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Stephen Sondheim

  1. Roll It Back: The Latest Merrily Is Crisp and Polished, but Flawed
    New York Observer logo New York Observer 14 hours ago
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    Merrily, based on a 1934 play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about the slow demise of a close and fruitful friendship among three successful creative types—Franklin Shepard, a charming and ambitious composer-turned-producer; Charley Kringas, an...

  2. ENCORE! ENCORE!
    Theater News Online 19 hours ago
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    It lasted just 16 performances and broke up the longstanding partnership of Sondheim and director Hal Prince, whose string of acclaimed musicals in the 1970s included Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures and Sweeney Todd. But even...

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    Rod Gilfry (R) and Caroline O'Connor perform respectively as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett on April 19, 2011 at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, during the dress rehearsal of Broadway musical show 'Sweeney Todd' by US composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.

    Rod Gilfry (R) and Caroline O'Connor perform respectively as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett on April 19, 2011 at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, during the dress rehearsal of Broadway musical show 'Sweeney Todd' by US composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. View Photo »

  4. And read it as if it were from a total stranger
    – Stephen Sondheim SOURCE: Suite 101 2 months ago
  5. Random Dance company to explore the Age of Reason at Power Center
    MLive.com logo MLive.com 1 day ago
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    “I let other people do that. I had a great conversation with Stephen Sondheim once, when I was working on a production of ‘A Little Night Music.’ I asked him what made him kind of unique, and he said - ‘You can’t set out to be unique. You just follow...

  6. Thin year for Oscar music inspires thoughts of past contenders
    KansasCity.com logo KansasCity.com 1 day ago

    The "Going My Way" favorite, "Swinging on a Star" by James Van Heusen and Johnny Burke, came out on top that year. As did "Going My Way." Some years, a Broadway-derived sound takes the cake. Any one of Stephen Sondheim's superb "Dick Tracy" pastiche...

  7. New York: Lonny Price and Other Original Merrily We Roll Along Cast Members to Reunite at February 14 Encores! Performance
    TheaterMania.com logo TheaterMania.com 1 day ago

    Featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth, Merrily We Roll Along is a musical about friendship and the compromise of youthful ideals, based on the 1934 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. In addition...

  8. Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago
    Rod Gilfry (R) performs as Sweeney Todd on April 19, 2011 at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, during the dress rehearsal of Broadway musical show 'Sweeney Todd' by US composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Staged for the first time in Paris, this musical...

    Rod Gilfry (R) performs as Sweeney Todd on April 19, 2011 at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, during the dress rehearsal of Broadway musical show 'Sweeney Todd' by US composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Staged for the first time in Paris, this musical... View Photo »

  9. Rereading 'Finishing the Hat' for this Reintoduction, I was taken aback and chagrined by how dismissive I had been about Nathan Lane's 2004 revision of The Frogs
    – Stephen Sondheim SOURCE: Playbill 2 months ago
  10. Stephen Sondheim Interview
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 4 months ago
  11. Original Merrily We Roll Along Cast Will Join Current City Center Encores! Cast Onstage Feb. 14
    Playbill logo Playbill 1 day ago

    We Roll Along, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth, is a musical about "friendship and the compromise of youthful ideals, based on the 1934 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The show moves backwards...

  12. A SUPER SUPER BOWL PROMOTION
    All You Need is a Good Idea logo All You Need is a Good Idea 1 day ago

    As with Sondheim, Loesser started out writing just the lyrics, then did both words and music in the 40s, 50s and 60s for shows such as Guys and Dolls, The Most Happy Fella and Where’s Charlie. Like Sondheim, Loesser never repeated himself; each show...

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About Stephen Sondheim

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Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist for stage and screen, winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven, more than any other composer) and the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize. He has been described as "the greatest... Full Article

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Rod Gilfry (R) performs as Sweeney Todd on April 19, 2011 at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, during the dress rehearsal of Broadway musical show 'Sweeney Todd' by US composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Staged for the first time in Paris, this musical directed by Lee Blakeley, will...
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  1. Rod Gilfry (R) performs as Sweeney Todd on April 19, 2011 at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, during the dress rehearsal of Broadway musical show 'Sweeney Todd' by US composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Staged for the first time in Paris, this musical directed by Lee Blakeley, will... Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

    Rod Gilfry (R) performs as Sweeney Todd on April 19, 2011 at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, during the dress rehearsal of Broadway musical show 'Sweeney Todd' by US composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Staged for the first time in Paris, this musical directed by Lee Blakeley, will...

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  2. Rod Gilfry (L) and John Graham-Hall perform respectively as Sweeney Todd and Beadle Bamford on April 19, 2011 at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, during the dress rehearsal of Broadway musical show 'Sweeney Todd' by US composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Staged for the first time in... Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

    Rod Gilfry (L) and John Graham-Hall perform respectively as Sweeney Todd and Beadle Bamford on April 19, 2011 at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, during the dress rehearsal of Broadway musical show 'Sweeney Todd' by US composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Staged for the first time in...

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  3. David Curry (top) performs as Pirelli on April 19, 2011 at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, during the dress rehearsal of Broadway musical show 'Sweeney Todd' by US composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Staged for the first time in Paris, this musical directed by Lee Blakeley, will run... Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    David Curry (top) performs as Pirelli on April 19, 2011 at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, during the dress rehearsal of Broadway musical show 'Sweeney Todd' by US composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Staged for the first time in Paris, this musical directed by Lee Blakeley, will run...

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  4. Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist for stage and film, centre, wins the Society of London Theatre Special Award, presented by Angela Lansbury and Sir Cameron Mackintosh, at the 2011 Laurence Olivier Awards at the Theatre Royal in London Sunday, March 13 2011. AP Photo logo AP Photo 11 months ago

    Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist for stage and film, centre, wins the Society of London Theatre Special Award, presented by Angela Lansbury and Sir Cameron Mackintosh, at the 2011 Laurence Olivier Awards at the Theatre Royal in London Sunday, March 13 2011.

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  5. Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist for stage and film, wins the Society of London Theatre Special Award at the 2011 Laurence Olivier Awards at the Theatre Royal in London Sunday, March 13 2011. AP Photo logo AP Photo 11 months ago

    Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist for stage and film, wins the Society of London Theatre Special Award at the 2011 Laurence Olivier Awards at the Theatre Royal in London Sunday, March 13 2011.

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  6. Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist for stage and film, arrives at the 2011 Lawrence Olivier Awards at the Theatre Royal in London Sunday March 13 2011. AP Photo logo AP Photo 11 months ago

    Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist for stage and film, arrives at the 2011 Lawrence Olivier Awards at the Theatre Royal in London Sunday March 13 2011.

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  7. Stephen Sondheim poses as he arrives at a special screening of the DreamWorks Pictures film "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California, in this December 5, 2007 file photo. U.S. composer and lyricist Sondheim will receive the Olivier... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 11 months ago

    Stephen Sondheim poses as he arrives at a special screening of the DreamWorks Pictures film "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California, in this December 5, 2007 file photo. U.S. composer and lyricist Sondheim will receive the Olivier...

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  8. NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 07: Martha Plimpton, Neil Patrick Harris, and Stephen Colbert perform during the 2011 New York Philharmonic Orchestra Spring Gala Benefit Performance Of Stephen Sondheim's 'Company' at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on April 7, 2011 in New York City. Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 07: Martha Plimpton, Neil Patrick Harris, and Stephen Colbert perform during the 2011 New York Philharmonic Orchestra Spring Gala Benefit Performance Of Stephen Sondheim's 'Company' at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on April 7, 2011 in New York City.

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  9. NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 07: Neil Patrick Harris performs at the 2011 New York Philharmonic Orchestra Spring Gala Benefit Performance Of Stephen Sondheim's 'Company' at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on April 7, 2011 in New York City. Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 07: Neil Patrick Harris performs at the 2011 New York Philharmonic Orchestra Spring Gala Benefit Performance Of Stephen Sondheim's 'Company' at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on April 7, 2011 in New York City.

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  10. NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 07: Neil Patrick Harris, Jon Cryer, and Jennifer Laura Thompson perform at the 2011 New York Philharmonic Orchestra Spring Gala Benefit Performance Of Stephen Sondheim's 'Company' at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on April 7, 2011 in New York City. Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 07: Neil Patrick Harris, Jon Cryer, and Jennifer Laura Thompson perform at the 2011 New York Philharmonic Orchestra Spring Gala Benefit Performance Of Stephen Sondheim's 'Company' at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on April 7, 2011 in New York City.

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  11. NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 07: Martha Plimpton and Stephen Colbert perform during the 2011 New York Philharmonic Orchestra Spring Gala Benefit Performance Of Stephen Sondheim's 'Company' at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on April 7, 2011 in New York City. Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 07: Martha Plimpton and Stephen Colbert perform during the 2011 New York Philharmonic Orchestra Spring Gala Benefit Performance Of Stephen Sondheim's 'Company' at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on April 7, 2011 in New York City.

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  12. NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 07: Alec Baldwin attends the 2011 New York Philharmonic Orchestra Spring Gala Benefit Performance Of Stephen Sondheim's 'Company' at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on April 7, 2011 in New York City. Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

    NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 07: Alec Baldwin attends the 2011 New York Philharmonic Orchestra Spring Gala Benefit Performance Of Stephen Sondheim's 'Company' at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on April 7, 2011 in New York City.

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Rod Gilfry (R) performs as Sweeney Todd on April 19, 2011 at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, during the dress rehearsal of Broadway musical show 'Sweeney Todd' by US composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Staged for the first time in Paris, this musical directed by Lee Blakeley, will...

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  1. And read it as if it were from a total stranger
    – Stephen Sondheim SOURCE: Suite 101 2 months ago
  2. Rereading 'Finishing the Hat' for this Reintoduction, I was taken aback and chagrined by how dismissive I had been about Nathan Lane's 2004 revision of The Frogs
    – Stephen Sondheim SOURCE: Playbill 2 months ago
  3. Rereading 'Finishing the Hat' for this Reintoduction, I was taken aback and chagrined by how dismissive I had been about Nathan Lane's 2004 revision of The Frogs
    – Stephen Sondheim SOURCE: Playbill 2 months ago
  4. That would be nice ... Obviously, I suppose if it really works extremely well at Encores! it might do what a lot of Encores! shows do — it might transfer, but that's not why we're doing it. We're doing it because we want to do it.
    – Stephen Sondheim SOURCE: Playbill 2 months ago
  5. Under Lapine's direction, George and I revised it, particularly the first half of the first act, in 1985, when Lapine did it at La Jolla [Playhouse], and this is essentially that version
    – Stephen Sondheim SOURCE: Playbill 2 months ago
  6. A good critic is so impassioned about his subject that he can persuade you to attend something you'd never have imagined you'd want to go to ... A good critic is an entertaining read. A good critic is hard to find.
    – Stephen Sondheim SOURCE: Cleveland.com 2 months ago
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