Word: sondheimer
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Lapine is co-author and director of Falsettos, which garnered two Tonys in 1992 for best book of a musical and best original score; author and director of Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park With George, which earned the 1987 Tony for Best Book of a musical and Into The Woods, which received the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; and the director of the recent film Impromptu...
...seen a play that I had done and decided that I was his dream director. Bill Finn is a very determined fellow, and so he browbeat me into doing it. He once stood on Stephen Sondheim's doorstep until he came home and forced his way into his house to play his music for him. He went to Williams College and so did Sondheim. So I guess he felt that was all the introduction he needed...
...working with Stephen Sondheim: "We discuss and work on things together. With Woods I developed the concept and the book and then he brought it to another level with his music. Sondheim dosen't write anything until the book is written, then he takes it all from the book. You get raped. But he's very respectful of the writer. More so than most composers out there. For Woods, I wrote monologues for three of the characters from which Sondheim wrote their songs...
...culpa, oh theater gods. Forgive this cynical Sondheim fanatic her doubts. the Kirkland House production of Little Shop of Horrors is a tremendously entertaining romp with some of the best choreography this side of The Supremes...
Into the Woods. By James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim. Directed by John Weinstein. Produced by Diana Graham and Susanna Witt. Traditional fairytale characters meet in the forest in pursuit of a happy ending. Loeb Mainstage, 8 p.m. $7 for general admission; $5 for students...