October 2009
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Everybody says don’t, everybody says don’t, everybody says don’t get out of...
– “Everybody Says Don’t”, Anyone Can Whistle (via nickybcobz)
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Either you’re a fireplace person or you’re not and I’ve never...
– Katharine Hepburn on Stephen Sondheim
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Stephen Sondheim's Crossword Puzzles →
Scans from Sondheim’s collection of crossword puzzles (now out of print).
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The sun comes up,
I think about you.
The coffee cup,
I think about you.
I...
– “Losing My Mind”, Follies (via mattheww)
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What I learned from Oscar [Hammerstein], by osmosis, is he always did it by...
– Stephen Sondheim, on mentoring other writers
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poisonville:
Frank Sinatra sings Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns”
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Simplicity of utterance alone is suitable for song; and, in addition, show tunes...
– J.D. McClatchy
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All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different...
– Stephen Sondheim (via laurenrowland)
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News of Sondheim's current project
Sondheim will turn 80 next year - a birthday tribute is planned at the Ravinia Festival near Chicago - but the composer isn’t idle. He’s working on a two-volume annotated edition of his complete lyrics, the first of which, “Finishing the Hat: Volume One,” is due for publication in late 2010.
(source)
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I wrote for the theater in order to be like Oscar [Hammerstein]. I have no doubt...
– Stephen Sondheim
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