favorite Sondheim show
favorite Sondheim show
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#0favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 12:30am
PICK ONLY ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I pick Sunday in the Park with George -- no other show so perfectly says what art is about and why it is important.
"Fundamentalism means never having to say 'I'm wrong.'"
-- unknown
#1re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 12:31amCompany or ITW (tied for me)
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
kates
Featured Actor Joined: 10/12/04
#2re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 12:32amassassins
"Commit a little mortal sin, its good for the soul"
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#3re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 12:33amI'll second the pick of Sunday in the Park With George. For all its flaws and weirdness, I adore it. I'm not even sure I'd feel the same way if it weren't for Bernadette Peters' indescribably wonderful performance on the OBC. But she is there, and I adore her and the music she and the rest of the cast sing. And Sunday is the best damn Act I closer I know of. Updated On: 10/22/04 at 12:33 AM
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#4re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 12:33amSunday In The Park With George
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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rockfenris2005
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#5re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 12:34am
Sweeney Todd
FOREVER!
Who can explain it, who can tell you why?
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try
-South Pacific
#6re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 12:35amooooo.....hard.I'm gonna have to go with Merrily We Roll Along. Oh man it's so hard to pick just one!
"Did you know that if you take the first two vowels in Olive and rearrange them it spells I-Love?"-Spelling Bee
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#7re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 12:36amyou sondheim fans are going to be so proud of me. I ordered SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE on dvd and it should be arriving any day now.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#8re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 12:37amSweeney Todd. No other!
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
redmustang
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/03
#9re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 12:38amSweeney Todd - way out in front of several other near-masterpieces.
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#10re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 12:41amI almost chose Sweeney, but had to go with SITPWG because of the theme...even though Sweeney has the most amazing music and lyrics and book.
"Fundamentalism means never having to say 'I'm wrong.'"
-- unknown
#11re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 12:52amSweeney Todd!
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#12re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 12:55amAssassins. I just saw the Tisch performance of Sweeny and it has altered my view of the show forever...
amasis
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/7/04
#13re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 1:09amAnother vote for Sunday in the Park with George
#14re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 1:20amSunday In The Park With George is my favourite Sondheim musical, too. Such a beautiful show. It still hits a nerve.
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alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
lvpblues
Broadway Star Joined: 2/18/04
#16re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 1:54am
Sweeney Todd.
It was close between that, Follies and A Little Night Music.
sean martin
Broadway Star Joined: 7/4/04
#17re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 4:41amFOLLIES, hands down. The rest are excellent (PACIFIC OVERTURES is really close to favourite), but FOLLIES will always be quintessential Sondhiem for me.
"That duck was a sexual toy, and it was on display!" -- an unknown Nashville town leader
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#18re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 5:35amI'd have to see Into The Woods because it was my first Sondheim show.
#19re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 5:37amFor me it has to be PASSION. It's absolutely breathtaking.
"Years from now, when you talk about this - And you will - Be kind. "
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#21re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 6:42amEasily, "Sunday In The Park."
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#22re: favorite Sondheim show
Posted: 10/22/04 at 6:57am
It was between Sweeny or Assassins but the latter moved me more so I will have to pick
Into The Woods.
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
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