Groban, playing the title character, will be joined by Annaleigh Ashford in a production scheduled to open in March at the Lunt-Fontanne. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Sondheim, Stephen”
‘A Little Night Music’ Review: A Rueful Take at Barrington Stage
By Gotham Rex on August 12, 2022
Barrington Stage Company offers a take on the Sondheim-Wheeler classic highlighted by performances in shades of regret. Source: New York Times
‘A Strange Loop’ Wins Best Musical as Tonys Celebrate Broadway’s Return
By Gotham Rex on June 13, 2022
“The Lehman Trilogy” won best play, “Company” won best musical revival and “Take Me Out” won best revival of a play at the 75th Tony Awards. Source: New York Times
A Starry ‘Into the Woods’ Will Play Broadway This Summer
By Gotham Rex on May 26, 2022
The fairy-tale musical, with songs by Stephen Sondheim, will feature Sara Bareilles and a cast of much admired theater performers. Source: New York Times
The Antiquarian Book Fair: From Sondheim’s Letters to a Brontë Discovery
By Gotham Rex on April 20, 2022
Among the rarities on view at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair are also a 1555 treatise on tennis and Amy Winehouse’s personal library. Source: New York Times
Daniel Radcliffe to Star in Off Broadway ‘Merrily’ Revival
By Gotham Rex on March 7, 2022
A new production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along” is to be staged late this year by the nonprofit New York Theater Workshop in the East Village. Source: New York Times
A Broadway Conductor's Difficult Journey Back from Long Covid
By Gotham Rex on February 24, 2022
A celebrated Broadway conductor caught Covid in the first wave. Two despairing years later, he is finally reclaiming his old life, breath by breath. Source: New York Times
Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ Ends Run Early Because of Coronavirus Cases
By Gotham Rex on January 25, 2022
The sold-out production had been scheduled to run through Jan. 30, but decided to cancel its few remaining performances. Source: New York Times
She Got the First Vaccine. Now It’s a Year Later.
By Gotham Rex on December 14, 2021
Sandra Lindsay hopes she signaled that science and medicine can be trusted. Source: New York Times
Interest in Stephen Sondheim's Music, Books and Shows Soar After His Death
By Gotham Rex on December 8, 2021
Fans have been streaming his music, buying his books, and trying to get in to see his shows, with a new revival of “Company” opening this week on Broadway. Source: New York Times
Impromptu Stephen Sondheim Wakes Fill Piano Bars With Tears and Tunes
By Gotham Rex on November 27, 2021
Lines of Stephen Sondheim fans formed outside Marie’s Crisis Cafe in Greenwich Village as news of his death spread. Inside, it was all-Sondheim on the piano. Source: New York Times
Praise for Stephen Sondheim at ‘Company’ and ‘Assassins'
By Gotham Rex on November 27, 2021
“I would ask you to sit back and luxuriate in his extraordinary words and music,” the director John Doyle said before Friday’s performance of the “Assassins” revival. Source: New York Times
Stephen Sondheim Reflected on 'Company' and 'West Side Story' in Final Interview
By Gotham Rex on November 26, 2021
In an interview on Sunday, the revered composer and lyricist, 91, contentedly discussed his shows running on Broadway and off, as well as a new movie about to be released. Source: New York Times