The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia
Zusammenfassung
Praise from Jesse Green, New York Times Chief Theater Critic, Arts, in the 2023 Holiday Gift Guide: “From A (the director George Abbott) to Y ('You Could Drive a Person Crazy'), The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, by Rick Pender, offers an astonishingly comprehensive look, in more than 130 entries, at the late master’s colleagues, songs, shows and methods."
The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia is a wonderfully detailed and comprehensive reference devoted to musical theater’s most prolific and admired composer and lyricist. Entries cover Sondheim’s numerous collaborators, from composers and directors to designers and orchestras; key songs, such as his Academy Award winner “Sooner or Later” (Dick Tracy); and major works, including Assassins, Company, Follies, Sweeney Todd, and West Side Story. The encyclopedia also profiles the actors who originated roles and sang Sondheim’s songs for the first time, including Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury, Mandy Patinkin, and Bernadette Peters.
Featuring a detailed biographical entry for Sondheim, a chronology of his career, a listing of his many awards, and discussions of his opinions on movies, opera, and more, this wide-ranging resource will attract musical theater enthusiasts again and again.
Schlagworte
Leonard Bernstein Theater Performance Actor company Pacific Overtures West Side Story Gypsy Lyrics actress Off-Broadway Oscar Hammerstein II Patti LuPone Milton Babbitt Sondheim Stephen Sondheim Sunday in the Park with George Sweeney Todd The Frogs Side by Side Richard Rodger Len Cariou Marry Me a Little Angela Lansbury Ethel Merman Into the Woods Arthur Laurents James Lapine Assassins Barbra Streisand Follies Elaine Stritch Bernadette Peters Jerome Robbins A Funny Thing Happned on the Way to the Forum A Little Night Music George Furth Broadway Hal Prince performer musicalsKeywords
theatre music writer- i–xiv Preface i–xiv
- 1–39 -A- 1–39
- 40–60 -B- 40–60
- 61–110 -C- 61–110
- 110–127 -D- 110–127
- 128–138 -E- 128–138
- 139–194 -F- 139–194
- 195–219 -G- 195–219
- 220–224 -H- 220–224
- 225–246 -I- 225–246
- 247–254 -J- 247–254
- 255–259 -K- 255–259
- 260–309 -L- 260–309
- 310–356 -M- 310–356
- 357–362 -N- 357–362
- 363–374 -O- 363–374
- 375–428 -P- 375–428
- 429–476 -R- 429–476
- 477–580 -S- 477–580
- 581–588 -T- 581–588
- 589–592 -U- 589–592
- 593–615 -W- 593–615
- 616–620 -Y- 616–620
- 621–623 Selected Bibliography 621–623
- 624–637 Index 624–637
- 638–638 About the Author 638–638