NEW YORK—Every action has consequences, even if those consequences may not be felt until years later. This is the underlying message in the 1987 musical “Into the Woods,” as Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) and James Lapine (book) examine just what happens after “happily ever after.” This latest revival is moving to Broadway after a…
Theater Review: ‘Into the Woods’: What Happens When You Get What You Wish For?
August 27, 2022
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Isn’t It Rich?
Commentary The death of composer Stephen Sondheim at 91 is more than the end of an era. It is the end of a chain of great Broadway musicals dating back to the 1920s when Jerome Kern’s “Showboat” first dazzled theater audiences. I met him only once. It was at Barbara Cook’s apartment in New York…
The Man Who Saved the Musical: Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim died Nov. 26, age 91, taking with him the last link we had to the songwriters of American musical theater’s golden era. A protégé of Oscar Hammerstein II, collaborator as lyricist with Leonard Bernstein (“West Side Story”), Jule Styne (“Gypsy”), and Richard Rodgers (“Do I Hear a Waltz?”), Sondheim went on to write…
Musical Theater Master Stephen Sondheim Dies at 91
NEW YORK—Stephen Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century with his intelligent, intricately rhymed lyrics, his use of evocative melodies, and his willingness to tackle unusual subjects, has died. He was 91. Sondheim’s death was announced by Rick Miramontez, president of DKC/O&M. Sondheim’s Texas-based attorney, Rick…
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