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.
"Gitchie gitchie Betsy Aidem / Squibby Squibby Squibby June."
#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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