February 2012
16 posts
Watchyouregonnalovetomorrow:
Sondheim explains “God, That’s Good” with Sheila Hancock and Dennis Quilley from the original London cast singing it.
Watchihavetofinishthehat:
The original Little Red returns to Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods, as The Baker’s Wife.
"There's a Sondheim song for that."
Watchthelittlesondheimthings:
ihavetofinishthehat:
Playbill’s second video preview of Merrily
Wait, no, I’m actually crying.
Broadway Abridged's "Smash" →
KATHERINE MCPHEE
(sings a Christina Aguilera
song into an auto-tune app)
JACK DAVENPORT
We clearly said to sing a musical theatre song, but let's
ignore that and decide to call you back anyway.
...
Katherine McPhee and Megan Hilty sing
...
Watchcoherentexistence:
pricew:
ihavetofinishthehat:
Jim Walton with a charming story of the interaction between Jason Alexander and Stephen Sondheim when Steve was composing “It’s a Hit” for the original run of Merrily We Roll Along
His Sondheim impression.
Day 6 & 7 →
ihavetofinishthehat:
“Well, it’s the Sondheim Superbowl this year. Did anyone else notice before the game when Eli Manning was asked what final words Coach Tom Coughlin had for the team before they took the field? He said “It’s our time”. It’s Our Time??? Clearly, Coach Coughlin had been quoting Merrily We Roll Along in the locker room, drawing some Sondheim parallels. What else could he...
“I’m accused so often of not having melodic gifts, but I like the music I write....”
– Stephen Sondheim (via ihavetofinishthehat)
January 2012
138 posts
'Stephen Sondheim: In Conversation' rescheduled... →
ihavetofinishthehat:
For those of you in the LA area.
“If you add up the millions lost on ‘Civil War’ and ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel,’...”
– Stephen Sondheim (via ihavetofinishthehat)
Watchyouregonnalovetomorrow:
Philip Quast beats Mandy.
Old Friends: a video preview of Merrily We Roll... →
Youtube comment: "Is it really that hard to find a...
themonkeysandwho:
Well, first you have to find a tenor on Broadway.
They exist. Kind of.
“What if it was true and no one cared to mention?
What if it was true that all...”
– Andy Hull, “Simple Math”
Who is the artist of you favorite song?
One person: Taylor Swift
Another person: Beyonce
Me: ...Stephen Sondheim.
“If you can’t imagine it, you can’t do it”
– Madonna Young - my brilliant acting professor (via alexisonthemoon)
Your eyes, George. I love your eyes, George.:... →
nicolemwright:
(front) (middle) (back)
I will be giving away four flyers advertising the recently closed Broadway production of Follies. Here’s how to get them:
1. Reblog this post once. Feel free to reblog more than once, but it will not increase your chances of winning….
Watchohrochester:
Or, two examples of Stephen Sondheim’s lyrical greatness in one song:
(Backstory: Bernadette Peters plays an ex-lover of George Seurat, and here tells him, shortly after their breakup, why she just loves her new boyfriend, a baker named Louis.)
And then in bed, George
I mean, he kneads me —
I mean like dough, George …
The comedy loses a little when you read it, since the...
It's Been A While Since I've Done This
ihavetofinishthehat:
Apparently here’s some of my “most liked and reblogged” blogs:
mrlovett
somethingbypuccini
fuckyeahstephensondheim
ryanmar
thelittlesondheimthings
justifythebeans
sticktopriest
youregonnalovetomorrow
“Order… design… tension… composition… balance… light… harmony…”
– Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George (via atleastletmesing)
