Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Who is Stephen Sondheim?
#0Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/10/06 at 10:11pm
Genius composer, yes.
Genius lyricist, yes.
Foxy piece of old man, yes.
Yet I ask you, I IMPLORE all of you to give me your insight:
WHO is Stephen Sondheim?
joey
jam_man
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/25/05
#1re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/10/06 at 10:13pmWell, he usually tries to stay out of the public's eye as much as possible, so all I know is I don't really know. I did read that he likes board games and word puzzles.
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#2re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/10/06 at 10:47pmHe's this guy who writes tunes.
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#3re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/10/06 at 10:52pmMy alter ego.
#4re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/10/06 at 10:58pm
To paraphrase his mentor:
This is a man who thinks with his heart,
His heart is not always wise.
This is a man who stumbles and falls,
But this is a man who tries.
This is a man you'll forgive and forgive,
And help protect, as long as you live...
He will not always say
What you would have him say,
But now and then he'll do
Something
Wonderful.
....
He'll always
Need your love
And so he'll get your love.
A man who needs your love
Can be
Wonderful.
Zyla
Broadway Star Joined: 1/28/06
#5re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/10/06 at 11:00pmI was going to make a sarcastic mock-philosophical comment, but, after that last post, I can't. That was beautiful, jasonf.
#6re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/10/06 at 11:05pmHe writes the songs that make the big queens sing.
#7re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/10/06 at 11:06pmHas he ever been mellow?
#8re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/10/06 at 11:12pm"He's a rebel and he'll never ever be any good."
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#9re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/11/06 at 2:11am
My thoughts: he's a private man who will never be comfortable with how PUBLIC he has made his inner-most thoughts and feelings. A man not at home in the spotlight.
He is the best thing to happen to the theatre world in the last 50 years.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#10re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/11/06 at 2:35amThe man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!
jam_man
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/25/05
#11re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/11/06 at 2:42am
"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" --- SueleenGay
LOL!!! Permission to use that in my sig?
"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay
GO CARDINALS!!!
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
jam_man
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/25/05
#13re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/11/06 at 2:51amMerci, beaucoup!
"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay
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Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#14re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/11/06 at 4:17amNow, this is just a rumor... but I heard that he might be... gay!
#15re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/11/06 at 6:16pm
"The man who wishes he wrote "PotO" "
*dies of laughter induced heart attack*
but seriously.
who is stephen sondheim?
funny that i am listening to "who are you" by the who right now.
and by funny, i of course mean eerie.
he is the man who wrote my favorite show ever.
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#16re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/11/06 at 6:21pmActually, I told my friend (who is gay) that Stephen Sondheim was gay and that Leonard Bernstein had been gay and he freaked out on me and made this big deal about how he didn't think he could listen to their music anymore. It really threw me for a loop. I didn't mention anything about any dungeons.
joey
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#17re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/11/06 at 6:30pmGosh, don't tell him about Porter, Herman, Hart, Loewe, Kander & Ebb, La Chiusa, Finn, Shaiman, Elton John and a few others I shouldn't name.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#18re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/11/06 at 6:34pmSondheim is Loretta Swit's ex-lover. Rumor has it that he wrote Mrs. Lovett with her in mind.
#19re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/11/06 at 6:35pm
Oh.
I did.
It was quite the argument, actually.
joey
#20re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/11/06 at 6:46pmAwww...Jasonf, that made me tear up.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#21re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/11/06 at 6:49pm
How shocking it must have been for him to find out that there are gay people in the theatre. And let's not get started with playwrights, directors, choreogaphers and designers.
#22re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/11/06 at 6:55pmYou know, I have a (gay) friend as well who was shocked to find out that Sondheim was gay. I named most of the people you mentioned, Margo, and a slew of others and he said, "Well, I knew about them, but really? STEPHEN Sondheim? I don't even know what to do with myself now."
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#23re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/11/06 at 7:01pm
I always assumed it was pretty comon knowledge. I remember YEARS ago when friends and I figured that West Side Story had to be the gayest show in history considering its composer (Bernstein), lyricist (Sondheim), book writer (Laurents), director/choreographer (Robbins), leading man (Kert), not to mention most of the Jets and Sharks were all gay. Some stereotypes about musical theatre are 100% true.
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#24re: Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Posted: 3/11/06 at 7:02pmI'd like to know what Katherine Hepburn had to say about him as a neighbor.
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