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Nov 27, 2021 · On the day of Stephen Sondheim's death, creating a list of his songs you will never stop playing is to invite an argument — and I do.
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- ‘The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd,’ ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ Now this is how you open a show. Sondheim found the perfect way to let his audience know exactly what they were in for in the opening number of “Sweeney Todd.”
- ‘Somewhere,’ ‘West Side Story’ The beauty of this duet is almost powerful enough to convince the audience that maybe things will turn out alright for Tony and Maria.
- ‘Everything’s Coming Up Roses,’ ‘Gypsy’ The ultimate optimist’s anthem, “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” closes out Act 1 of “Gypsy,” when Rose promises to make her daughter Louise a big star.
- ‘Send in the Clowns,’ ‘A Little Night Music’ After rejecting her true love, Fredrick, actress Desirée finally realizes after years that a life with him is what she wants.
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- BEING ALIVE [Company; 1970; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim] It's Bobby's moment of truth at the end of Company, and it turns into perhaps Sondheim's most emotional wallop of a song.
- SEND IN THE CLOWNS [A Little Night Music; 1973; music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim] Some consider this Sondheim's finest song. It's certainly his most popular, charting twice on the Billboard Hot 100 for Judy Collins (in 1975 and 1977).
- LOSING MY MIND [Follies; 1971; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim] Where "Seasons of Love" from Rent deals with an entire year, Stephen Sondheim's yearning, haunting "Losing My Mind" subtly deals with a single day: from "the sun comes up," to "the morning ends," to "all afternoon," ending with "sleepless nights."
- EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES [Gypsy; 1959; music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim] There's something powerful about end-of-Act 1 anthems that catapult audiences into Intermission with excited chills and gooseflesh.
In some ways, "You Could Drive A Person Crazy" is the quintessential Sondheim song. The music evokes a particular movement in pop culture, perfectly embodying it while simultaneously...
These Stephen Sondheim songs helped shape the modern musical. For this list, we’ll be looking at not necessarily the most iconic, but the ten most singularly...
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These Stephen Sondheim songs helped shape the modern musical. For this list, we'll be looking at not necessarily the most iconic, but the ten most singularly expressive and distinctive songs that this acclaimed composer and lyricist had a hand in crafting.
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Nov 28, 2021 · 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now. The lyricist and composer, who died on Friday, wrote dozens of piercing tunes for Broadway. Here is a selection of his most brilliant and ...
