MERRILY: IT’S A HIT … ON NETFLIX If you missed seeing the 2023-2024 Tony Award-winning, record-breaking Broadway revival of Merrily We Roll Along during its sold-out run — or you couldn’t afford a ticket — you can get a sense of it via Sony Pictures Classics’ live stage recording (formally called a “ProShot”) now available
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Following on the 2021 publication of my STEPHEN SONDHEIM ENCYCLOPEDIA, I was invited by Rowman and Littlefield (which became Bloomsbury Publishing in May 2024) to undertake another Sondheim volume. R&L was acquired by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2024, and that’s who has released my book-length, in-depth study of SWEENEY TODD:https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/stephen-sondheims-sweeney-todd-9781538196441/ is now available for ordering. Here’s
A book entirely about Stephen Sondheim’s “Bloody Musical Masterpiece”! Read More »
The drumbeat of Sondheim productions continues to be strong as 2024 heads into its final months. Sondheim’s dear friend and Broadway star Bernadette Peters has kicked off a short series of concert performances, starting with Carnegie Hall on Monday, Oct. 28. On Nov. 1-2, she’ll be with the the Pacific Symphony at Segerstrom Concert Hall
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March 22 would have been Sondheim’s 94th birthday. Before the end of March, there’s a Broadway Birthday: Sondheim, Lloyd Webber and Friends, happening in California at the Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa on March 28. It’s marking the strange coincidence that Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber shared the same birthday. Coming together for this
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In case you missed the news in the New York Times, the venerable newspaper’s 2023 Holiday Gift Guide included a recommendation (by no less than Jesse Green, the Times’ chief theater critic) of The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia as a great holiday gift! It’s now available as a paperback for just $55, which is part of
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MY FINAL REMINDER: I’ll be signing copies of the paperback edition of The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia ($55) on Monday evening, Sept. 25, 7:30pm at the Drama Book Shop (266 West 39th St. in Manhattan). If you’re nearby, please RSVP and stop by. I’ll talk about some of my experiences interacting with Sondheim during my years
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Sweeney Todd is held by many Sondheim fans to be his greatest work. There’s plenty of evidence of that these days with the current Broadway production, which earned eight Tony nominations. As Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett, Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford were nominees in the lead acting categories, and the production was a candidate for
I’m excited to share the news that The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia will be released by Rowman and Littlefield in a paperback edition in mid-September. It will still have 650 pages and all the entries found in the hardback, but instead of the $135 price tag, this version will cost $55. I hope many more Sondheim
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Annaleigh Ashford & Josh Groban, starring in Sweeney Todd on Broadway Photos by Franz Szony Lots of news this month about the Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd starring Josh Groban. Listen to his April 10 interview on National Public Radio’s Fresh Air. It’s your chance to hear Groban and Annaleigh Ashford in the roles of
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In a revival of Sweeney Todd, Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford will open on Broadway on March 26. Time again for my occasional blog about happenings in the Sondheim universe. First, a bit of self-promotion: I learned recently that the publisher Rowman & Littlefield continues to offer a 30% discount on The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia.
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