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Despite his extraordinarily successful career, the composer has still received his fair share of hostile reviews. Rich recalled attending a Washington production of Sondheim’s musical “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” that had garnered such bad press that...
Sondheim’s mentor Oscar Hammerstein II, believed that the first musical number is the most important of a production, as it sets up the plot and informs the audience of what to expect from the rest of the show; the major flaw with “Forum,?...
At the time, “Forum” director Jerome Robbins, a frequent collaborator, offered a reason for the negative responses to the musical. “When Robbins came in, he said ‘You’re not telling the audience that this is a low...
What sets the mood for a theater audience, however, does not necessarily translate to film. A self-professed “film buff,” Sondheim said that the only onscreen version of a musical he has ever enjoyed as a film in its own right is Tim Burton?...
“I wouldn’t say they hated it,” Sondheim said. “They just thought we were idiots.” In England, the character of Sweeney Todd is often thrown around as an empty threat to scare disobedient children. Consequently, English...