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Hace 1 día · Big Broadcast of 1938.The second post pointed to the string of hit songs about divorce and relationship-failure written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David beginning in the early 1960s, and that were frequently used in movies too.. A third entry is Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 musical Company.Based on a disjointed group of unproduced one-acts by George Furth, Company was one of Sondheim’s first ...
Hace 5 días · The Stephen Sondheim Society is a charitable trust that promotes the public knowledge and appreciation of the works of Stephen Sondheim.
Hace 4 días · Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (often referred to simply as Sweeney Todd) is a 1979 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. It is based on the 1970 play Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond .
Hace 4 días · Stephen Sondheim Society News. News. SSSSPOTY finalists & judges. Announcing the 12 finalists in the 2024 Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Judges include Jenna Russell, Callum Scott... Sondheim Collection up for auction. Sondheim's personal collection is to be auctioned on Tuesday, 18 June 2024 at 10am.
Hace 1 día · When I started this blog, I told you that it is about rewatching films I had seen ages ago and liked. “Sweeney Todd” doesn’t fit this mold. The film is from 2007, so it is fairly new. But there is a reason why I have included it here. It is because I fell in love with Stephen Sondheim and “Sweeney Todd” in the early 80s. My mother had been to London and came back with records of ...
Hace 1 día · Here We Are premiered off-Broadway in October of last year. It is Sondheim’s final musical, based on two Luis Buñuel films (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and The Exterminating Angel), and with a book by David Ives.At the time of writing (early May 2024), Sondheim’s last score remains a mystery to anyone not lucky enough to be present for the show’s initial run at The Shed.
Hace 5 días · Synopsis. Stephen Sondheim was 32 years old when his musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum opened on Broadway on today’s date in 1962. The best seats would have cost you $8.60, but decent tickets were available for three bucks in those days — and, much to Sondheim’s relief, New Yorkers snapped them up in short ...
