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...Rocca] said it shouldn’t be jazzy, it should sound like Sondheim, it should sound almost tragic,” O’Keefe says...
...Acting is my religion”). Indeed, Patinkin quotes Steven Sondheim’s words as if they were those of the Bible, confessing, “Sonheim is Shakespeare as far as I’m concerned.” After mentioning his work with Sondheim as one of the great three collaborations of his life, Patinkin named the other two as those with his long-time accompanist, Paul Ford and with David E. Kelley, the creator of “Chicago Hope.” He became quiet and pensive at the mention of balancing work and family...
With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, Sweeney premiered to a warm critical reception in 1979. Winner of eight Tony Awards (including best musical), Sweeney is considered Sondheim’s masterpiece. Obscuring the line between musical theater and opera, Sweeney has been performed worldwide by both theaters and opera companies...
Unlike previous retellings of Todd’s macabre ventures, Sondheim and Wheeler’s musical defies the temptation to sensationalize the tortured barber or his counterparts. With an impeccable balance of vulnerability, humor and melancholy, each character becomes uniquely sympathetic...
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim...