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  1. theater review
    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.
  2. what about weird al?
    The 77th Annual Tony Awards - Show
    Daniel Radcliffe Thanks Dad for Playing Sondheim in the CarWinning his first Tony Award for Merrily We Roll Along.
  3. theater
    We’ve Hit Peak TheaterNobody knows how to succeed on Broadway anymore.
  4. chapters
    How Barbra Streisand Got The Broadway Album Made“Why are you singing these cockamamie songs?” the record executives asked her.
  5. theater review
    The Last Midnight: Sondheim and Ives’s ‘Here We Are’A strange, dark, fragmented, and compelling final message from the master.
  6. theater
    The Final SondheimThe complete, from-beginning-to-end story of how Stephen Sondheim, David Ives, and Joe Mantello created the musical Here We Are.
  7. he’s still here
    Send in the Cast of Stephen Sondheim’s Last MusicalAmber Gray, Steven Pasquale, and Bobby Cannavale will be side by side by Sondheim.
  8. theater review
    A Sweeney Todd That Leans Into the Great Black PitSexual dynamics and soot dominate the revival.
  9. catching a dream!
    Paul Mescal Reportedly Replacing Blake Jenner in Merrily We Roll Along FilmMescal will be opening doors with Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein.
  10. theater review
    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.
  11. cameos
    Angela Lansbury, Stephen Sondheim to Make Posthumous Cameos in Knives Out SequelThey’re both playing themselves.
  12. merrily we cast along
    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.
  13. how to
    How to Sing Sondheim Like Sara BareillesWhy the pop singer’s voice was an unusual fit for the Broadway revival of Into the Woods.
  14. book excerpt
    A Trial Marriage to Stephen SondheimIn Mary Rodgers’s memoir, she says, “I can’t believe either of us put ourselves through that.”
  15. sondheim content
    Bernadette Peters Performed a Sondheim Tribute at the TonysOf course.
  16. extremely deep dive
    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.
  17. chat room
    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.
  18. tributes
    Steven Spielberg Pays Tribute to Stephen Sondheim at West Side Story Premiere“Thank you Steve, for the hat.”
  19. rip
    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.”
  20. stephen sondheim
    Tonight’s Performance of Company Became a Tribute to Stephen SondheimHours after the composer’s unexpected death, cast and audience shared grief and affection.
  21. obits
    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.
  22. tribute
    The Measureless Influence of Stephen SondheimThere was very little he thought a musical could not do.
  23. q&a
    The Story Behind Original Cast Album: CompanyStephen Sondheim and orchestrator Jonathan Tunick revisit the making of the album — and Elaine Stritch’s beautiful meltdown.
  24. tales from the criterion closet
    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.
  25. wholesome content
    Let Sondheim Taking His Dogs on a Walk Into the Woods Soothe Your Weary Soul“Moments in the Woods,” indeed.
  26. hat trick
    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.”
  27. it’s our time starting late
    Everybody Rise and Discuss Sondheim’s 90th Birthday LivestreamA night of pure chaotic joy.
  28. zoom concerts
    Who Gets to Call Stephen Sondheim ‘Steve’? A 90th-Birthday InvestigationHappy birthday, Mr. Stephen Sondheim, your excellency, sir.
  29. but why?
    Why Is Stephen Sondheim Karaoke in All Our Movies Now?Noah Baumbach, Rian Johnson, and Todd Phillips (well, his music supervisor) explain.
  30. follies
    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.
  31. in comes
    Patti LuPone and Katrina Lenk to Star in Gender-Bent Company on BroadwayThe Stephen Sondheim musical is set to open March 2020.
  32. documentary now
    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.
  33. theater review
    Theater Review: Fiasco Theater’s Lo-fi Reconstruction of Merrily We Roll AlongHow does it happen? Where is the moment?
  34. Pay Attention to — and Do Not Misunderstand — Sondheim and Weidman’s AssassinsIt’s not pro-assassin.
  35. Theater Review: A Close-up Sweeney Todd Gets Extra-DemonicIt’s genuinely scary.
  36. theater review
    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.
  37. Jake Gyllenhaal Is Bringing Sunday in the Park With George to BroadwayGyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford will head to the Hudson Theatre in February.
  38. lost classics
    13 Best Songs Cut From Beloved Broadway MusicalsSometimes a great song simply doesn’t fit the moment, the performer, or the change in direction.
  39. new york film festival 2016
    Stephen Sondheim Reflects on Merrily“I felt that we had let them down.”
  40. theater review
    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.
  41. presidential medal of freedom
    Obama Awards the Medal of Freedom to SpielbergLet freedom ring around your neck!
  42. Theater Review: The Many Steves of SteveIt’s a city of Stevens. Some come to work, some to play.
  43. 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! […]
  44. Theater Review: Into the Newest Into the WoodsHappily ever after?
  45. movie review
    Emily Blunt Gives the Unwieldy Into the Woods Its HeartUntil its hairpin turn into the apocalyptic, the material is ingenious.
  46. nice is different than good
    Sondheim Corrects Record on Into the Woods Changes“Any Moment” will be in the movie, he says.
  47. outrage
    Expect Huge Changes in the Into the Woods Movie“Any Moment” has been cut!
  48. theater
    Theater Review: The Philharmonic’s Razor-Sharp Sweeney ToddEmma Thompson sings! 
  49. tv review
    TV Review: Six by SondheimThe documentary premieres tonight on HBO.
  50. stage dive
    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. “
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