Sondheim Covers, Compilations and Cabarets

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Given how far beyond the precincts of cast albums, revivals and film versions SJS's work has spread in this century, it seems like there should be an umbrella thread for the various other lives his music has found outside the shows for which they were written.

Dunno how I missed this pure sugar rush, released just as the pandemic was shutting down theaters, but here it is, better half a decade late than never:

Losing My Mind: A Sondheim Disco Fever Dream

(available on all music streaming platforms)

It really is candy (maybe laced with something?) and, as such, a little goes a long way; the album's retro LP-length 43 minutes handily manages not to outstay its welcome.  But it gleefully puts to rest the old saw about SJS's music being inaccessible or "unmelodic", and the producers' and artists' bonkers enthusiasm is infectious.