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Stephen Sondheim

  1. who’s selling
    Stephen Sondheim’s Connecticut Home Is for SaleIt’s still stuffed with his treasures: signed posters, a grand piano, and the show posters that showed his life’s work.
    By Adriane Quinlan
  2. chapters
    How Barbra Streisand Got The Broadway Album Made“Why are you singing these cockamamie songs?” the record executives asked her.
    By Barbra Streisand
  3. theater review
    The Last Midnight: Sondheim and Ives’s ‘Here We Are’A strange, dark, fragmented, and compelling final message from the master.
    By Sara Holdren
  4. theater review
    Here’s to Them. Who’s Like Them? Damn Few.Turns out what Merrily We Roll Along needs most is three actors who can really bring it home, and here they are.
    By Sara Holdren
  5. theater
    The Final SondheimThe complete, from-beginning-to-end story of how Stephen Sondheim, David Ives, and Joe Mantello created the musical Here We Are.
    By Frank Rich
  6. he’s still here
    Send in the Cast of Stephen Sondheim’s Last MusicalAmber Gray, Steven Pasquale, and Bobby Cannavale will be side by side by Sondheim.
    By Jason P. Frank
  7. a truly terrific new york listing
    Stephen Sondheim’s Turtle Bay Townhouse Is for SaleThe composer’s home since 1960 is full of custom built-ins and original details, plus a terrace and a stained-glass solarium. Isn’t it rich?
    By Zach Schiffman
  8. theater review
    A Sweeney Todd That Leans Into the Great Black PitSexual dynamics and soot dominate the revival.
    By Jackson McHenry
  9. catching a dream!
    Paul Mescal Reportedly Replacing Blake Jenner in Merrily We Roll Along FilmMescal will be opening doors with Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein.
    By Jason P. Frank
  10. theater review
    What’s to Discuss, Old Friends? Merrily We Roll Along Is Back.Maria Friedman’s revival, starring Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe, makes the grade.
    By Jackson McHenry
  11. cameos
    Angela Lansbury, Stephen Sondheim to Make Posthumous Cameos in Knives Out SequelThey’re both playing themselves.
    By Bethy Squires
  12. merrily we cast along
    Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez Join Daniel Radcliffe in Merrily We Roll AlongWe hope the priest from Lady Bird will be happier with this production.
    By Jason P. Frank
  13. how to
    How to Sing Sondheim Like Sara BareillesWhy the pop singer’s voice was an unusual fit for the Broadway revival of Into the Woods.
    By Jackson McHenry
  14. book excerpt
    A Trial Marriage to Stephen SondheimIn Mary Rodgers’s memoir, she says, “I can’t believe either of us put ourselves through that.”
    By Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green
  15. sondheim content
    Bernadette Peters Performed a Sondheim Tribute at the TonysOf course.
    By Jason P. Frank
  16. extremely deep dive
    How West Side Story Reset ItselfVulture’s theater desk considers Tony Kushner’s song reordering as a deep reenvisioning that changes the musical’s core qualities.
    By Jackson McHenry and Helen Shaw
  17. chat room
    David Alvarez Had Left Acting — Then West Side Story Came CallingBroadway’s former Billy Elliot was off studying philosophy and didn’t think he’d “ever” perform again.
    By Jackson McHenry
  18. tributes
    Steven Spielberg Pays Tribute to Stephen Sondheim at West Side Story Premiere“Thank you Steve, for the hat.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  19. rip
    Mandy Patinkin, Barbra Streisand, and More Pay Tribute to Stephen Sondheim“I got to be in the room with Shakespeare. Who gets that? How come I got to have that even for a minute? And it was a lot more than a minute.”
    By Jennifer Zhan
  20. stephen sondheim
    Tonight’s Performance of Company Became a Tribute to Stephen SondheimHours after the composer’s unexpected death, cast and audience shared grief and affection.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  21. obits
    Stephen Sondheim, Legendary Composer and Lyricist, Dead at 91He was known for his work on popular musicals like Into the Woods, West Side Story, and Sweeney Todd.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  22. first person
    Frank Rich on His Friendship With Stephen SondheimA lifetime making sense of the extraordinary songwriter — as young fan; critic and “enemy”; and, by now, old friend.
    By Frank Rich
  23. tribute
    The Measureless Influence of Stephen SondheimThere was very little he thought a musical could not do.
    By Mark Harris
  24. q&a
    The Story Behind Original Cast Album: CompanyStephen Sondheim and orchestrator Jonathan Tunick revisit the making of the album — and Elaine Stritch’s beautiful meltdown.
    By Frank Rich
  25. tales from the criterion closet
    The Stephen Sondheim–Nathan Lane Broadway Collab You Never Got to SeeBeing There would have been fun for Lane, because he wouldn’t have had to sing for, like, the whole first act.
    By Bethy Squires
  26. wholesome content
    Let Sondheim Taking His Dogs on a Walk Into the Woods Soothe Your Weary Soul“Moments in the Woods,” indeed.
    By Chris Murphy
  27. hat trick
    How the Sondheim 90th-Birthday Concert Came Together (an Hour or So Late)When the audio cut out, “it was panic. It was dry mouth.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  28. it’s our time starting late
    Everybody Rise and Discuss Sondheim’s 90th Birthday LivestreamA night of pure chaotic joy.
    By Vulture Editors
  29. zoom concerts
    Who Gets to Call Stephen Sondheim ‘Steve’? A 90th-Birthday InvestigationHappy birthday, Mr. Stephen Sondheim, your excellency, sir.
    By Jackson McHenry
  30. but why?
    Why Is Stephen Sondheim Karaoke in All Our Movies Now?Noah Baumbach, Rian Johnson, and Todd Phillips (well, his music supervisor) explain.
    By Kyle Turner
  31. follies
    Hollywood’s Sondheim Fad Extends Further With the Promise of a Follies MovieDominic Cooke, who directed a recent London production, is up to direct the adaptation.
    By Jackson McHenry
  32. in comes
    Patti LuPone and Katrina Lenk to Star in Gender-Bent Company on BroadwayThe Stephen Sondheim musical is set to open March 2020.
    By Zoe Haylock
  33. crosswords
    Stephen Sondheim on How to Do a Real Crossword PuzzleOr what’s a four-letter word for “East Indian betel nut” and who cares?
    By Stephen Sondheim
  34. documentary now
    How Documentary Now Made the Sondheim-Alike Musical Co-opCo-writer John Mulaney and composer Eli Bolin share the stories behind Original Cast Album: Co-Op.
    By Jackson McHenry
  35. theater review
    Theater Review: Fiasco Theater’s Lo-fi Reconstruction of Merrily We Roll AlongHow does it happen? Where is the moment?
    By Sara Holdren
  36. Pay Attention to — and Do Not Misunderstand — Sondheim and Weidman’s AssassinsIt’s not pro-assassin.
    By Anika Chapin
  37. Theater Review: A Close-up Sweeney Todd Gets Extra-DemonicIt’s genuinely scary.
    By Jesse Green
  38. theater review
    Theater Review: Jake Gyllenhaal in Sunday in the Park With GeorgeThe result is Sondheim’s most personal statement and thus, with all its odd corners and occasional wanderings, his most moving.
    By Jesse Green
  39. Jake Gyllenhaal Is Bringing Sunday in the Park With George to BroadwayGyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford will head to the Hudson Theatre in February.
    By Jackson McHenry
  40. lost classics
    13 Best Songs Cut From Beloved Broadway MusicalsSometimes a great song simply doesn’t fit the moment, the performer, or the change in direction.
    By Jesse Green and John Verderber
  41. new york film festival 2016
    Stephen Sondheim Reflects on Merrily“I felt that we had let them down.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  42. theater review
    Theater Review: The Missteps (and Joys) of Do I Hear a Waltz?A flawed but not moribund show gets a flawed but not moribund staging.
    By Jesse Green
  43. presidential medal of freedom
    Obama Awards the Medal of Freedom to SpielbergLet freedom ring around your neck!
    By E. Alex Jung
  44. Theater Review: The Many Steves of SteveIt’s a city of Stevens. Some come to work, some to play.
    By Jesse Green
  45. Discovering ‘Evening Primrose,’ Sondheim’s Horror/Comedy/Musical HybridIt’s the day before Halloween, so it’s time for an extra spooky trip to the archives! Specifically a musical/comedic/horrifying spooky trip! […]
    By Ramsey Ess
  46. Theater Review: Into the Newest Into the WoodsHappily ever after?
    By Jesse Green
  47. movie review
    Emily Blunt Gives the Unwieldy Into the Woods Its HeartUntil its hairpin turn into the apocalyptic, the material is ingenious.
    By David Edelstein
  48. nice is different than good
    Sondheim Corrects Record on Into the Woods Changes“Any Moment” will be in the movie, he says.
    By Margaret Lyons
  49. outrage
    Expect Huge Changes in the Into the Woods Movie“Any Moment” has been cut!
    By Margaret Lyons
  50. theater
    Theater Review: The Philharmonic’s Razor-Sharp Sweeney ToddEmma Thompson sings! 
    By Justin Davidson
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