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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 21h

Some Sondheim lyric fun for today…

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 22d

Pinch… Paunch! Pension!

Sondheim’s 60 Minutes interview with Diane Sawyer is endlessly inspiring. And this exchange, about rhymes and reference books, is so delightful.

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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social · 3d

Rick Pender spoke with @thesondheimhub.bsky.social to discuss the release of his latest book, “Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd.”

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4oD15wl

📚💙#TheatreSky

A Conversation with Rick Pender

Author of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: Behind the Bloody Musical Masterpiece and The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 9d

As Halloween approaches, it was great to speak to Rick Pender about his new SWEENEY TODD book. 🩸

Rick is a significant chronicler of Sondheim’s work (he’s author of The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, and was editor of The Sondheim Review).

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A Conversation with Rick Pender

Author of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: Behind the Bloody Musical Masterpiece and The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 10d

Sondheim and Bernstein working on West Side Story. Washington, DC, 1957.

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 12d

RUNNING AWAY—LET’S DO IT
Into the Woods and the false freedom of flight

A look at the temptation to flee in “No More,” and how that impulse echoes through centuries of storytelling. “Trouble is, son, the farther you run, the more you feel undefined…” 🏃💨

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Running Away—Let's Do It

Into the Woods and the false freedom of flight

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 15d

So pleased to be able to share this.

Our conversation with MARK EDEN HOROWITZ, senior music specialist at @librarycongress.bsky.social and author of “Sondheim on Music.”

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A Conversation with Mark Eden Horowitz

It is an honor to welcome Mark Eden Horowitz to The Sondheim Hub.

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 17d

We have a very exciting interview coming your way tomorrow… Here’s a rather big clue. 👀

Subscribe (free) to be the first to read it. No account required, just an email address! 👉 thesondheimhub.substack.com

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 19d

GREEN FINCH AND LINNET BIRD:
Johanna’s doctrine of second freedoms

New today, we look at Johanna’s questioning mind in Sweeney Todd — and how Sondheim provides her with a working philosophy for her circumstances. 🦜

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How Is It You Sing?

Johanna's doctrine of second freedoms

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 19d

It is indeed!

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60 Minutes Archive: Stephen Sondheim

YouTube video by 60 Minutes

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 22d

Pinch… Paunch! Pension!

Sondheim’s 60 Minutes interview with Diane Sawyer is endlessly inspiring. And this exchange, about rhymes and reference books, is so delightful.

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 25d

THE LIVES OF A SHOWGIRL:
Follies and the Fate(s) of Ophelia

Sondheim and Swift. Follies and fate. The shimmer of performance and the shadow of collapse. 🪩

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The Lives of a Showgirl

Follies and the fate(s) of Ophelia

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 29d

This week’s interview is with the brilliant Britney Coleman, who starred as Bobbie in the national tour of COMPANY. 🎈

Read our conversation here:

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A Conversation with Britney Coleman

on Company, Into the Woods, and chameleon-like choices

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 29d

Excellent!

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 29d

This week’s interview is with the brilliant Britney Coleman, who starred as Bobbie in the national tour of COMPANY. 🎈

Read our conversation here:

thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

A Conversation with Britney Coleman

on Company, Into the Woods, and chameleon-like choices

thesondheimhub.substack.com

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Sep 28

New today: two cultures suspended between earth and sky, one floating with supreme confidence in its isolation, the other holding to tradition like a fiddler to his precarious perch.

An essay about stability, change, and cultural survival:

thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/we-float

The Fiddler and The Floating Kingdom

Pacific Overtures, Fiddler on the Roof, and the art of cultural exposition

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Sep 28

New today: two cultures suspended between earth and sky, one floating with supreme confidence in its isolation, the other holding to tradition like a fiddler to his precarious perch.

An essay about stability, change, and cultural survival:

thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/we-float

The Fiddler and The Floating Kingdom

Pacific Overtures, Fiddler on the Roof, and the art of cultural exposition

thesondheimhub.substack.com

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Sep 24

If you’ve ever seen ASSASSINS, you might have noticed the credit “Based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr.”

This week, we are honored to welcome Mr. Gilbert to The Sondheim Hub.

Click below to read our full interview:

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A Conversation with Charles Gilbert, Jr.

The man who first conceived Assassins

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Sep 24

Thanks so much for reading!

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Sep 24

If you’ve ever seen ASSASSINS, you might have noticed the credit “Based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr.”

This week, we are honored to welcome Mr. Gilbert to The Sondheim Hub.

Click below to read our full interview:

thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

A Conversation with Charles Gilbert, Jr.

The man who first conceived Assassins

thesondheimhub.substack.com

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Sep 19

15 years ago this week, Henry Miller’s Theatre was officially renamed in Sondheim’s honor:

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Sep 16

Joy today and bliss tomorrow!

Full cast reveal for INTO THE WOODS at London’s Bridge Theatre.

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Sep 15

Thank you so much. I did precisely the same at the park itself recently - my first time there. Deeply moving

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Sep 14

New today! Exploring the painting at the heart of Sunday in the Park with George:

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An Ordinary Sunday

Exploring the painting at the heart of Sunday in the Park with George

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Sep 12

Our latest interview is with GYPSY’s music Director, Andy Einhorn!

On his decades-long partnership with Audra McDonald, preparing the Gypsy score for Broadway, and sharing a piano bench with Sondheim:

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A Conversation with Andy Einhorn

Gypsy's music director on Audra McDonald, the new cast recording, and working with Sondheim

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