Favorite Sondheim one-liners?
#2
Posted: 12/13/21 at 12:24am
Don't know if it qualifies as a one-liner per say, but Beth's "Oh god is there dancing, cuz I'm not a dancer!" line in Opening Doors is always a delight to hear, especially when delivered by Betsy Wolfe.
They/them.
"Get up the nerve to be all you deserve to be."
#3
Posted: 12/13/21 at 2:06am
“The closest I ever gave”
“Somebody stop me before I sing again” - Bazzard
#5
Posted: 12/13/21 at 4:23am
“Isn’t that alarming? What is she? A bird?” Night Music is full of ‘em!
#6
Posted: 12/13/21 at 6:18am
I feel like
”poppin p**sies into pies”
and
”it justifies the beans”
both deserve a spot on this list
Updated On: 12/19/21 at 06:18 AM
#7
Posted: 12/13/21 at 6:36am
Not sure if this counts, but it's a one-line note Sondheim sent to friends:
“Dear Peter and Mary, Just a note to thank you for the wine, which arrived on the day that my doctor told me my triglyceride count was higher than ever. Love, Steve.”
#8
Posted: 12/13/21 at 10:07am
From "Into the Woods" (Jack's mother explaining why the cow must be sold) "Her withers wither with her"
#10
Posted: 12/13/21 at 11:09am
Not from one of his shows, but from his interview with Adam Guettel.
Guettel: Your poodles have very topiary tails.
Sondheim: Well, they're topiary dogs. That's what poodles do for a living.
#11
Posted: 12/13/21 at 12:01pm
"She says, I'm perfect, she swears"
"You're perfect, godd*mn it"
It took me SEVERAL listens to understand just how funny and genius that lyric is, and it remains among my favorite lines he ever wrote.
#12
Posted: 12/13/21 at 12:16pm
"I sort of hate to ask it, but do you have a basket"?
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#13
Posted: 12/13/21 at 12:40pm
"Is that just revolting? All greasy and gritty? It looks like it's molting! And tastes like...well pity."
Or
"I prefer general." "With or without his privates?"
#14
Posted: 12/13/21 at 1:05pm
"There's a hole in the world like a great black pit and it's filled with people who are filled with **** and the vermin of the world inhabit it."
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
#15
Posted: 12/13/21 at 3:32pm
Nolan LuPone said: "I prefer general." "With or without his privates?""
“A Little Priest” never fails to crack me up every single time.
Imagine if we could tell everyone here that Liberty Mutual customizes car insurance to save people hundreds. (LiMu squawks)
#17
Posted: 12/13/21 at 6:08pm
I mean he kneads me. I mean like dough George.
Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
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