There are the ladies who lunch. And then there are the ladies of musical theater who eat everyone else's lunch. "Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends" has plenty of the latter, and as a revue, as opposed to ...
I am wary of anyone who dislikes and dismisses the works of Stephen Sondheim. In my view, being an anti-Sondheimite is akin to hating the Beatles, Stanley Kubrick, Vincent Van Gogh and sunsets.
Mackintosh credits Sondheim himself: “Old Friends was Steve’s idea, born during lockdown, when he suggested it was time (and we had plenty of it!) we put together a third review of his work,” and ...
But could all this ballyhoo sap interest in his work? It would be an irony worthy of Sondheim if, after a lifetime of being dismissed as too highbrow, his posthumous career suffered from ...
Over 50 Dover-Sherborn High School (DSHS) cast, crew, and set designers are deep into preparation for “Into the Woods,” the ...
It’s an off-putting therapeutic title --How Sondheim Can Change Your Life--but theatre scholar, critic, and Stephen Sondheim devotee Richard Schoch believes that by attending to the interaction ...
One of Sondheim's most popular works, this timeless yet relevant piece is a rare, modern classic. Do you know what you wish? Performances are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets ...
But could the singer handle Sondheim — a composer heralded for creating some of the most challenging, idiosyncratic work seen on the American stage — on Broadway? Could she inhabit a character ...
Either the “Gypsy” or “West Side” material might not feel like canon to Sondheim buffs, being lyrics-only entries from his early work. But a more generic-feeling inclusion like ...
That emphasis on fun is one thing that sets “Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends” apart from the previous two Mackintosh-produced revues of his work, “Side by Side by Sondheim” (from the mid ...