Stephen Sondheim

theater review Dec. 20, 2024

Is It Swell? Is It Great? Audra McDonald Takes Over GypsyDespite some iffy production choices, she delivers the world on a plate.

By Sara Holdren

theater review June 16, 2024

Lindsay Mendez, Jonathan Groff, and Daniel Radcliffe in Merrily We Roll Along.

Here’s to Them. Who’s Like Them? Damn Few.Turns out what Merrily We Roll Along needs most is three actors who can really bring it home, and here they are.

By Sara Holdren

what about weird al? June 16, 2024

Daniel Radcliffe Thanks Dad for Playing Sondheim in the CarWinning his first Tony Award for Merrily We Roll Along.

By Bethy Squires

theater May 16, 2024

We’ve Hit Peak TheaterNobody knows how to succeed on Broadway anymore.

By Boris Kachka

chapters Nov. 7, 2023

How Barbra Streisand Got The Broadway Album Made“Why are you singing these cockamamie songs?” the record executives asked her.

By Barbra Streisand

theater review Oct. 23, 2023

The Last Midnight: Sondheim and Ives’s ‘Here We Are’A strange, dark, fragmented, and compelling final message from the master.

By Sara Holdren

theater Aug. 28, 2023

The Final SondheimThe complete, from-beginning-to-end story of how Stephen Sondheim, David Ives, and Joe Mantello created the musical Here We Are.

By Frank Rich

he’s still here July 17, 2023

Send in the Cast of Stephen Sondheim’s Last MusicalAmber Gray, Steven Pasquale, and Bobby Cannavale will be side by side by Sondheim.

By Jason P. Frank

theater review Mar. 26, 2023

A Sweeney Todd That Leans Into the Great Black PitSexual dynamics and soot dominate the revival.

By Jackson McHenry

catching a dream! Jan. 9, 2023

Paul Mescal Reportedly Replacing Blake Jenner in Merrily We Roll Along FilmMescal will be opening doors with Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein.

By Jason P. Frank

theater review Dec. 12, 2022

What’s to Discuss, Old Friends? Merrily We Roll Along Is Back.Maria Friedman’s revival, starring Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe, makes the grade.

By Jackson McHenry

cameos Oct. 12, 2022

Angela Lansbury, Stephen Sondheim to Make Posthumous Cameos in Knives Out SequelThey’re both playing themselves.

By Bethy Squires

merrily we cast along Aug. 17, 2022

Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez Join Daniel Radcliffe in Merrily We Roll AlongWe hope the priest from Lady Bird will be happier with this production.

By Jason P. Frank

how to Aug. 16, 2022

How to Sing Sondheim Like Sara BareillesWhy the pop singer’s voice was an unusual fit for the Broadway revival of Into the Woods.

By Jackson McHenry

book excerpt Aug. 10, 2022

A Trial Marriage to Stephen SondheimIn Mary Rodgers’s memoir, she says, “I can’t believe either of us put ourselves through that.”

By Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green

sondheim content June 12, 2022

Bernadette Peters Performed a Sondheim Tribute at the TonysOf course.

By Jason P. Frank

extremely deep dive Dec. 28, 2021

How West Side Story Reset ItselfVulture’s theater desk considers Tony Kushner’s song reordering as a deep reenvisioning that changes the musical’s core qualities.

By Jackson McHenry and Helen Shaw

chat room Dec. 9, 2021

David Alvarez Had Left Acting — Then West Side Story Came CallingBroadway’s former Billy Elliot was off studying philosophy and didn’t think he’d “ever” perform again.

By Jackson McHenry

tributes Nov. 30, 2021

Steven Spielberg Pays Tribute to Stephen Sondheim at West Side Story Premiere“Thank you Steve, for the hat.”

By Jackson McHenry

rip Nov. 30, 2021

Mandy Patinkin, Barbra Streisand, and More Pay Tribute to Stephen Sondheim“I got to be in the room with Shakespeare. Who gets that? How come I got to have that even for a minute? And it was a lot more than a minute.”

By Jennifer Zhan

stephen sondheim Nov. 27, 2021

Tonight’s Performance of Company Became a Tribute to Stephen SondheimHours after the composer’s unexpected death, cast and audience shared grief and affection.

By Christopher Bonanos

obits Nov. 26, 2021

Stephen Sondheim, Legendary Composer and Lyricist, Dead at 91He was known for his work on popular musicals like Into the Woods, West Side Story, and Sweeney Todd.

By Jennifer Zhan

tribute Nov. 26, 2021

The Measureless Influence of Stephen SondheimThere was very little he thought a musical could not do.

By Mark Harris

q&a Aug. 16, 2021

The Story Behind Original Cast Album: CompanyStephen Sondheim and orchestrator Jonathan Tunick revisit the making of the album — and Elaine Stritch’s beautiful meltdown.

By Frank Rich

tales from the criterion closet June 13, 2021

The Stephen Sondheim–Nathan Lane Broadway Collab You Never Got to SeeBeing There would have been fun for Lane, because he wouldn’t have had to sing for, like, the whole first act.

By Bethy Squires

wholesome content Oct. 9, 2020

Let Sondheim Taking His Dogs on a Walk Into the Woods Soothe Your Weary Soul“Moments in the Woods,” indeed.

By Chris Murphy

hat trick May 1, 2020

How the Sondheim 90th-Birthday Concert Came Together (an Hour or So Late)When the audio cut out, “it was panic. It was dry mouth.”

By Jackson McHenry

it’s our time starting late Apr. 27, 2020

Everybody Rise and Discuss Sondheim’s 90th Birthday LivestreamA night of pure chaotic joy.

By Vulture Editors

zoom concerts Apr. 27, 2020

Who Gets to Call Stephen Sondheim ‘Steve’? A 90th-Birthday InvestigationHappy birthday, Mr. Stephen Sondheim, your excellency, sir.

By Jackson McHenry

but why? Dec. 9, 2019

Why Is Stephen Sondheim Karaoke in All Our Movies Now?Noah Baumbach, Rian Johnson, and Todd Phillips (well, his music supervisor) explain.

By Kyle Turner

follies Nov. 14, 2019

Hollywood’s Sondheim Fad Extends Further With the Promise of a Follies MovieDominic Cooke, who directed a recent London production, is up to direct the adaptation.

By Jackson McHenry

in comes Aug. 30, 2019

Patti LuPone and Katrina Lenk to Star in Gender-Bent Company on BroadwayThe Stephen Sondheim musical is set to open March 2020.

By Zoe Haylock

documentary now Feb. 27, 2019

How Documentary Now Made the Sondheim-Alike Musical Co-opCo-writer John Mulaney and composer Eli Bolin share the stories behind Original Cast Album: Co-Op.

By Jackson McHenry

theater review Feb. 19, 2019

Theater Review: Fiasco Theater’s Lo-fi Reconstruction of Merrily We Roll AlongHow does it happen? Where is the moment?

By Sara Holdren

July 13, 2017

Pay Attention to — and Do Not Misunderstand — Sondheim and Weidman’s AssassinsIt’s not pro-assassin.

By Anika Chapin

Mar. 1, 2017

Theater Review: A Close-up Sweeney Todd Gets Extra-DemonicIt’s genuinely scary.

By Jesse Green

theater review Feb. 23, 2017

Theater Review: Jake Gyllenhaal in Sunday in the Park With GeorgeThe result is Sondheim’s most personal statement and thus, with all its odd corners and occasional wanderings, his most moving.

By Jesse Green

Dec. 13, 2016

Jake Gyllenhaal Is Bringing Sunday in the Park With George to BroadwayGyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford will head to the Hudson Theatre in February.

By Jackson McHenry

lost classics Nov. 15, 2016

13 Best Songs Cut From Beloved Broadway MusicalsSometimes a great song simply doesn’t fit the moment, the performer, or the change in direction.

By Jesse Green and John Verderber

new york film festival 2016 Oct. 10, 2016

Stephen Sondheim Reflects on Merrily“I felt that we had let them down.”

By Jackson McHenry

theater review May 12, 2016

Theater Review: The Missteps (and Joys) of Do I Hear a Waltz?A flawed but not moribund show gets a flawed but not moribund staging.

By Jesse Green

presidential medal of freedom Nov. 25, 2015

Obama Awards the Medal of Freedom to SpielbergLet freedom ring around your neck!

By E. Alex Jung

Nov. 18, 2015

Theater Review: The Many Steves of SteveIt’s a city of Stevens. Some come to work, some to play.

By Jesse Green

Oct. 30, 2015

Discovering ‘Evening Primrose,’ Sondheim’s Horror/Comedy/Musical HybridIt’s the day before Halloween, so it’s time for an extra spooky trip to the archives! Specifically a musical/comedic/horrifying spooky trip! […]

By Ramsey Ess

Jan. 22, 2015