Litsy

Company | Stephen Sondheim

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I saw this show live for the first time *just* after my 35th. Sondheim always nails the nuance. His musicals somehow always feel real and the characters feel like friends. 🥺🫶🏻🎶

Ruthiella I haven‘t seen or listened to all of Sondheim‘s musicals yet by any means, but so far, Company is my favorite. 5mo

Melismatic @Ruthiella it‘s pretty great!! Into the Woods will always be my favorite, but Company is a close second. 5mo

TieDyeDude I have a DVD of the Neil Patrick Harris-led cast. Great show! 5mo

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Melismatic

Company | Stephen Sondheim

Celebrated my bday weekend at my happy place (Broadway 💖🫶🏻🎭)

BookmarkTavern Wow! 🤩 5mo

eskoch28 Happy birthday!! 5mo

dabbe HB! 💚💙💚 5mo

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Ruthiella Happy Birthday! 🥳🥳🥳 5mo

JessClark78 Happy Birthday! 🎊🎂🎉 5mo

Melismatic @BookmarkTavern right? They decorated for the Bridgerton launch - it was so pretty! 5mo

Melismatic @eskoch28 @dabbe thank you!!! 💖💖 5mo

Melismatic @Ruthiella @JessClark78 thank you!!! 💖 5mo

bthegood happy birthday!! 5mo

TieDyeDude That's amazing. I need to watch some of the Tony awards highlights on YouTube this week. 5mo

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Melismatic

Assassins | Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman

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Like so much of Sondheim‘s work - it only grows truer & more ubiquitous with time. It‘s shocking, really.

The fact that this show debuted after his arguably most commercially accessible musical (my fave - Into the Woods) shows the range this man offered us.

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Melismatic

Assassins | Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman

Maybe this libretto is a weird choice to crack into this weekend but its subject matter feels more relatable than ever in this divided nation mindset. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Now I need to look up clips from the original off-Bway cast bc Terry Mann? Victor Garber? Annie Golden? Phew.

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Melismatic

Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Hugh Wheeler

#Scarathalon Photo Challenge - Day 5 - Blood 🩸

Last night‘s Broadway show brought this one to mind. Saw this a few weeks ago - currently starring Josh Groban as the deadly barber - but the night of he was out with COVID. 🥲

#TeamWhoYaGonnaCall

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Clwojick So fun! One of my favourites! 14mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Oh! I love that play too, I bet even without him it was awesome. 14mo

Melismatic @ChaoticMissAdventures it definitely was! 14mo

FlynnDewey Damn! Missed him by *that* much. 14mo

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bravenewtrav

Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981-2011), With Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes and Miscellany | Stephen Sondheim

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I think I finished the first volume last March! I‘ve read it alongside other books when I had the time and I‘m so glad I finally finished it. A must read for anyone passingly familiar with Sondheim, and so much more potent now that the giant is gone from this plane.

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Andrea313

Into the Woods | James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim, Hudson Talbott

Don't mind me, just weeping in spite of myself. Sondheim, you mad bastard; thank you. #SeeMoreTheatre

Ruthiella What‘s your favorite Sondheim? I‘ve not seen/heard them all, but I think Company is my No. 1. 2y

Andrea313 @Ruthiella Such a hard question! My favorite is probably Assassins, followed VERY closely by Sunday. But Into the Woods and Sweeney are also high on the list; it honestly feels impossible to choose! 2y

Ruthiella It‘s a totally unfair question! 😂 Assassins is maybe my second favorite and I‘ve never heard or seen Sunday in the Park with George…but I think I‘d start with Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters. 2y

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bravenewtrav

Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George" | James Lapine

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A book I will cherish as I go down the intimidating aspect of trying to write a musical. Lapine, as he did with “Sunday…” gets all the little points of light and color together to make this fine documentation of mounting a not Broadway friendly musical with the god Sondheim. Page after page of insight.