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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.
Jun 4, 2019 · Sunday in the Park with George. Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: James Lapine. Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1984) Inspired by the George Seurat painting, Sunday in the Park with George tells the story of George himself as he navigates his life, career, and relationships.
Their first collaboration was Sunday in the Park with George (1984), with Sondheim's music evoking Georges Seurat's pointillism. Sondheim and Lapine won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play, [ 72 ] and it was revived on Broadway in 2008, and again in a limited run in 2017.
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. 176 votes. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 1979 musical thriller with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler.
- Company. 147 votes. Company is a 1970 musical comedy with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth. The original production was nominated for a record-setting fourteen Tony Awards and won six.
- Sunday in the Park with George. 155 votes. Sunday in the Park with George is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine.
- Into the Woods. 186 votes. Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests.
- He traces his interest in theatre to the obscure musical, Very Warm for May. The show featured the final Broadway score by his future mentor and father figure, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Jerome Kern.
- He was offered and refused a higher percentage of West Side Story royalties. His collaborator, Leonard Bernstein, received three percent while Sondheim received one percent.
- He eulogized Oscar Hammerstein II. It is a well known fact that Oscar Hammerstein took a young Sondheim under his wing, providing artistic guidance and the fatherly love missing from Steve's own upbringing.
- He considered quitting theatre altogether after the failure of Merrily We Roll Along. Now noted as one of the most notorious flops in Broadway history and the end of his partnership with Hal Prince, Merrily's failure greatly affected Sondheim, who considered quitting theatre as a result.
Aug 8, 2023 · Sondheim, bookwriter George Furth and director Hal Prince fashioned a musical in which Bobby asks himself: Where am I? Where might I be heading? Is commitment a dirty word?
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Feb 16, 2012 · Stephen Sondheim's credits includes the lyrics for classics like West Side Story and Gypsy, not to mention the music and lyrics for — among others — Sweeney Todd, Assassins, Into the...
