Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

A community portal about Stephen Sondheim with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Stephen Joshua Sondheim is a composer and lyricist for stage and screen. He is one of the few people to win an Academy Award, multiple... [more]

A community portal about Stephen Sondheim with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Stephen Joshua Sondheim is a composer and lyricist for stage and screen. He is one of the few people to win an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards, multiple Grammy Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize.

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Sunday Night Sondheim – “Everybody’s Got The Right” from Assassins

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“ Everybody’s Got the Right” from Stephen Sondheim ’s 1991 musical Assassins .  This Youtube video includes Neil Patrick Harris , Dennis O’Hare , Michael Cerveris (with hair!), James Barbour , Alexander Gemignani , and Mario Cantone .   Read Full Story
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Tony Award-winning Stephen Sondheim and Christine Ebersole set for the Harris Theater

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The Harris Theater in Chicago’s Millennium Park has announced a number of theater-related special events to be part of its 2009-2010 season, including:   Stephen Sondheim will be on hand for “An Intimate Exchange with the "Master of the Musical" on March 4, speaking with John Calloway about the state of American musical theater and reflections on his own creative process as he celebrates his 80th birthday. An audience Q&A with Sondheim will follow.   Two-time Tony Award winner... Read Full Story
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Sunday Night Sondheim: Audra McDonald!

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Gotta love Audra McDonald!  Here’s “The Glamorous Life”, written especially for the film version  A Little Night Music , starring Elizabeth Taylor , Lesley-Anne Down , and Diana Rigg : Since you can never get enough Audra (at least I can’t), here’s a really fun performance of the very obscure song “10,432 Sheep” from the just-as-obscure 1950 musical comedy film West Point Story , starring James Cagney , Virginia Mayo  and Doris Day : Read Full Story
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Sunday Night Sondheim: Donna McKechnie sings “Tick Tock” from “Company” (1993)

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“Tick Tock” from Company (1993) Donna McKechnie recreates (in a shortened form) her “Tick Tock” dance, choreographed by Michael Bennett , for a Company reunion concert in 1993. Company, with a book by George Furth and music/lyrics by Stephen Sondheim , debuted on Broadway on April 26, 1970.  It was among the first musicals to deal with adult problems throughout its story and music. Read Full Story
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Review: ‘A Little Night Music’ (Light Opera Works)

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Light Opera Works doesn’t disappoint with their foray into Sondheim’s Scandinavian twilight masterpiece     A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler Light Opera Works Reviewed by Richard Millward Stephen Sondheim ’s A Little Night Music stands almost alone in the grand sweep of his works for musical theatre – though set in the perpetual twilight of a Scandinavian summer night, A Little Night Music is perhaps his lightest show. Far better known for "the shadows... Read Full Story
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Sunday Night Sondheim: Cleo Laine sings “I Remember”

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Okay, this is a very, VERY odd set – can’t even fathom what it’s supposed to represent.  But nonetheless, I do really love this song: “ I Remember Sky” from Stephen Sondheim ’s Evening Primrose . And it’s always wonderful to see/hear Cleo Laine perform. Read Full Story
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Sunday Night Sondheim: Carol Burnett sings “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid”

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Carol Burnett and Bronson Pinchot sing "Everybody Ought to Have a Maid", originally from Stephen Sondheim ’s musical A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum . This excerpt is from the DVD " Putting It Together " of a live 1999 performance. Read Full Story
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Sunday Night Sondheim – Polish video of West Side Story “Tonight”

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A few comments: first, it really is a testament to Sondheim ’s (and Leonard Bernstein ’s) brilliance that their music is done all over the world and in so many languages. Second, is the Tony character lip-synching?  If so, it’s a crappy job.  Finally, don’t you love the stray dog that is hanging around Tony as he walks down the street???  Read Full Story
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Sunday Night Sondheim: Bernadette sings a soaring “Being Alive”

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Bernadette Peters sings “ Being Alive ” from Company at the “Hey Mr. Producer” concert, spring 2007.  She looks damn good at 59! (being that this was sung 2 years ago, she’s now at least 61!). Read Full Story
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Sunday Night Sondheim: “My Bride” from “Forum”

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Here’s "My Bride" from Stephen Sondheim ’s Something Happened on the Way to the Forum . Read Full Story
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