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A SONDHEIM CHRISTMAS CAROL
Our Christmas gift to you. Charley was dead, to begin with…
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Our Christmas gift to you. Charley was dead, to begin with…
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A Sondheim Christmas Carol
Charley was dead, to begin with.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A SONDHEIM CHRISTMAS CAROL
Our Christmas gift to you. Charley was dead, to begin with…
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Our Christmas gift to you. Charley was dead, to begin with…
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A SONDHEIM CHRISTMAS CAROL
Our Christmas gift to you. Charley was dead, to begin with…
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Our Christmas gift to you. Charley was dead, to begin with…
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A Sondheim Christmas Carol
Charley was dead, to begin with.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A SONDHEIM CHRISTMAS CAROL
Our Christmas gift to you. Charley was dead, to begin with…
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Our Christmas gift to you. Charley was dead, to begin with…
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Sondheim, Rob Reiner, and the movie musical that never was. ✍️
Our new essay on the never-produced “Singing Out Loud,” which Reiner was set to direct (with songs by Sondheim), is out now:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/sondheim-r...
Our new essay on the never-produced “Singing Out Loud,” which Reiner was set to direct (with songs by Sondheim), is out now:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/sondheim-r...
Sondheim, Rob Reiner, and the movie musical that never was
Plus, a festive crossword, an invitation, and more...
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December 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Sondheim, Rob Reiner, and the movie musical that never was. ✍️
Our new essay on the never-produced “Singing Out Loud,” which Reiner was set to direct (with songs by Sondheim), is out now:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/sondheim-r...
Our new essay on the never-produced “Singing Out Loud,” which Reiner was set to direct (with songs by Sondheim), is out now:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/sondheim-r...
Sondheim, Rob Reiner, and the movie musical that never was. ✍️
Our new essay on the never-produced “Singing Out Loud,” which Reiner was set to direct (with songs by Sondheim), is out now:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/sondheim-r...
Our new essay on the never-produced “Singing Out Loud,” which Reiner was set to direct (with songs by Sondheim), is out now:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/sondheim-r...
Sondheim, Rob Reiner, and the movie musical that never was
Plus, a festive crossword, an invitation, and more...
thesondheimhub.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Sondheim, Rob Reiner, and the movie musical that never was. ✍️
Our new essay on the never-produced “Singing Out Loud,” which Reiner was set to direct (with songs by Sondheim), is out now:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/sondheim-r...
Our new essay on the never-produced “Singing Out Loud,” which Reiner was set to direct (with songs by Sondheim), is out now:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/sondheim-r...
35 years ago this week, ASSASSINS premiered at Playwrights Horizons.
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
35 years ago this week, ASSASSINS premiered at Playwrights Horizons.
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In 1992, Sondheim provided the songs for a never-produced “musical movie about a movie musical” called SINGING OUT LOUD.
The movie was written for Rob Reiner to direct.
“Dawn” is one of those songs. Today feels like a good day to listen.
The movie was written for Rob Reiner to direct.
“Dawn” is one of those songs. Today feels like a good day to listen.
December 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In 1992, Sondheim provided the songs for a never-produced “musical movie about a movie musical” called SINGING OUT LOUD.
The movie was written for Rob Reiner to direct.
“Dawn” is one of those songs. Today feels like a good day to listen.
The movie was written for Rob Reiner to direct.
“Dawn” is one of those songs. Today feels like a good day to listen.
In 1992, Sondheim provided the songs for a never-produced “musical movie about a movie musical” called SINGING OUT LOUD.
The movie was written for Rob Reiner to direct.
“Dawn” is one of those songs. Today feels like a good day to listen.
The movie was written for Rob Reiner to direct.
“Dawn” is one of those songs. Today feels like a good day to listen.
December 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In 1992, Sondheim provided the songs for a never-produced “musical movie about a movie musical” called SINGING OUT LOUD.
The movie was written for Rob Reiner to direct.
“Dawn” is one of those songs. Today feels like a good day to listen.
The movie was written for Rob Reiner to direct.
“Dawn” is one of those songs. Today feels like a good day to listen.
New today, an Advent essay on vigil, A Little Night Music, and the grammar of anticipation:
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thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-little-n...
A Little Night Music and the Art of Sacred Waiting
An Advent vigil | Sondheim Supplement #44
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December 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
New today, an Advent essay on vigil, A Little Night Music, and the grammar of anticipation:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-little-n...
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-little-n...
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Hey, o⃥l⃥d⃥ new friends! 👋
We publish a new Sondheim essay & interview each week, free to all. 200+ pieces to date. You’d be so welcome to join our community! (You get a crossword as a welcome gift, too.)
No account required - just an email address. 💌
thesondheimhub.substack.com
We publish a new Sondheim essay & interview each week, free to all. 200+ pieces to date. You’d be so welcome to join our community! (You get a crossword as a welcome gift, too.)
No account required - just an email address. 💌
thesondheimhub.substack.com
The Sondheim Hub | Substack
New essays, interviews & features about the work of Stephen Sondheim. Join the community! Click to read The Sondheim Hub, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
thesondheimhub.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hey, o⃥l⃥d⃥ new friends! 👋
We publish a new Sondheim essay & interview each week, free to all. 200+ pieces to date. You’d be so welcome to join our community! (You get a crossword as a welcome gift, too.)
No account required - just an email address. 💌
thesondheimhub.substack.com
We publish a new Sondheim essay & interview each week, free to all. 200+ pieces to date. You’d be so welcome to join our community! (You get a crossword as a welcome gift, too.)
No account required - just an email address. 💌
thesondheimhub.substack.com
Today, we’re so proud to publish this personal account by Grammy-nominated record producer Didier C. Deutsch, detailing his more than three decades working on Sondheim’s recordings. It’s an intimate & illuminating portrait of art, ethics, and friendship.
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thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/how-i-met-...
How I Met Stephen Sondheim
A guest essay by Didier C. Deutsch
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December 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Today, we’re so proud to publish this personal account by Grammy-nominated record producer Didier C. Deutsch, detailing his more than three decades working on Sondheim’s recordings. It’s an intimate & illuminating portrait of art, ethics, and friendship.
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/how-i-met-...
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/how-i-met-...
Raise your hand if you’re seeing MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG on the big screen this weekend!
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Raise your hand if you’re seeing MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG on the big screen this weekend!
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New today, we speak to ELSBETH showrunner, screenwriter & playwright Jonathan Tolins!
We discuss his Merrily-infused season opener and much more…
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
We discuss his Merrily-infused season opener and much more…
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
A Conversation with Jonathan Tolins
We speak to the showrunner of CBS's "Elsbeth"
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December 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New today, we speak to ELSBETH showrunner, screenwriter & playwright Jonathan Tolins!
We discuss his Merrily-infused season opener and much more…
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
We discuss his Merrily-infused season opener and much more…
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
New today, we speak to ELSBETH showrunner, screenwriter & playwright Jonathan Tolins!
We discuss his Merrily-infused season opener and much more…
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
We discuss his Merrily-infused season opener and much more…
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
A Conversation with Jonathan Tolins
We speak to the showrunner of CBS's "Elsbeth"
thesondheimhub.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New today, we speak to ELSBETH showrunner, screenwriter & playwright Jonathan Tolins!
We discuss his Merrily-infused season opener and much more…
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
We discuss his Merrily-infused season opener and much more…
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
New today, a Sondheimian guide to musical meter.
You do not need to be a music theory whizz to read this! This guide takes you through simple & compound meters step by step, and digs into some more fun territory (hemiola! cross-rhythm!) along the way.
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/sondheim-a...
You do not need to be a music theory whizz to read this! This guide takes you through simple & compound meters step by step, and digs into some more fun territory (hemiola! cross-rhythm!) along the way.
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/sondheim-a...
Sondheim & Musical Meter
Meter? Meet her! A listener's guide
thesondheimhub.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
New today, a Sondheimian guide to musical meter.
You do not need to be a music theory whizz to read this! This guide takes you through simple & compound meters step by step, and digs into some more fun territory (hemiola! cross-rhythm!) along the way.
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/sondheim-a...
You do not need to be a music theory whizz to read this! This guide takes you through simple & compound meters step by step, and digs into some more fun territory (hemiola! cross-rhythm!) along the way.
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/sondheim-a...
Hey, o⃥l⃥d⃥ new friends! 👋
We publish a new Sondheim essay & interview each week, free to all. 200+ pieces to date. You’d be so welcome to join our community! (You get a crossword as a welcome gift, too.)
No account required - just an email address. 💌
thesondheimhub.substack.com
We publish a new Sondheim essay & interview each week, free to all. 200+ pieces to date. You’d be so welcome to join our community! (You get a crossword as a welcome gift, too.)
No account required - just an email address. 💌
thesondheimhub.substack.com
The Sondheim Hub | Substack
New essays, interviews & features about the work of Stephen Sondheim. Join the community! Click to read The Sondheim Hub, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
thesondheimhub.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hey, o⃥l⃥d⃥ new friends! 👋
We publish a new Sondheim essay & interview each week, free to all. 200+ pieces to date. You’d be so welcome to join our community! (You get a crossword as a welcome gift, too.)
No account required - just an email address. 💌
thesondheimhub.substack.com
We publish a new Sondheim essay & interview each week, free to all. 200+ pieces to date. You’d be so welcome to join our community! (You get a crossword as a welcome gift, too.)
No account required - just an email address. 💌
thesondheimhub.substack.com
As we pass
Through arrangements of shadows
Toward the verticals of trees
Forever.
Through arrangements of shadows
Toward the verticals of trees
Forever.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
As we pass
Through arrangements of shadows
Toward the verticals of trees
Forever.
Through arrangements of shadows
Toward the verticals of trees
Forever.
sometimes people like a stream that
leave you meets a boulder
🤝
halfway through the wood
leave you meets a boulder
🤝
halfway through the wood
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
sometimes people like a stream that
leave you meets a boulder
🤝
halfway through the wood
leave you meets a boulder
🤝
halfway through the wood
New today! A piece on benediction & binding oath in MERRILY and WICKED
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thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/our-time-t...
“Our Time”: The Future Tense of “For Good?”
Sondheim Supplement #41
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November 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
New today! A piece on benediction & binding oath in MERRILY and WICKED
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/our-time-t...
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/our-time-t...
Sondheim wrote “a great deal” of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Christo’s Steak House.
“When the cocoon is self-created, the surroundings matter not at all.”
“When the cocoon is self-created, the surroundings matter not at all.”
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Sondheim wrote “a great deal” of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Christo’s Steak House.
“When the cocoon is self-created, the surroundings matter not at all.”
“When the cocoon is self-created, the surroundings matter not at all.”
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Meet our youngest ever guest!
Max Rackenberg played Frank Jr. in MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG on Broadway. You’ll be able to see him on the big screen when Merrily comes to cinemas next month!
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
Max Rackenberg played Frank Jr. in MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG on Broadway. You’ll be able to see him on the big screen when Merrily comes to cinemas next month!
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
A Conversation with Max Rackenberg
Frank Jr. in Broadway's Merrily We Roll Along
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November 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Meet our youngest ever guest!
Max Rackenberg played Frank Jr. in MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG on Broadway. You’ll be able to see him on the big screen when Merrily comes to cinemas next month!
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
Max Rackenberg played Frank Jr. in MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG on Broadway. You’ll be able to see him on the big screen when Merrily comes to cinemas next month!
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
Meet our youngest ever guest!
Max Rackenberg played Frank Jr. in MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG on Broadway. You’ll be able to see him on the big screen when Merrily comes to cinemas next month!
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
Max Rackenberg played Frank Jr. in MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG on Broadway. You’ll be able to see him on the big screen when Merrily comes to cinemas next month!
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
A Conversation with Max Rackenberg
Frank Jr. in Broadway's Merrily We Roll Along
thesondheimhub.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Meet our youngest ever guest!
Max Rackenberg played Frank Jr. in MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG on Broadway. You’ll be able to see him on the big screen when Merrily comes to cinemas next month!
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
Max Rackenberg played Frank Jr. in MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG on Broadway. You’ll be able to see him on the big screen when Merrily comes to cinemas next month!
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
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FOR GOOD? 💚🩷
Our Wicked x Sondheim series concludes today with a look at the moral texture of influence in Wicked, Into the Woods, Sunday, and West Side Story.
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/for-good
Our Wicked x Sondheim series concludes today with a look at the moral texture of influence in Wicked, Into the Woods, Sunday, and West Side Story.
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/for-good
For Good?
Sondheim, Wicked, and the moral texture of influence
thesondheimhub.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
FOR GOOD? 💚🩷
Our Wicked x Sondheim series concludes today with a look at the moral texture of influence in Wicked, Into the Woods, Sunday, and West Side Story.
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/for-good
Our Wicked x Sondheim series concludes today with a look at the moral texture of influence in Wicked, Into the Woods, Sunday, and West Side Story.
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/for-good
FOR GOOD? 💚🩷
Our Wicked x Sondheim series concludes today with a look at the moral texture of influence in Wicked, Into the Woods, Sunday, and West Side Story.
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/for-good
Our Wicked x Sondheim series concludes today with a look at the moral texture of influence in Wicked, Into the Woods, Sunday, and West Side Story.
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/for-good
For Good?
Sondheim, Wicked, and the moral texture of influence
thesondheimhub.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
FOR GOOD? 💚🩷
Our Wicked x Sondheim series concludes today with a look at the moral texture of influence in Wicked, Into the Woods, Sunday, and West Side Story.
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/for-good
Our Wicked x Sondheim series concludes today with a look at the moral texture of influence in Wicked, Into the Woods, Sunday, and West Side Story.
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/for-good
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New today! We speak to the brilliant Joel Fram, music director for Maria Friedman’s MERRILY and Marianne Elliott’s COMPANY. 🎈
Joel shares so many great stories of these two landmark productions & working closely with Sondheim:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
Joel shares so many great stories of these two landmark productions & working closely with Sondheim:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
A Conversation with Joel Fram
Music director for Maria Friedman's Merrily & Marianne Elliott's Company
thesondheimhub.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
New today! We speak to the brilliant Joel Fram, music director for Maria Friedman’s MERRILY and Marianne Elliott’s COMPANY. 🎈
Joel shares so many great stories of these two landmark productions & working closely with Sondheim:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
Joel shares so many great stories of these two landmark productions & working closely with Sondheim:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
New today! We speak to the brilliant Joel Fram, music director for Maria Friedman’s MERRILY and Marianne Elliott’s COMPANY. 🎈
Joel shares so many great stories of these two landmark productions & working closely with Sondheim:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
Joel shares so many great stories of these two landmark productions & working closely with Sondheim:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
A Conversation with Joel Fram
Music director for Maria Friedman's Merrily & Marianne Elliott's Company
thesondheimhub.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
New today! We speak to the brilliant Joel Fram, music director for Maria Friedman’s MERRILY and Marianne Elliott’s COMPANY. 🎈
Joel shares so many great stories of these two landmark productions & working closely with Sondheim:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
Joel shares so many great stories of these two landmark productions & working closely with Sondheim:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...