February 2011
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WatchOver the years I’ve heard that Tyne Daly’s Rose was far better than you’d guess from the cast album. I love the way she delivers the dialog in this clip like she’s in a screwball comedy from the ’30s.
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“Melodically… the starting point of [the Into the Woods score] is the...”
– Stephen Banfield, Sondheim’s Broadway Musicals, pg 408
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WatchThe original London production of Follies.
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WatchI just love these songs. This is the original cast, performing on the David Frost show.
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Watch“Johanna” from Sweeney Todd, cover version by Color Theory from Synthetic Broadway.
mostingeniousparadox-deactivate asked: I peel you, banana. Buried sweetly in your yellow...peel?
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“One show that exemplified my stubborn faith was the very next Sondheim musical,...”
– Frank Rich, “Exit the Critic,” Hot Seat pg. 974.
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RE: "West Side Story" at the Hollywood Bowl
CSWalczak writes:
Here is the official Hollywood Bowl webpage about this event: http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4533. It sounds they will be showing a special HD digital version that has only the original dialogue and vocal tracks.
Thanks for the info! My hesitations about separating the work of the original musicians remain, but I bet it will be a fascinating...
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WatchI think it’s hard for those of us who weren’t yet born to understand the impact of Side by Side by Sondheim on the mainstream awareness and embrace of Sondheim’s work.
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“In one number in Sunday, Seurat’s work is dismissed by contemporaries as...”
– Frank Rich, in his New York Times review of Sunday in the Park with George, as reprinted in Hot Seat (pg. 315)
nowlatersoon-deactivated2011092 asked: Hi! I'm incredibly envious of your near-encyclopaedic Sondheim knowledge, so I'm just curious: when/how did you first get introduced to his work? Love this blog, and I do hope you don't mind if I reblog some posts over to fuckyeahsondheim once in a while. Cheers, Rachel.
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Massive Post of Love for My Followers
What a night! First of all, I achieved and then surpassed 200 followers! I didn’t expect that to happen today, so I don’t have any video surprise ready or anything else appropriately celebratory. However, I do want to thank Hannah, aka ijustreallyfuckinglovecats, for being #200. I really fucking love cats too, Hannah. I have two of my own, Maestro & Rhoda. Here’s a picture of...
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WatchCarol Lawrence and Larry Kert, the original Maria and Tony of West Side Story, recreate “Tonight” as part of a tribute to the Winter Garden Theatre on the 1975 Tonys.
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“She wanted to make it relevant to the music business, so she asked me if I could...”
– Stephen Sondheim, on working with Barbra Streisand to customize “Putting It Together” for The Broadway Album. From Sondheim & Co.
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“Dorothy Fields is the most under-rated of the major lyricists.”
– Stephen Sondheim, Finishing The Hat pg. 222
(Don’t believe him? Check out Fuck Yeah Dorothy Fields and see for yourself!)
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“Steve Sondheim is, without a doubt, a classy composer and lyricist. However, he...”
– Frank Sinatra, as quoted in Sondheim & Co.
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hipstersondheim:
I don’t think i ever reblogged my first submission to hipstersondheim.
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Frank Rich: Conversations with Sondheim →
Can’t believe it’s been over ten years since this article and Sondheim’s famous “Songs I Wish I’d Written” list (which is also included in this link).
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