Three on the Aisle: Move On
For the critics’ final episode, they consider the life and legacy of Sondheim and reflect on how theatre has grown and changed in the 4 years they’ve been podcasting.
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For the critics’ final episode, they consider the life and legacy of Sondheim and reflect on how theatre has grown and changed in the 4 years they’ve been podcasting.
Classic Stage Company’s understated new production shows how Sondheim and Weidman’s triggering musical can play in an age of mass shootings and the Capitol insurrection.
He was like a father to many of us, so it shouldn’t be surprising that he did what a good father does: He kept showing up, and showing his love.
His path-breaking musicals have handily outlasted their detractors, in part because they remain so singularly alive.
This week the critics speak to James Lapine about his new memoir of writing ‘Sunday in the Park With George’ with Sondheim, and talk up some shows they’ve seen.
In a delightful and illuminating new memoir/oral history, playwright/director James Lapine revisits the ups and downs of his first project with Stephen Sondheim.
On a new record, singer Eleri Ward reclaims Sondheim’s melodies from his thorny harmonies, creating something new that’s also true to the original.
By flipping a few genders, Marianne Elliott’s new London revival turns Sondheim and Furth’s classic into a meditation on modern relationships.
His minimalist aesthetic seems to mesh well with the character-driven work of the composer/lyricist. Next: ‘Pacific Overtures.’
Family and time have something to do with how her new revival cracks open the great musical her uncle wrote with Sondheim.