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A close-up on screen can say all a song can.
After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.
All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.
Almost all the shows I've been connected with have been extremely well cast. They're playing the show, not just doing the songs.
Art, in itsel... (more Stephen Sondheim quotes)
He shares his birthday with fellow musical composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.
He graduated from Williams College in 1952.
In 1983, Stephen was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
In 1990, Stephen was appointed the first Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Oxford University.
In 1997, he received the National Medal of Arts Award.... (more Stephen Sondheim trivia)
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