Sondheim . . . No One Will Ever Replace Him

[TruthBTold]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/theater/stephen-sondheim-dead.html

[jeezifonly]

Spielberg may be just in time to spark interest in his genius among a younger audience!!!
Though WSS was just lyrics, Sondheim’s catalog of original music brought old musical theatre ideas forward with influence from jazz and classical, always with the focus on telling the story.
Stephen Sondheim left the world a much better place than it was before he showed up. May he rest free of tech rehearsals evermore. 

[+ WilliamM]

8 minutes ago, jeezifonly said:

Spielberg may be just in time to spark interest in his genius among a younger audience!!!
Though WSS was just lyrics, Sondheim’s catalog of original music brought old musical theatre ideas forward with influence from jazz and classical, always with the focus on telling the story.
Stephen Sondheim left the world a much better place than it was before he showed up. May he rest free of tech rehearsals evermore. 

I saw The original cast "Gypsy," and  original cast "Sunday in the Park with George." Something I treasure with all my heart.

[curt gregory]

WilliamM - you are a very fortunate man!  I don’t know if I found “Rose’s Turn” or the end of Act I in “Sunday” to be more breathtaking (both in Regional Productions), but can’t imagine seeing Merman, Patinkin, and Peters do them!

[TumYum]

17 hours ago, WilliamM said:

I saw The original cast "Gypsy," and  original cast "Sunday in the Park with George." Something I treasure with all my heart.

wow..... 

i totally get what you are saying.... i was there for the NY opening of Sweeney Todd and saw Angela Lansbury - pretty amazing.... but I also loved seeing several previews of Merrily We Roll Along - incredible, even if in a very different way!

[MscleLovr]

Did Broadway dim its lights tonight in honour of Mr Sondheim?

In London, all the theatres in the West End will dim their lights to mourn his passing on Monday evening (at 7pm for 2 minutes)

[+ WilliamM]

20 hours ago, TumYum said:

wow..... 

i totally get what you are saying.... i was there for the NY opening of Sweeney Todd and saw Angela Lansbury - pretty amazing.... but I also loved seeing several previews of Merrily We Roll Along - incredible, even if in a very different way!

I scored a ticket to "Gypsy" in the front row of the orchestra in August 1960 at the Imperial Theater

[+ Tygerscent]

His contributions and influences are many~ 

 He will be remembered for these things~ 

 

[+ WilliamM]

Stephen Sondheim iwrote different lyrics for "Send in the Clowns" for the Ethel Merman Martin Martin concert "Together on Broadway"

 

See footlight records 

 

Costs $18

Edited November 29, 2021 by WilliamM

[Guest]

I read up on his bio that his husband/widower was 50 years his junior (Jeffrey Scott Romley). Makes the age difference between "Chris" and me of 30 years seem like not so much! 😏 It'll be interesting to see with whom Jeff Romley hooks up next!

I remember that one of the richest men in town where I previously lived, Dean Lesher, married a woman 25 years his junior, Margaret Lesher. When he died, she married someone 25 years her junior, T.C. Thorstenson. 6 months after they were married she drowned under mysterious circumstances when the two were camping by a lake. To Thorstenson's surprise, he didn't inherit the fortune she inherited...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Lesher

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Margaret-Lesher-The-final-humiliation-3091737.php

Edited November 30, 2021 by Unicorn

[+ WilliamM]

12 hours ago, Unicorn said:

I read up on his bio that his husband/widower was 50 years his junior (Jeffrey Scott Romley). Makes the age difference between "Chris" and me of 30 years seem like not so much! 😏 It'll be interesting to see with whom Jeff Romley hooks up next!

I remember that one of the richest men in town where I previously lived, Dean Lesher, married a woman 25 years his junior, Margaret Lesher. When he died, she married someone 25 years her junior, T.C. Thorstenson. 6 months after they were married she drowned under mysterious circumstances when the two were camping by a lake. To Thorstenson's surprise, he didn't inherit the fortune she inherited...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Lesher

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Margaret-Lesher-The-final-humiliation-3091737.php

I am not sure how the article about Dean Ledger is relevant to Sondheim.

Edited November 30, 2021 by WilliamM