. Review: The Many Thrilling Flavors of a Full-Scale ‘Sweeney Todd’ 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim will be honored with the Olivier Special Award 2011 by the Society of London Theater, the society announced on Friday. ArtsBeat: An Olivier Award for Sondheim 2011-03-04T17:07:47Z Sixteen months after “Promises” opened, Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” arrived on Broadway and the modernity of its sound would have been unthinkable without Bacharach’s innovations. For Burt Bacharach, ‘Promises, Promises’ Was One Broadway Hit Too Many 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z “He trained as a stage manager,” Mr. Sondheim added, “and he learned the business from the ground up, so he knows how to order a pair of shoes, which many producers don’t.” Hal Prince, Giant of Broadway and Reaper of Tonys, Dies at 91 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z And now, she’s got a maestro of a more tuneful proclivity in her ear: Stephen Sondheim. A longtime D.C. actress tackles her first musical, and it’s by Sondheim 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Taught by no less a genius than Oscar Hammerstein, Sondheim pushed the musical into a darker, richer and more intellectual place. Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z To explore the parameters for adapting and revising existing works I talked to Stephen Sondheim, an outspoken critic of “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.” Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z Passionate tributes to Stephen Sondheim came quickly as the news of his death reached the theater world and beyond on Friday. ‘Elemental and Irreplaceable’: Stars Pay Tribute to Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z I met Sondheim on several occasions, one of them terrifying, a feeling he did nothing to ameliorate. Perspective | There will never be another Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim said he was not criticizing the “Porgy and Bess” revival itself; its out-of-town run at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., had not even begun yet. The New Season: New Layers for Broadway-Bound Musical Revivals 2011-09-17T23:00:46Z “I’m sorry, but you can’t say N-word in a musical,” says one of Usher’s thoughts, imagined as the “chair of the Second Coming of Sondheim Award.” ‘A Strange Loop’ Review: A Dazzling Ride on a Mental Merry-Go-Round 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z It is, Mr. Sondheim says in an aside, “The only song I’ve written which is an immediate expression of a personal internal experience.” Books of The Times: Sondheim?s Rhymes and Reasons 2010-10-21T17:45:00Z Sondheim cameos on “The Simpsons,” sure, and there’s an episode of “South Park” that imagines him in a “bro-down.” From ‘South Park’ to ‘Knives Out,’ Pop Culture Is Steeped With Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The show came to Sondheim at 25 after meeting Laurents at the theatre, and he was convinced by his great mentor and friend Oscar Hammerstein II to take on the task. Here’s to the ladies who lunch: One of Sondheim’s greatest achievements was writing complex women 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z These organizational choices — and the one or two jarring Stephen Sondheim quotations he cites — are bewildering. Lots of People Love ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ Roxane Gay Isn’t One of Them. 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z I suppose there will be Sondheim cultists who miss the musical richness of a pit full of brass and violins. ‘Into the Woods,’ Stripped Down by Fiasco Theater 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z After “The Love Bug,” Mr. Jones turned to the stage, winning the lead role of Robert in “Company,” Stephen Sondheim’s now-classic musical about marital angst, Manhattan-style. Dean Jones, boyish-looking leading man of Disney films, dies at 84 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z And then there is the private Sondheim - much of the new video was shot in his East Side town house and we get a peek at where the creative process starts. A revelatory revue examines the work of Sondheim 2010-04-23T01:31:00Z Most of these works are less arrangements of Sondheim songs than elaborate fantasias on them. Review: Anthony de Mare Introduces the Last of His Sondheim Project 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The “Follies” windfall represents the highest one-week gross for a Broadway production with music and lyrics by Mr. Sondheim. ArtsBeat Blog: New 'Follies' Shows Broadway Earning Potential 2011-09-26T20:18:03Z Fairy tale characters come to life in Into the Woods, a film version of Stephen Sondheim's popular Tony-winning musical. Woods team sing Sondheim's praises 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Hosts, actors, pundits and all those many people who are famous for being famous are now having to sing for their suppers — often by literally singing: the Sondheim tribute! Perspective | Stars are working to stay afloat with Zoom and improvised efforts. But it’ll never match TV’s liveliness. 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z But earlier this week some online chat sites devoted to puzzles began to buzz about a Web site that included scans of 19 crosswords that were apparently the Sondheim mother lode. ArtsBeat Blog: This Time It's Crosswords (Not Cross Words) That Surface From Sondheim 2011-09-16T17:37:55Z Those are all worthy subjects of musical dramatization, as some of Stephen Sondheim’s great shows and many an opera have established. ‘The Last Ship,’ With Songs by Sting, Opens on Broadway 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Sondheim has always transformed that not knowing, a state in which we all exist, into some of the most fully feeling songs ever written. Stephen Sondheim, the Man Who Felt Too Much 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z It is also typical of this eccentrically assembled work that the Sondheim song from which it takes its name is not fully discussed here, having been written after 1981. Books of The Times: Sondheim?s Rhymes and Reasons 2010-10-21T17:45:00Z The last time Symphony Space held one of these marathon concert celebrations, for Sondheim’s 75th birthday, it lasted 12 hours and involved more than 100 artists, including Stritch and Barbara Cook. Where to Celebrate Sondheim in New York 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z It was recently announced that he will star in the film adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical “Merrily We Roll Along.” Ben Platt named Hasty Pudding’s 2020 Man of the Year 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z You could argue that there are lots of Sondheim jukebox musicals, but they are usually called “revues,” which is a way to avoid a certain stigma. Can Critics Learn to Love the Jukebox Musical? 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Just think of the scores Sondheim wrote during the 1970s, his most productive decade. Philharmonic celebrates Sondheim's 80th birthday 2010-03-16T11:52:00Z Mr. Sondheim rarely gave audiences the fizzy, feel-good musical experience or the happily resolved narrative that the shows of his predecessors conditioned them to expect. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z “I’m still here,” an ebullient Marilyn Horne crooned to a delighted audience at Zankel Hall on Thursday night, invoking the classic Stephen Sondheim song. Music Review: Marilyn Horne Celebrates Young Singers at Zankel Hall 2012-01-21T00:03:22Z For many French music lovers, Mr. Sondheim remains an unknown. Theater: Th??tre Du Ch?telet Aims to Bring Broadway to Paris 2011-04-14T14:00:04Z Sweeney Todd, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler. Review | A beached ‘South Pacific’ — and what is Trump doing in ‘Sweeney Todd’? 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z Still, “Simply Sondheim,” originally produced in 2015 but now restaged and partly recast, is at its considerable best turning songs into sequences instead of showstoppers. Bringing Out the Best of Sondheim, Herman and … Schraubstader? 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Such, anyway, is always my view of the human race after listening to a cast recording of a Stephen Sondheim musical, or even to just one of his ballads. Stephen Sondheim, the Man Who Felt Too Much 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z She and Mr. Sondheim did discuss keys, and settled on a lower one out of a conviction that the song shouldn’t be too “singy.” Bernadette Peters, Learning in ?Night Music? 2010-08-15T23:15:00Z Babbitt was a prominent composition teacher, and a number of his students achieved prominence of their own – most notably Stephen Sondheim. Milton Babbitt obituary 2011-01-30T18:29:19Z All told, Mr. Logan said “Hugo” was far and away the hardest movie he had ever worked on, and that includes his Sondheim adaptation. The Carpetbagger: Oscars for Screenwriters Are a Cliffhanger 2012-02-01T22:42:55Z That a rethought version of Sondheim’s show should open days after his death is a mark of plays and musicals’ ability to keep growing even after their creators are gone. What’s on TV This Week: ‘This Is Us’ and a Memorial Day Concert 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Friedman, best known as a star of the London musical stage and a veteran interpreter of Sondheim, appreciates the depths of feeling to be dredged from such shallows. The Pain of Fame, With Sondheim, Warhol and Capote as Guides 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Her signature tune, “I’m Still Here,” was from Sondheim’s 1971 musical “Follies.” Julie Wilson, captivating singer of cabaret, dies at 90 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z One of his goals was to lead the charge of a new generation of playwrights who would provide an alternative to the Sondheims of the world. What Did Stephen Sondheim Really Think of ‘Rent’? 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z He invoked the words of Signature’s lodestar composer-lyricist, Stephen Sondheim, to help encapsulate his feelings. Signature Theatre names Matthew Gardiner as new artistic director 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z But those interactions came to a head in 1960, when Sondheim and the recently divorced Rodgers “would get into the same bed, side by side, frozen with fear,” for roughly a year on and off. Getting Close to Sondheim: New Books Try to Capture His Essence 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z This novel about a 19th-century whaling expedition is as gory as Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd,” as darkly melodramatic as a classic Jacobean drama. The Top Books of 2016 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z That’s because Sondheim uses the songs to tie the plot’s loose threads into tight knots. Attend the Tale of ‘Anyone Can Whistle,’ Then and Now 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z The story of a reunion of aging actresses, at a theater that's about to become a parking lot, this version of "Follies" will focus on what Charnin calls the "intricate writing" of composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Preview: Showtunes company back on the boards with 'Follies' 2010-06-03T20:13:00Z Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” looms large, with “Pippin” and other of the decade’s box office hits detectable in the score’s commercial emollient. Broadway's fall revivals: Why big stars can't make up for a lack of artistic vision 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Sondheim’s death was announced by his Texas-based attorney, Rick Pappas, who told The New York Times the composer died Friday at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut. Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z To Stephen Sondheim acolytes, he was the composer of the show that beat “Follies” for the Best Musical Tony Award. ‘The Cool Guy’: Pop and Theater Stars Celebrate the Composer of ‘Hair’ 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z The annotative YouTube chat scroll was devastating in the way that only a collection of disappointed hard-core fans can be, with posters gleefully using Sondheim lyrics to vent their frustration. Review: For Sondheim’s 90th Birthday, a Collage of Aching Voices 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z “And then when I came in, we just started singing Sondheim tunes.” In Barbara Cook’s Final Days, Her Friends Came to Sing at Her Bedside 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z And Sondheim, of course, is no longer a misunderstood longhair but an acknowledged master, his early work acclaimed both on its own merits and in light of what came later. Attend the Tale of ‘Anyone Can Whistle,’ Then and Now 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Right now, no veteran cabaret performer has a stronger claim to ownership of this Sondheim classic from “Follies” than Marilyn Maye, who turned 88 last month. Review: Marilyn Maye, at 88, Celebrating the Moment 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z On Broadway, they love Sondheim’s old shows, which are constantly revived, but not his later work; he hasn’t had a new show staged there since Passion, 20 years ago. REVIEW: 'Into the Woods': A Disney Musical for Adults of All Ages 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z “Sick,” she scoffs, “so insecure in his talent and desperate for Stephen Sondheim’s success.” Patti LuPone on her ‘painful’ rise to Broadway stardom: ‘I was my biggest enemy!’ 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z A lot of effort for a one-night performance, but as Sarna Lapine explains, “It helped us create a new version of ‘Sondheim on Sondheim’ that can be done with other orchestras. Sondheim on 'Sondheim on Sondheim' at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Meryl Streep sings Sondheim, and finds her voice in ‘Into the Woods’ ‘Into the Woods’ aims for fairy-tale end 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z This is partly because Mr. Sondheim’s demon barber and human-flesh-pie-making accomplice, Mrs. Lovett, have never really left my head since I first saw the show. Two Sides of Sondheim in the Berkshires 2010-07-06T21:36:00Z Mr. Sondheim and Mr. Schwartz are active players in the theater and eloquent guardians of their musicals. The New Season: New Layers for Broadway-Bound Musical Revivals 2011-09-17T23:00:46Z On Broadway, Ms. Stritch drew ecstatic reviews in world premieres of musicals such as Noel Coward’s gossamer comedy “Sail Away” in 1961 and Stephen Sondheim’s moody ode to selfishness, “Company,” in 1970. Elaine Stritch, vivid stage and screen personality, dies at 89 Ashford, who starred in the Sondheim musical “Sunday in the Park With George,” said she had wanted to play Mrs. Lovett since she was in her early teens, “before it was appropriate for me.” Josh Groban to Star in ‘Sweeney Todd’ Revival on Broadway 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z "Eighty is the new 60," Grey told the audience at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Joel Grey has busy day celebrating 80th birthday 2012-04-12T19:05:13Z The Tony-award winning musical, with a book by James Goldman and a score by Stephen Sondheim, is directed by Eric Schaeffer and will feature musical direction by James Moore and choreography by Warren Carlyle. ArtsBeat: 'Follies' Returns to Broadway With Kennedy Center Cast 2011-06-29T16:43:36Z That show typifies everything that I love about Sondheim: the melodies, the strange subject matter, the weird sources of adaptation, the really idiosyncratic, disturbing, bizarre and beautiful. How Stephen Sondheim’s Work Did (and Didn’t) Translate to the Screen 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z She can be wistfully romantic as in Sondheim's Anyone Can Whistle . A singing masterclass from the countess of cabaret 2011-07-11T13:36:43Z So goes the title song from Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's innovative 1970 musical about marriage, commitment and New York neuroticism. Theater review: 'Company' 2011-04-08T20:40:13Z Through it all, the Sondheim score is the glue that elevates a frivolously entertaining collection of vignettes into a profound, unresolved reflection on the value of domestic partnerships. Music Review: A Bachelor, Five Couples and All Their Tuneful Discontents 2011-04-08T23:21:13Z If Sondheim’s “Something Just Broke” and Herman’s “Confession to a Park Avenue Mother” don’t ring any bells for you, so much the better. Bringing Out the Best of Sondheim, Herman and … Schraubstader? 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Here is the entire interview with Sondheim, portions of which appeared in the book “Rent”: What Did Stephen Sondheim Really Think of ‘Rent’? 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z “I’m really distressed that I can’t be out there for ‘Sondheim on Sondheim,’” he says. Sondheim on 'Sondheim on Sondheim' at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z That more intimate space, mentioned in the title, is a nod to Mr. Sondheim’s song “Broadway Baby.” ArtsBeat: Sondheim and Marsalis to Collaborate on Show for City Center 2013-04-18T17:55:27Z Stephen Sondheim really likes – or so I'm told. America's composer 2010-06-19T23:01:00Z Sondheim was unable to attend the ceremony last year and will receive his medal next week. Obama to award Medal of Freedom to Barbra Streisand, Itzhak Perlman and Stephen Sondheim 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z And he is currently collaborating with no less than Stephen Sondheim on a breathlessly awaited new musical adapted from two Luis Buñuel movies. ‘The Liar’ at Classic Stage: Old French Humor in New York Now 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z The musical, featuring songs by Sondheim and a book by George Furth, ran on Broadway in 1981; it closed 12 days after opening. Daniel Radcliffe to Star in Off Broadway ‘Merrily’ Revival 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z So I sat for a week or so with the books out, listening to different Sondheim songs, trying to just ape the meter here and there. John Mulaney and Seth Meyers Fondly Send Up Sondheim. He’s Amused. 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z He entertained interest from the luminous likes of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine for a musical, but didn’t want to turn it over to such imposing authorial types. Can cast injury derail 'Groundhog Day'? How the musical has overcome its obstacles (again and again) 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim strongly defended the original “Porgy and Bess,” particularly the contributions of DuBose Heyward, who wrote the libretto and, with Ira Gershwin, the lyrics. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z The songs are flimsy when compared with Sondheim’s later work, but they delight — from the assertiveness of “Comedy Tonight” to the cheekiness of “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid” and the breezy whimsy of “Lovely.” Stream These 7 Productions That Celebrate Stephen Sondheim’s Work 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Sondheim: James did what nobody's done in 500 years, which is he said, "I think she left the slipper behind on purpose." Stephen Sondheim, Rob Marshall and Meryl Streep on 'Into the Woods' 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z I first saw "Assassins," the late Stephen Sondheim's musical, in high school at a theater festival, after sneaking inside. “Assassins” is Stephen Sondheim's killer musical that we don’t talk about 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z While there’s no denying that Hugh Grant brilliantly reinterprets the music of Stephen Sondheim, it’s hard to compete with Lady Gaga forever transforming the soul of Jackson Maine. Why “Paddington 2″ deserves Oscar nominations in at least five categories 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z But every note in Mr. Sondheim’s score feeds a larger, sustained air of menace and obsession, of ugliness and dissonance lurking beneath surface prettiness and harmony. Two Sides of Sondheim in the Berkshires 2010-07-06T21:36:00Z Since the mid-1980s, Ms. Cook has reigned as a kind of sibyl channeling the wisdom and humanity of the American songbook, particularly as embodied in the work of Stephen Sondheim. Review: Barbara Cook, a Lioness Who Still Has Some Bite Left 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z In a video interview, they spoke about identity, fighting stereotypes and getting notes from Stephen Sondheim, the original lyricist. Rita Moreno and Ariana DeBose: From One Anita to Another 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Kelli O’Hara’s “What More Do I Need?” from a young Sondheim’s “Saturday Night” was infused with a vivacious urbanity. Review | A blessed event for hard times: Sondheim sung by Broadway’s best 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim declined to comment for this article, but other theater artists said that estate management was a major concern given that artists’ legacies would be at stake. With ?Porgy? on Broadway, Gershwin Heirs Flex Their Rights 2012-01-09T13:27:40Z The book’s extensive quotes from Sondheim include one that Gemignani’s co-author, Margaret Hall, agreed not to use until after his death. Getting Close to Sondheim: New Books Try to Capture His Essence 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z “Sondheim on Sondheim” is, no surprise, all about Stephen Sondheim. ‘Sondheim on Sondheim’: A Broadway baby in symphonic clothes 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z But both actors bring emotional transparency to their roles, providing a quietly affecting counterpoint to the guarded ambivalence inherent in many of Mr. Sondheim’s lyrics. Theater Review: ‘Marry Me a Little,’ Sondheim Songs, at Clurman Theater 2012-10-04T20:43:21Z After a poor critical reception, the musical was reworked by Sondheim and book writer Weidman once again, this time in a one-act version called “Road Show” that premiered at New York’s Public Theater in 2008. ‘Road Show’: A journey into the ‘get-rich-quick’ 20th century 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Sondheim’s musicals stretch the definitions of the genre by going deeper into a seemingly simple subject than anyone thought possible, and they resonate because they never underestimate the audience. Why Lady Bird should win the 2018 best picture Oscar 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Sondheim: If they hadn't allowed this to be on the CD, I would be really upset. Stephen Sondheim, Rob Marshall and Meryl Streep on 'Into the Woods' 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z It is clear Sondheim enjoyed the play of words, of motifs, of reinventing musical theatre to fit the changing perspectives of contemporary life. Here’s to the ladies who lunch: One of Sondheim’s greatest achievements was writing complex women 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Intermittent sirens from the ambulances lined up outside the hospital punctuated the sounds of Sondheim emanating from the rehearsal piano. Scalpel, Sponge, Magic Beans: When Doctors Moonlight as Actors 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z The democratic style of “On the Town” proliferated in Broadway’s golden age and continues today, even in the works of Bernstein’s eventual collaborator Stephen Sondheim. Brash, Confident and Democratic: How Leonard Bernstein Symbolized America 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z The troupe isn’t the first to scale back or reinvent a Sondheim musical, or even this Sondheim musical. Fiasco’s ‘Into the Woods,’ at McCarter Theater 2013-05-07T21:44:11Z Mr. Cooke will return to the National in the fall to stage the first production there of “Follies,” the 1971 Stephen Sondheim/James Goldman musical that offers a host of acting opportunities for women. In a Year of Surprises on the London Stage, Women Held Pride of Place 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration is viewable online at broadway.com. Review | A blessed event for hard times: Sondheim sung by Broadway’s best 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z The musical, also produced and directed by Prince, was not a financial success, but it demonstrated Sondheim’s commitment to offbeat material, filtering its tale of the westernization of Japan through a hybrid American-Kabuki style. Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z With superb vocal arrangements by David Loud, the songs roll merrily along in the melodic assembly line of a Sondheim enthusiast’s dreams. Review | Sondheim revue provides exhilarating warmth in cold, trying times 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z It resumed previews on Nov. 15, 2021, and Sondheim attended that performance; he died 11 days later, at the age of 91; in a final interview, he expressed unfettered enthusiasm for the production. Tony-Winning ‘Company’ Revival Will End Broadway Run July 31 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z How marvelous to see another home-run of a film adaptation of a Sondheim musical to follow Tim Burton's magnificent Sweeney Todd. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z The album collects various of the “Cats” Tony-winner’s previous interpretations of two dozen Sondheim’s songs, including “Anyone Can Whistle,” “Children Will Listen” and “Send in the Clowns.” New this week: ‘Turning Red,’ Ryan Reynolds and Mooski album 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z West Side Story Musical Theatre West stages the classic tale, inspired by Shakespeare's “Romeo & Juliet,” about star-crossed lovers in 1950s New York; with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 7-14: Bernadette Peters and more 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Sondheim delighted in presenting what we think to be a stereotype and then justifying its subversion. Here’s to the ladies who lunch: One of Sondheim’s greatest achievements was writing complex women 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Every singer, when confronting the songs of Stephen Sondheim, tends to gravitate toward a particular character, song or mood from the composer’s complex psychological checkerboard. Music Review: Karen Akers at the Oak Room - Review 2011-10-03T21:42:51Z They both can sing, but it’s only Mr. Colbert you’d imagine performing in a Stephen Sondheim musical, as he did in 2011. On Comedy: Jon Stewart’s Role in Developing Stars 2014-04-16T21:19:38Z Sondheim had a remarkable memory for the progress of his output. Perspective | There will never be another Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z “Every Sondheim is a challenge,” said Batalla, a translator and actress from Barcelona who was in a Catalan-language production of “Company” there 25 years ago. With ‘Company,’ Antonio Banderas Brings Sondheim to Spain 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z The same tension is felt in the songs, with Rodgers and Mr. Sondheim tugging in different directions and ending up in a rather listless draw. Review: Passion Pursued in ‘Do I Hear a Waltz?’ 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Though Mr. Sondheim is a stalwart defender of a creator’s original intent, he admits to being a very impatient operagoer. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z Horowitz recalled working at Arena Stage during a revival of “Merrily We Roll Along” that Sondheim and book writer George Furth were revising in the late 1980s. Tributes pour in for Sondheim, the greatest theater composer-lyricist of our time 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z "So when this came up," she says, "it was, of course, I’ll do anything for you, and of course for Mr. Sondheim, whose work," she pauses to think.... Sondheim on 'Sondheim on Sondheim' at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Sondheim was young and untested, but also reluctant to get involved. 'Something's Coming, Something Good': the story behind 'West Side Story' 2011-07-07T19:22:03Z The last time Stephen Sondheim was at the Hollywood Bowl was 2005 for a concert in honor of his 75th birthday. Sondheim on 'Sondheim on Sondheim' at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Because when the circuits finally connected for “Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration,” we lovers of musicals were instantly back where we belonged: in our theater seats. Review | A blessed event for hard times: Sondheim sung by Broadway’s best 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z To be a fan of the work of Stephen Sondheim, as Frank Rich wrote in The New York Times, is “to have one’s heart broken at regular intervals.” Review: ‘Merrily We Roll Along,’ Finally Found in the Dark 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Sondheim performed his contribution on a recorded Zoom call. How Angela Lansbury and Stephen Sondheim Came to Appear in ‘Knives Out’ Sequel 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z That’s even more salient in this first year following the death of Sondheim, who layered its brilliant songs so densely with varieties of regret. Review: In a Rueful ‘Night Music,’ the Clowns Are Finally Here 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Most notably, a revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” that opened last December temporarily lost six of its principals to positive coronavirus tests in April, including its lead actress, Katrina Lenk, but the show went on. Broadway Bets Big on a Spring Rebound. Will the Virus Cooperate? 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim The Broadway composer-lyricist turned 80 in March and was deservedly feted on both sides of the Atlantic throughout the year. Year in Review: The London Stage in 2010 2010-12-28T15:00:03Z Best of all was Rick Crom’s “Sunday in the Meadow With Curly,” an amusing pastiche of songs from “Oklahoma” translated into the language of Stephen Sondheim. Music Review: Jeff Harnar Cabaret at Laurie Beechman Theater 2013-01-23T22:05:05Z Sondheim makes his songs feel like a natural extension of real life and, as a result, I end up quoting them all the time, like the awful cliche that I am. Forget Cats: in a close-run field, Marriage Story was the musical highlight of my holiday 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z Sondheim is my idol and any Sondheim musical is like a dream. Ben Platt Unleashes His Inner Egomaniac in ‘The Politician’ 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z They are using the latest book as the script, Ms. Sledge said — “the version Sondheim is happiest with.” ‘Merrily’ This Film Will Roll Along. For the Next 20 Years. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The theatre has a history of reviving Sondheim's works, having previously presented Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music and Merrily We Roll Along to critical acclaim. Sondheim hails 'fresh' Assassins show 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Christine Ebersole is letting go of the necklace she wore in “Grey Gardens” and composer Stephen Sondheim is donating a signed musical manuscript of the first eight bars of “Broadway Baby.” Celebs like Dolly and Bruce raid closets for charity auction 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Howard County native Margo Seibert, a recent star of “Rocky” on Broadway, sang a gorgeous rendition of Stephen Sondheim’s “Children Will Listen,” punctuated by recitations from a trio of poised school kids. John Hurt receives Shakespeare Theatre Company’s annual award And that was the main challenge for the stage adaptation of “Mrs. Doubtfire,” a new musical that opened Sunday night at the Stephen Sondheim Theater. ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Review: Nanny Doesn’t Know Best 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z On “BoJack Horseman,” a Stephen King musical opens next to a Sondheim revival, but don’t worry: “‘Misery’ loves ‘Company.’ From ‘South Park’ to ‘Knives Out,’ Pop Culture Is Steeped With Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z It was a bumpy and at times quite terse exchange, with Sondheim challenging or at least qualifying much of what Macleod said. Composer of the Week | Radio review 2010-03-23T06:45:00Z Few working partners have made such a mark on the theater as Mr. Prince and Mr. Sondheim. Hal Prince, Giant of Broadway and Reaper of Tonys, Dies at 91 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Sondheim said in a statement that teachers play a defining role in society that should be rewarded. Grant program will honor Sondheim, reward teachers 2010-09-28T15:27:00Z She later originated the role of the Witch in Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods,” in San Diego, and on TV starred for a season in “Night Court.” ‘Stop Right There!’: Foley recalls epic duet with Meat Loaf 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z The cheers began with the first bars of the show’s overture, the most infectious and conventionally stirring that Mr. Sondheim wrote, its shiny, brass-borne melodies gleaming with promises you hope will be fulfilled. Theater Review: Sondheim?s ?Merrily We Roll Along? in Encores! Staging 2012-02-09T23:44:16Z A New York City Center production of “Sunday in the Park With George,” also written by Sondheim and Lapine, followed a similar path to Broadway. A Starry ‘Into the Woods’ Will Play Broadway This Summer 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z A supreme wordsmith — and an avid player of word games — Sondheim’s joy of language shone through. Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Two Sondheim songs from “Passion” — “I Wish I Could Forget You” and “Loving You” — were blurred together and their martial diction relaxed. 2010-01-08T03:47:00Z The theme-and-variations format is enchanting, allowing Sondheim, the great puzzler, to treat songs almost as anagrams. ‘Here We Are’ Review: The Last Sondheim, Cool and Impossibly Chic 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z “Sunday in the Park,” written with James Lapine, may be Sondheim’s most personal show. Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Surely, Miranda, when he was composing “Hamilton,” had to be conscious of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim’s song “America,” with its acute, outsider’s appreciation of an exciting new land. Who is an American? Look to the current crop of musicals to tell you. 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Love, chez Sondheim, is treated as a dangerous substance that could explode or rot or evaporate altogether once you finally embrace it. Stephen Sondheim, the Man Who Felt Too Much 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z In “Bountiful” she’s an unsympathetic obstacle to heroine Cicely Tyson’s wishes; in her previous Music Center appearance, also at the Ahmanson, Williams played the Witch in Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods.” Music Center marks 50th anniversary with rededication ceremony 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Secrest, who has written about Dali, Frank Lloyd Wright, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, doesn't have a feel for fashion, and her prose lacks authority and insight. 'Elsa Schiaparelli': Fashion designer too elusive for words 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Scrappy Chromolume — known for its devotion to musicals, especially Sondheim’s — is not daunted by the piece’s challenges. Stephen Sondheim, experimenter. Listen to 'Pacific Overtures' and 'Forum' 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z But it is the character of Cora that anticipates the intricate glories of Sondheim creations to come. | 'Anyone Can Whistle': Sondheim Tribute to Politics and Other Craziness 2010-04-10T00:20:00Z Stephen Sondheim, asked days before his death if he had any sense of when his final musical would be finished, offered a simple answer: “No.” How Complete Was Stephen Sondheim’s Final Musical? 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Paulus said of Mr. Sondheim over coffee at a Broadway neighborhood restaurant last Friday. ?The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess? Is Less Changed for Broadway 2011-11-14T23:31:01Z Another Sondheim musical, “A Little Night Music,” ran on Broadway last season with stars on the order of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury, but a mere seven musicians occupied the pit. Theater Review: Ch?telet's 'Sweeney Todd' Stays True to Detailed Musical Roots 2011-05-03T13:00:07Z Mr. Sondheim says he’s always most comfortable when he can create for a specific character instead of an abstract type or emotion. | 'Sondheim on Sondheim': Barbara Cook and Vanessa Williams at Studio 54 2010-04-23T02:50:00Z They reunited at the Kennedy Center’s 2002 Sondheim Celebration, and have since supported each other through capital campaigns, political quagmires, one marriage and one divorce. These two artistic directors collaborate on the stage and in life 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z But the Sondheim Award is one of the exceptions: “Because it’s Steve, him wanting me to do this,” he explains. The showman must go on: Cameron Mackintosh reflects on his storied career 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The plan for handling Sondheim’s assets is described in a probate petition signed last month and filed with Sondheim’s will in New York Surrogate’s Court. Stephen Sondheim Leaves Rights to His Works to a Trust 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Closer to home, on Aug. 5 the Sondheim specialists at Arlington’s Signature Theatre begin performances of “Sunday in the Park with George” — “Sondheim’s most significant musical accomplishment,” Horowitz wrote for the quarterly The Sondheim Review. Decades in the Broadway biz, and still we want more of Stephen Sondheim She later went on to star with Anthony Perkins in the Stephen Sondheim television musical "Evening Primrose." 'Sound of Music' actress Charmian Carr dies at 73 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Among those most rankled was the composer Stephen Sondheim, himself no stranger to bold re-interpretations of his own work, who sent in this letter to the editor on Tuesday. ArtsBeat Blog: Stephen Sondheim Takes Issue With Plan for Revamped 'Porgy and Bess' 2011-08-10T16:12:09Z An intimate and moving look at the life and art of the great composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Monday TV Picks: ‘Six by Sondheim’ on HBO 2013-12-06T22:23:44Z But it wasn’t just the complicated book; audiences weren’t yet ready for the complications of Sondheim. Attend the Tale of ‘Anyone Can Whistle,’ Then and Now 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z “Making a Home” is the most fully Sondheim of the songs, a lilting meditation on the difficulty of building a shareable life. Broadway's fall revivals: Why big stars can't make up for a lack of artistic vision 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Sondheim didn’t know what to do about that, but when she added that her co-star, Lee Remick, “has five songs while I have four,” he said, “That I can solve.” Angela Lansbury, Broadway’s Beloved Everywoman 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z “The Last of Sheila,” written by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim—who used to host infamous mystery parties together in New York—pushes this idea to murderous excess. Let’s Talk About the Yacht Clothes on “Succession” 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z The other big winners at an unashamedly showbizzy ceremony in the West End were Legally Blonde the Musical and Stephen Sondheim. After the Dance, the awards 2011-03-13T21:00:03Z Is it a coincidence that the result brought Sondheim the best reviews of his career to that point? Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z During the show, LuPone and Patinkin usually sing some songs by Stephen Sondheim, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jerome Kern and Andrew Lloyd Webber and present scenes from classic shows like "South Pacific" and "Carousel." Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin heading to Broadway 2011-08-02T04:31:06Z |
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