Fuck Yeah Stephen Sondheim

Bow before the fucking king of musical theater. You can put stuff in my ask box, but I'm unlikely to answer on the blog. I will probably just put the answer in your ask box. If you really want to have a conversation, I'm always on Twitter at @itsdlevy.

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‘Into the Woods’ and a Missing Giant’s Boot

When the Stephen Sondheim musical opened in 1987, a huge boot hung over the theater’s facade. The producers of the current revival would love to get it back.

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PS CLASSICS, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American Popular Song, will present the new album from award-winning nightclub and concert artist JEFF HARNAR – I Know Things Now: My Life in Sondheim’s Words on CD and digital formats on Friday, June 17. The album boasts a 20-piece orchestra conducted by renowned jazz piano virtuoso Jon Weber (host of NPR’s “Piano Jazz”) and is produced by Bart Migal, with Ronald Thomas serving as executive producer.

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How Stephen Sondheim’s Work Did (and Didn’t) Translate to the Screen

A new series of adaptations, documentaries and more examines the different ways the composer-lyricist left his mark on movies.

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Rarely-Seen 1975 Interview With Harold Prince and Stephen Sondheim to Stream Via New York Public Library

The theatrical titans discuss Company , Candide , the then still in–development Pacific Overtures , and more.

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Daniel Radcliffe to Star in Off Broadway ‘Merrily’ Revival

A new production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along” is to be staged late this year by the nonprofit New York Theater Workshop in

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Stephen Sondheim’s Lasting Wisdom

As he worked on his final musical, the legendary composer discussed the ideas he’d abandoned, the minutiae of his technique, and the lesson that any artist must learn.

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Aren’t they something else?

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Stephen Sondheim left behind an estate worth an estimated $75 million

Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim left behind an estate estimated to be worth as much as $75 million to his husband, charities and a dozen ot

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Raul Esparza performs Being Alive at the 2007 Tony Awards

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How West Side Story Reset Itself

Vulture’s theater desk considers Tony Kushner’s song reordering as a deep reenvisioning that changes the musical’s core qualities.

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Bernadette Peters, Carol Burnett, and Tony Roberts sing a Sondheim medley in a diner, c1991

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Out now: Marie Osmond’s Unexpected, which includes “Children Will Listen” and “Somewhere” 

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STEPHEN SONDHEIM Tribute

1984 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

Great footage of the 1984 off-Broadway production of Pacific Overtures in rehearsal, plus peeks at the NYCO Sweeney Todd and Sunday in the Park with George.

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West Side Story: The Creation of a Classic

The Library of Congress presents the creation of the 1957 musical West Side Story, drawing on materials from the Leonard Bernstein Collectio

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Company on GMA