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Displaying all articles tagged:
Stephen Sondheim
theater review
June 16, 2024
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 Car
Winning his first Tony Award for
Merrily We Roll Along.
By
Bethy Squires
theater
May 16, 2024
We’ve Hit Peak Theater
Nobody 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 Sondheim
The 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 Musical
Amber 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 Pit
Sexual 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
Film
Mescal 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
Sequel
They’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 Along
We 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 Bareilles
Why 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 Sondheim
In 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 Tonys
Of course.
By
Jason P. Frank
extremely deep dive
Dec. 28, 2021
How
West Side Story
Reset Itself
Vulture’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 Calling
Broadway’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 Sid
e 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 Sondheim
Hours 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 91
He 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 Sondheim
There was very little he thought a musical could not do.
By
Mark Harris
q&a
Aug. 16, 2021
The Story Behind
Original
Cast Album: Company
Stephen 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 See
Being 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 Livestream
A night of pure chaotic joy.
By
Vulture Editors
zoom concerts
Apr. 27, 2020
Who Gets to Call Stephen Sondheim ‘Steve’? A 90th-Birthday Investigation
Happy 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
Movie
Dominic 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 Broadway
The 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-op
Co-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 Along
How does it happen? Where is the moment?
By
Sara Holdren
July 13, 2017
Pay Attention to — and Do Not Misunderstand — Sondheim and Weidman’s
Assassins
It’s not pro-assassin.
By
Anika Chapin
Mar. 1, 2017
Theater Review: A Close-up
Sweeney Todd
Gets Extra-Demonic
It’s genuinely scary.
By
Jesse Green
theater review
Feb. 23, 2017
Theater Review: Jake Gyllenhaal in
Sunday in the Park With George
The 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 Broadway
Gyllenhaal 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 Musicals
Sometimes 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 Spielberg
Let freedom ring around your neck!
By
E. Alex Jung
Nov. 18, 2015
Theater Review: The Many Steves of
Steve
It’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 Hybrid
It’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
Theater Review: Into the Newest
Into the Woods
Happily ever after?
By
Jesse Green
movie review
Dec. 19, 2014
Emily Blunt Gives the Unwieldy
Into the Woods
Its Heart
Until its hairpin turn into the apocalyptic, the material is ingenious.
By
David Edelstein
nice is different than good
June 23, 2014
Sondheim Corrects Record on
Into the Woods
Changes
“Any Moment”
will
be in the movie, he says.
By
Margaret Lyons
outrage
June 18, 2014
Expect Huge Changes in the
Into the Woods
Movie
“Any Moment” has been cut!
By
Margaret Lyons
theater
Mar. 7, 2014
Theater Review: The Philharmonic’s Razor-Sharp
Sweeney Todd
Emma Thompson sings!
By
Justin Davidson
tv review
Dec. 9, 2013
TV Review:
Six by Sondheim
The documentary premieres tonight on HBO.
By
Matt Zoller Seitz
stage dive
Nov. 14, 2013
Reviews:
Little Miss Sunshine, A Bed and a Chair
“The air starts to leak out of
Little Miss Sunshine’
s story immediately after the opening number. “
By
Jesse Green
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