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Sondheim => The Man => Topic started by: scenicdesign71 on Mar 14, 2020, 06:31 PM

Title: Sondheim at 90
Post by: scenicdesign71 on Mar 14, 2020, 06:31 PM
On Friday the NYT Theater section published a bouquet of articles celebrating SJS's upcoming birthday:

Stephen Sondheim, The Man Who Felt Too Much (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/theater/stephen-sondheim-composer.html)  (Brantley)

It's Not The Music. It's Not The Lyrics. It's The Drama. (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/theater/stephen-sondheim-playwright.html)  (Greene)

From South Park to Knives Out, Pop Culture Is Steeped With Sondheim (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/theater/sondheim-in-pop-culture.html)

Streisand, Corden and More on Their Favorite Sondheim Song (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/theater/favorite-sondheim-songs.html)

Where To Celebrate Sondheim in New York (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/theater/nyc-performances-sondheim.html%5B/url)

This last article is a listing of Sondheim-related stuff (explicitly birthday-focused or otherwise) covering the whole spring, which has obviously been disrupted by the coronavirus-safety measures that have shut down most theaters for at least the next month.  But with luck, many or most of these performances will be back or get rescheduled once things return to some semblance of normality.

Title: Re: Sondheim at 90
Post by: scenicdesign71 on Apr 24, 2020, 12:46 PM
Just popped up in my email: livestreaming this Sunday at 8pm!

https://www.broadway.com/sondheim90/

Title: Re: Sondheim at 90
Post by: scenicdesign71 on Apr 27, 2020, 11:45 AM
Trending at #3 on YouTube, and a full (rave) review from Brantley this morning:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/theater/take-me-to-the-world-sondheim-review.html

Well worth the wait after a rocky start and an hourlong delay last night -- if anyone hasn't yet watched it, do so IMMEDIATELY.

Title: Re: Sondheim at 90
Post by: KathyB on Apr 28, 2020, 12:36 PM
That was excellent! I'm glad I caught it later, after whatever technical problems they had were edited out.

Another review of the show:
https://slate.com/culture/2020/04/sondheim-90th-birthday-tribute-broadway-video-stream.html

(I wonder where I can get an "I (heart) Sondheim" T-shirt.)