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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sweeney_Todd:_The_DemonSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Wikipedia

    3 days ago · Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (often referred to simply as Sweeney Todd) is a 1979 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. It is based on the 1970 play Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond .

  2. thebroadwaymaven.substack.com › p › so-manySo many possibilities: How Sondheim made me “think different”

    4 days ago · As a 15-year-old high school student, I sat mesmerized by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s musical, Sunday in the Park with George, which went on to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, something highly unusual for a musical. The show brings to life the 1884 Georges Seurat painting, “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,” and most of all Seurat himself.

  3. www.sondheimsociety.com › aboutStephen Sondheim Society | About us

    3 days ago · The aims of The Stephen Sondheim Society, with an officially sanctioned, up-to-date biography of Sondheim.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › I'm_BreathlessI'm Breathless - Wikipedia

    5 days ago · Stephen Sondheim wrote three of the songs on I'm Breathless. I'm Breathless is a jazz, swing and pop album where Madonna and Sondheim tried to recreate the music of the period portrayed in Dick Tracy.

  5. www.yourclassical.org › episode › 2024/05/08Sondheim at the Forum

    4 days ago · Stephen Sondheim was 32 years old when his musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum opened on Broadway on today’s date in 1962. The best seats would have cost you $8.60, but decent tickets were available for three bucks in those days — and, much to Sondheim’s relief, New Yorkers snapped them up in short order.

  6. www.sondheimsociety.com › single-post › get-to-knowAlex Parker to judge at Stephen Sondheim student competition ...

    1 day ago · Get to Know the Judges of SSSSPOTY 2024: ALEX PARKER. Alex Parker to judge at Stephen Sondheim student competition. "I love Sondheim’s work because nobody has managed to write so accurately and honestly about human nature as he. His music and lyrics are peerless in their complement of each other," says Alex.

  7. pedagogue.app › the-story-behind-the-musicThe Story Behind the Music: Bernstein and Sondheim’s West ...

    4 days ago · by Matthew Lynch - May 8, 2024. West Side Story, one of the most iconic musicals in American history, has captivated audiences for over half a century. The story of the tragic romance between Tony and Maria, set against the backdrop of rival New York City street gangs, has become a cultural touchstone, inspiring countless adaptations, parodies ...