Celebrating Sondheim’s Birthday with Garland and Others and “Songs I Wish I’d Written”
On the occasion of Stephen Sondheim’s 80th birthday a decade ago, I called upon a list of songs published on the occasion of his 70th that he said he wished […]
Sondheim, Company, Paley, and Serendipity
Company: Original Cast Album (1970) + Chance + Zelig-like friend Stephen Paley This is a post about serendipity: new friends, old passions, theatrical design, and Stephen Sondheim. I am surrounded […]
review: at home at the carlyle elaine stritch
At Home at the Carlyle: Elaine Stritch Singing Sondheim Again … Why Not! Musical direction by Rob Bowman Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick Cafe Carlyle at the Carlyle, 35 East 76th […]
review: a little night music
A Little Night Music Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Hugh Wheeler Directed by Trevor Nunn Starring Bernadette Peters, Elaine Stritch, Alexander Hanson Walter Kerr Theatre, 219 West […]
urban excavations 