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RECORDING OF ONLINE LAUNCH EVENT
Author Rick Pender and Broadway Nation’s David Armstrong discussed the Encyclopedia and took questions from listeners on Friday evening, April 16, 2021.
Friday, April 16, 7-9pm Eastern
Listen to a recording of the event: https://tinyurl.com/5ra3aftn
NEW COVERAGE (June 2021)
A Little Night Musing: Writing about Sondheim, a panel discussion presented by the American Theatre Critics Association on June 15, 2021. Rick brought together three esteemed panelists — Ted Chapin (recently retired as the president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, and author of EVERYTHING WAS POSSIBLE: THE BIRTH OF THE MUSICAL FOLLIES); Mark Eden Horowitz (musical theater specialist at the Library of Congress and author of SONDHEIM ON MUSIC: MINOR DETAILS AND MAJOR DECISIONS); and Stacy Wolf (professor of theater at Princeton University and author of several books, most recently BEYOND BROADWAY: THE PLEASURE AND PROMISE OF MUSICAL THEATRE ACROSS AMERICA). Connect to a recording: https://www.facebook.com/watch/133976036665774/128169455921615/
“From A to Y: Encyclopedia celebrates musical theater career of Stephen Sondheim” by Jay Handelman, Sarasota-Herald Tribune
Sounds of Broadway – the 24/7 Online Radio Station presenting the music of Broadway and more
“Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia” – a conversation between author Rick Pender and Stuart Brown for his “On Broadway Podcast”
Posted: May 30, 2021
Putting It Together Podcast
Host: Kyle Marshall
Released: April 14, 2021
Ideasphere on KCBX-San Luis Obispo, CA (NPR/PRX)
Host: Guy Rathbun
Released: April 14, 2021
The Broadway Radio Show
Host: Donald Feltham
Online interview: haineshisway.com/the-broadway-radio-show-2/
Posted: May 8, 2021
The Sondheim Project Interview Series
Hosted by Madeline Botteri and Joel DeCandio
Youtube.com/TheSondheimProject
Nine episodes, posted weekly on Sundays, starting April 18
Episode 1: Introducing Rick Pender (posted April 18)
Episode 2: The Nuts and Bolts of the Sondheim Encyclopedia (posted April 25)
Episode 3: First Time to Interview Sondheim (posted May 2)
Episode 4: A Playwright in Song (posted May 9)
Episode 5: The Artist (posted May 16)
Episode 6: “Content Dictates Form” (Posted May 23)
Episode 7: “Reinterpreting Sondheim for a New Generation” (posted May 30)
Bistro Awards
Newsletter feature by Mark Dundas Wood
“Now You’ll Know: Rick Pender’s ‘The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia'” (posted: May 10)
https://bistroawards.com/now-youll-know-rick-penders-the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia/
Fuck Yeah, Stephen Sondheim
David Levy on tumblr
Posted: April 14, 2021
Jefferson Public Radio, NPR for Southern Oregon (10 stations)
Host: Geoffrey Riley
Released: April 14, 2021
Sondheim @ 90 Roundtable
Michael Weber, Porchlight Music Theatre
https://porchlightmusictheatre.org/events/sondheim-90-roundtable/
Posted March 27, 2021: https://youtu.be/jZQstg3hp1w//
Masterworks Broadway Blog
Author: Peter Filichia, columnist/theater critic emeritus for the Newark Star-Ledger and News 12 New Jersey
Posted March 30, 2021: https://tinyurl.com/yyn5x4vn
“On the Aisle,” Sirius XM, “On Broadway” channel
Host: Bill Rudman
Aired: Saturdays at 3pm Eastern (April 17, 24, May 22, 29), Tuesdays at 9pm Eastern (April 20, 27, May 25, June 1)
Subsequently syndicated as “Footlight Parade” to approximately 100 public radio stations for local airing. It will be available for download from the Public Radio Exchange at https://exchange.prx.org/series/38215-footlight-parade-sounds-of-the-american-musical
David Armstrong
David Armstrong’s Broadway Nation Podcast (BroadwayPodcastNetwork.com)
Release Date: TBD
The Exchange, Siouxland Public Radio (Sioux City, Iowa)
Host: Mary Hartnett
Release Date: TBA
“Conversations” on Kansas Public Radio
NPR for Kansas – 8 stations
Host: Dan Skinner
Airs: TBD
“The Best of Our Knowledge”
Nationally syndicated public radio program
Host: Bob Barrett
Listen: https://www.wamc.org/post/best-our-knowledge-1596-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia
The Theatre Podcast
TheTheatrePodcast.com
Host: Alan Seales
Listen: Episode 139, posted April 20.
“Morning Show” with Shelley Irwin on WGVU (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Host: Shelley Irwin, https://www.wgvunews.org/post/stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia
Aired: April 15
WAMC-FM, Northeast Public Radio
Albany NPR station sharing programming on a dozen stations across New England (New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania)
Host: Joe Donahue, https://www.wamc.org/post/theatre-critic-rick-pender-put-together-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia
Aired: May 5