How the Broadway star simultaneously mastered leading roles in “Once Upon a Mattress” and “Sweeney Todd.”
Tag: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Play)
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The EGOT Winner Behind Sondheim’s Signature Sound
For Jonathan Tunick, an early love of “Tubby the Tuba” led to a career as an orchestrator. He talks about his Sondheim partnership, and creating a sound that “can hint at unspoken secrets.”
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Sondheim Was a Critical Darling. Since His Death, He’s a Hitmaker, Too.
The musicals of Stephen Sondheim often struggled at the box office during his lifetime, but since his death several have become huge hits on Broadway.
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Best Theater of 2023
Many of the plays and musicals that resonated this year deftly married elements of drama and comedy.
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Stephen Sondheim Doesn’t Want to Be Your Savior
Sondheim has been canonized, with revivals and revues everywhere. It’s a development he might have greeted with deep ambivalence.