An ALL SONDHEIM show this week, folks! Something that I've wanted to do for...oh, about a year now. We'll be picking something from (almost) every one of his major Broadway musicals, plus a couple of extras here and there, and that's why we'll need two shows to do it. Well, we could use about 7 shows, but I won't test your patience and loyalty!
We'll begin with the shows that Sondheim wrote just the lyrics for: West Side Story and Gypsy. He also wrote the lyrics for Do I Hear A Waltz? (with his "partner" of the moment, Richard Rodgers), but I'm choosing to ignore that one for the time being, and skip breezily to Forum, Company, Sweeney, and more. If you miss this Sunday, tune in on Sept. 15th, for Chapter 2, when we'll dive into Pacific Overtures, Sunday in the Park with George, and MORE SONDHEIM!
Thanks for allowing me to obsess...
Company (Dean Jones, Ensemble, Company)
The Jet Song (Ensemble, West Side Story)
Officer Krupke (Ensemble, West Side Story)
Together Wherever We Go (Ethel Merman, Sandra Church, Jack Klugman,
Gypsy)
Rose's Turn (Ethel Merman, Gypsy)
Free (Zero Mostel, Michael Crawford, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum)
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid (Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, Phil Silvers,
Michael Hordern, Forum)
Losing My Mind (Barbara Cook, Follies)
Broadway Baby (Elaine Stritch, Follies)
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Len Cariou and company, Sweeney Todd)
Johanna (Victor Garber, Sweeney Todd)
Another Hundred People (Pamela Myers, Company)
The Ladies Who Lunch (Elaine Stritch, Company)
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