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Sondheim’s Emotional Striptease: from Gypsy to Passion
The orchestra plays as the lights slowly rise. The music is military, heavy with marching drums. Two figures are in a bed making love; they are nude. The music builds to a crescendo matching the lovemaking. The couple is attractive, as are their voices—his baritone to her soprano. Thus starts the musical Passion. The two […]
Send in the Clones
The following article first appeared in The Sondheim Review in Spring 2010 as part of the Following Sondheim series which focused on Sondheim’s impact on the next generation of musical writers. Click here to read Stephen Flaherty’s companion piece, More to Hear. I suspect that if you swabbed the inside of most theatrical lyricists’ mouths […]
More to Hear
The following article first appeared in The Sondheim Review in Spring 2010 as part of the Following Sondheim series which focused on Sondheim’s impact on the next generation of musical writers. Click here to read Lynn Ahrens’s companion piece, Send in the Clones. I moved to New York City on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1982, with […]
Cryptic Sighs
Click here to download the newest Cryptic Crossword puzzle from Mark Halpin Stephen Sondheim’s love of puzzles is widely known and deeply rooted. Biographer Meryle Secrest writes of Sondheim’s realization that this affinity dates from childhood, with the failure of his parents’ marriage, when “nothing made sense any more”. As he later noted in a […]
Sondheim Valentine’s Day Cards
More content coming soon for Everything Sondheim, but for now – need a last minute Valentine’s Day card? Let Sondheim woo your love with these e-cards below and then let us know your favorite Sondheim love lyrics in the comments.