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Reading Stephen Sondheim: A Collection of Critical Essays

Reading Stephen Sondheim: A Collection of Critical Essays

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extended quotations from Anyone Can Whistle, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. © 1964 (renewed 1992) by Stephen Sondheim. Burthen Musics Company, Inc., owner of publication and allied rights for the World. Chappell and Co.
Stephen Sondheim and the Reinvention of the American Musical

Stephen Sondheim and the Reinvention of the American Musical

Robert L. McLaughlin

Stephen Sondheim and the Reinvention of the American Musical offers close readings of all of Sondheim’s musicals and finds in them critiques of the operation of power, questioning of conventional systems of knowledge, and explorations of ...
Company: A Musical Comedy

Company: A Musical Comedy

Stephen Sondheim

Sondheim's breakthrough play.
Hat Box: The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim

Hat Box: The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Presents a collection of lyrics from the composer, and offers insights into his creative process, relationships with other legends of American theater, experiences in the theater, collaborations, and most significant successes and failures.
The Oxford Handbook of Sondheim Studies

The Oxford Handbook of Sondheim Studies

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This handbook examines the scope and ambition of Stephen Sondheim's musicals by drawing on the perspectives of musicological and dramaturgical scholars, literary and film critics, and musical theatre practitioners.
Stephen Sondheim: A Life

Stephen Sondheim: A Life

Meryle Secrest

A portrait of the composer-lyricist draws on personal interviews with Sondheim to describe his troubled childhood, early struggles, rise to the pinnacle of Broadway musical theater, collaboration with Hal Prince, and original theatrical ...
Art Isn't Easy: The Theater Of Stephen Sondheim

Art Isn't Easy: The Theater Of Stephen Sondheim

Joanne Gordon

In shows such as "A Little Night Music", "Sweeney Todd", and "Sunday in the Park with George", Sondheim's music and lyrics are inextricably woven into the fabric of the entire work.
Sondheim and Lloyd-Webber: The New Musical

Sondheim and Lloyd-Webber: The New Musical

Stephen Citron

In this fascinating dual biography the eminent musicologist Stephen Citron takes on our two leading contemporary contributors to the lyric stage.
Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber: The New Musical

Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber: The New Musical

Stephen Citron

As in Citron's previously critically acclaimed books in this series, great significance is given to the impact their youthful training and private lives have had upon their amazing creative output.
Stephen Sondheim: A Casebook

Stephen Sondheim: A Casebook

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First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Getting Away with Murder

Getting Away with Murder

Stephen Sondheim

THE STORY: The esteemed and retired Dr. Conrad Bering has selected, out of countless applicants, several individuals for private as well as Group therapy.
Into the Woods

Into the Woods

Stephen Sondheim

A book made "after the fact" from the greatly popular 1987 Broadway musical of the same name, which weaves characters from several classic fairy tales into a parable about the joys and sorrows of adulthood.
I'll Drink to That: A Life in Style, with a Twist

I'll Drink to That: A Life in Style, with a Twist

Betty Halbreich

The stunning true story of Bergdorf Goodman’s legendary personal shopper Eighty-six-year-old Betty Halbreich is a true original who could have stepped straight out of Stephen Sondheim’s repertoire.
George Rochberg: A Bio-bibliographic Guide to His Life and Works

George Rochberg: A Bio-bibliographic Guide to His Life and Works

Joan DeVee Dixon

PERFORMERS: Robert Fitzpatrick, Curtis Institute of Music Symphony Orchestra. NAMES: Ives, Mahler, Stephen Sondheim. Kanny, Mark "Maazel Gives Powerful Performances," The Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh (22 October 1987).
The Blowin of Baile Gall

The Blowin of Baile Gall

Ronan Noone

So there's no way Laurence can even stay now. STEPHEN. (Pause.) To hell with him. He shouldn't be takin' our jobs, and ... STEPHEN. Don't feel sorry for me. And I from here. I'm Stephen. Wild Stevee. MOLLY. Wild Stevee. STEPHEN. Yeah.
Stephen, the First Martyr

Stephen, the First Martyr

Stephen Hodges

Narrates in verse the story of Stephen and his martyrdom.
Screening Violence 1

Screening Violence 1

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Stephen Prince ... make us Copyright © 1999 by Stephen Prince Stephen Prince pessimistic about the psychological health promoted in viewers Graphic Violence in the Cinema: Origins, Aesthetic Design, and Social Effects Stephen Prince.
The Michigan Alumnus

The Michigan Alumnus

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Back row: Good, Stephen, Sturgis, Thorns, Sabin, Case, Doty, Stephen, Reindel, Gorton, Hauke, Haskins, Hibbard, Bintz, .... O.; H. M. Stephen, Detroit; Paton C. Stephen, Shaker Heights, O. ; Marion L. Sturgis, Fowler, Mich.; Lansing W. Thorns, ...
Kings in Their Castles: Photographs of Queer Men at Home

Kings in Their Castles: Photographs of Queer Men at Home

Tom Atwood

... Brad Gooch, Elliot Andrews, David Cooley, Don Weinstein, Ken Green, Antony Todd, Greg Drew, Stephen Sondheim, Tom de Vries, Brad Schmidt, Andrew Sullivan, Sarah Fitzharding, Gore Vidal, Bobbi Lane, Lady Bunny [Lypsynka], Kevin Merrill, Ellsworth Kelly, Cat Corman, Walter Schubert, Bruce Richman, Nick Street, Mikel Wadewitz, Greg Morey, Ted Gideonse, Madelyn Postman, Jennie Dunham, Richard Socarides, Joanna Hurley, Brian Offutt, Catheryn Johnson, John Berendt ...
How Sondheim Found His Sound

How Sondheim Found His Sound

Steve Swayne

With its focus on his work as composer, this book is surprising and welcome.” —Theodore S. Chapin, President and Executive Director, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization “. . . an intriguing ‘biography’ of the songwriter’s ...
The Inquest

The Inquest

Stephen Dando-Collins

Stephen Dando-Collins. A novel of the greatest story never told. in 1 STEPHEN Emmy "lfyou enjoyed THE DA WYWHI. mu mm? m“: V l mt this 1'): -Morgan waely ," fling mulmr “fl KTQO IRELAND '1“ 4(6) THE INQUEST STEPHEN ...
Where's Our Submarine

Where's Our Submarine

Stephen Swann

Stephen Swann. WHERE'S OUR SUBMARINE? By Stephen Swann Illustrated ByJackie Swann © 2009 Stephen Swann &Jackie Swann. All rights reserved. ISBN.
A Statistical History of Rugby League - Volume V

A Statistical History of Rugby League - Volume V

Stephen Kane

It is something every player and fan would do well to study. Stephen Kane the author of this book could be a reincarnation of Stephen Harold Gascoigne, better known as Yabba whose statue stands proudly at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The Art of Theatre: Then and Now

The Art of Theatre: Then and Now

William Missouri Downs

... 86 Company (Sondheim), 212, 225 CarnegieFoundationfortheAdvancementofTeaching,199Carousel,223 Carradine, David, 48 Carrière, Jean-Claude, 253 Critic,The(Sheridan),347Critic,TheCritic, TheCriticism,75 Condamnation de Banquet ...
Musical Theatre, Realism and Entertainment

Musical Theatre, Realism and Entertainment

Millie Taylor

Steve Swayne recounts the history of the waltz in his article 'Remembering and Re-membering: Sondheim, the Waltz, and A Little Night Music'.49 He concludes that although the dance had been inaugurated in the eighteenth century with ...
Leslie Stephen

Leslie Stephen

Desmond MacCarthy

LESLIE STEPHEN In that joyously aEectionate and informal book, The Life and Letters of Leslie Stephen, Maitland, after disclaiming any intention of criticising his work, says: “ If, as I doubt not, he has left worthy successors, someone will some ...
Out Front with Stephen Abram: A Guide for Information Leaders

Out Front with Stephen Abram: A Guide for Information Leaders

Stephen Abram

Jane Dysart Can you believe I didn't hire Stephen Abram when I had the chance? It was probably the best thing that could have happened to him, as he has gone on to have a stellar career as a librarian, library manager, electronic publisher, ...

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