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Time magazine explained that Sondheim is "still the great chronicler of married life" in all its form - in this song he demonstrates the bitterness of marriage. [1] Backstage described it as "biting contemplation of divorce." [2] Vulture calls the song a "stinging Coward-esque waltz."
Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman.. The plot centers on a crumbling Broadway theater, now scheduled for demolition, previously home to a musical revue (based on the Ziegfeld Follies).
[13] In a generally favorable review for The New York Times, Vincent Canby praised the "handsomely realistic settings" and determined that "Stephen Sondheim's music and lyrics hold up well," but also found it "hard to decide whether Mr. Lester has gone too far, or not far enough, in translating into film terms the carefully calculated nonsense ...
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.. Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (254–184 BC), specifically Curculio, Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus, and Mostellaria, the musical tells the bawdy story of a slave named Pseudolus and his attempts to win his freedom by ...
Sondheim died in November 2021, and both Barnes and Kathlene Ritch have reverence for the musical master. Tri-M's production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in late 2022 was a ...
Stephen Sondheim circa 1970. Stephen Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist whose most acclaimed works include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987).
Barbra Streisand recorded "Take Me to The World" with Antonio Banderas for her 2016 album Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway; Sondheim altered the song's lyrics for the project. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The 2020 virtual concert Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration included Laura Benanti performing "I Remember" and Raúl Esparza ...
The musical features taped interviews with Sondheim. The songs, including well-known, less-known and cut material, are from nineteen Sondheim shows (including student shows) produced over a 62-year period, including several songs each from West Side Story, Company, Follies, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sunday in the Park with George, Merrily We Roll Along, Passion, and Into ...