TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
#0TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/11/05 at 11:42pm
Here you go, StickToPriest:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1081375,00.html
An enjoyable read.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#1re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/11/05 at 11:50pmThanks for posting. That was awesome. I loved the end.
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MargoChanning
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#2re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/11/05 at 11:50pmInteresting that he was a fan of Taboo.
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TheEnchantedHunter
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/27/05
#3re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/11/05 at 11:50pm
The answer to #7 is Sondheim at his most surprising and perverse.
TheEnchantedHunter
Ted Hunter, Cane, NH
#4re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/12/05 at 5:35pmAnd not a fan of Stop the World I Want to Get Off.
#5re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/12/05 at 5:41pmI love his wording of that last answer.
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#6re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:21pmi agree about taboo. i really love that score and find myself listening to the cd very frequently
#7re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:36pm
What's funny, Capn, is that I had four different people e-mail this to me last night. 
I seriously think that's a sign I've got to tone down the obsession a bit.
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Updated On: 7/12/05 at 06:36 PM
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
Gothampc
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#8re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:47pm
Question #11:
What do you really think of Adam Guettel's work?
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Posted: 7/12/05 at 7:56pmHaha, I know what you mean, StickToPriest. I get Peter Pan articles constantly.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#10re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/12/05 at 7:57pmI read this article and thought those were not the questions I'd be asking him....what would you ask?
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#11re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/12/05 at 8:05pm
"I read this article and thought those were not the questions I'd be asking him....what would you ask?"
Do you really have a bondage dungeon in your house? Is that how Neil Patrick Harris got cast in Assassins?
Was your neighbor Katherine Hepburn really the source for Mrs. Lovett?
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#12re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/12/05 at 10:37pmit's "katharine"- if you don't get it right, she pulls a poltergeist.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#13re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/12/05 at 10:51pm
Priest, that amused me a great deal.
I'd heard before that he loved Taboo and I like that he gave something that's very different from his own style a chance. And he doesn't have perfect pitch? That's like almost suggesting that Sondheim is flawed....
#14re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/12/05 at 10:55pm*gasp* sondheim flawed?! Is that possible???
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#15re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/12/05 at 11:25pm
"Taboo. I thought it was inventive, and I was touched by it, and I thought it looked good. All the way through I had a good time. And a few of the songs really moved me. I got involved in it--and it's not my kind of music."
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
*gasp*
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..
*gasp*
eeeeeeeeeeeee-*passes out*
(I liked Taboo, too. I'm really happy that Sondheim agrees with me)
TheEnchantedHunter
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/27/05
#16re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/12/05 at 11:45pm
Guess Stevie baby wants Rosie to produce his show(s).
Vivian Darkbloom
Ramsdale, New England
#17re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/13/05 at 12:00amYAY ROSIE!
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#18re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/13/05 at 12:09am
Rosie used to live near me.
But I think she moved.
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#19re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/13/05 at 12:29amWow! He's a fan of Taboo! That's just awesome.
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#20re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/13/05 at 12:39amFascinating read! And, I, too, love that he loved TABOO.
MatureDignity
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/04
#21re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/13/05 at 12:57amHe was at closing night... I think he saw it before that, too.
DAME
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#22re: TIME Magazine Asks Stephen Sondheim 10 Questions
Posted: 7/13/05 at 1:37amHe has mentioned that in a few things.
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