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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)
| Stephen Sondheim: A life by Meryle Secrest | |
| Art Isn't Easy: The Theater of Stephen Sondheim (Quality Paperbacks Series) by Joanne Gordon | |
| Reading Stephen Sondheim: A Collection of Critical Essays (Studies in Modern Drama) by S. Goodhart |
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Stephen Sondheim's Passion (Original Broadway Cast) ~ Donna Murphy, Jere Shea, Marin Mazzie, and Gregg Edelman |
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Sweeney Todd in Concert ~ George Hearn, Patti LuPone, Neil Patrick Harris, and Timothy Nolen |
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The Stephen Sondheim Collection (Into the Woods / Sunday in the Park with George / Follies in Concert / Passion / Sweeney Todd in Concert / A Celebration at Carnegie Hall) ~ Bernadette Peters, Chip Zien, Joanna Gleason, and Tom Aldredge |
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Stephen Sondheim's Follies in Concert ~ Andre Gregory, Arthur Rubin, Barbara Cook, and George Hearn |
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Stephen Sondheim's Putting It Together - A Musical Review ~ Carol Burnett, George Hearn, Ruthie Henshall, and John Barrowman |
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