Everything Sondheim‘s second issue has been mailed to subscribers. It has a provocative essay about why this 1994 show has new resonance in the highly partisan America of 2017. The show is finding new audiences from coast to coast — subscribers can read reviews of productions at Yale Rep, Bay Area Musicals and Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. 

The issue also features the first of a series of John Bell’s recollections of Elaine Stretch, who he became acquainted with in the years just before her death in 2014. She’s colorful, to say the least.

You can also read a profile of film director Luis Buñuel: Two of his movies, Exterminating Angel and The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie, are the inspirations for Sondheim’s next production, a collaboration with playwright David Ives (Venus in Fur, All in the Timing). 

If you aren’t yet one of Everything Sondheim‘s subscribers, you’re missing out. SUBSCRIBE NOW and you can still receive these issues: A one-year subscription ($35) will trigger a mailing of the recent second issue; a two-year subscription ($65) will bring to you both issues now in print. It’s the only way you’ll have a complete set of this new quarterly publication. (Subscription rates are slightly higher due to the expense of international postage.) 

Using their personal password, subscribers can also read all of Everything Sondheim‘s online content. Every three months they’ll receive a 40-page magazine bursting with color photos and full of informative content by journalists and theater experts who have reported on Sondheim and his shows for years. 

The Sondheim Review hasn’t been published since early 2016 and is now apparently out of business. That means Everything Sondheim is your only go-to choice for Sondheim coverage. Please join the ranks of subscribers — and tell all your friends who love musical theater about Everything Sondheim.

One more new feature of this website: Click on SHOW LISTINGS in the menu bar above to see where Stephen Sondheim’s shows are being produced. Maybe there’s one near you!

— Rick Pender, Executive Editor & Publisher