Favorite Sondheim- Page 2

[BillFinn]

Posted: 1/5/04 at 8:45pm

Sweeney Todd is soooooooo depressing, grotesque, and just plain nasty. What draws you to this musical?

[eponine88]

Posted: 1/5/04 at 8:50pm

The fact that its sooo depressing, grotesque, and just plain nasty, of course! Actually, I have no idea, the demonic charater of Sweeney just pulls me into the story and the music. And the fact that there actually was a demon barber on Fleet Street named Sweeney Todd makes it all the more exciting for me.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/5/04 at 8:56pm

Here is my order of preference:

WEST SIDE STORY
GYPSY
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
FOLLIES
A FUNNY THING...FORUM
COMPANY
SWEENEY TODD
PASSION
INTO THE WOODS
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
EVENING PRIMROSE
DO I HEAR A WALTZ
PACIFIC OVERATURS
SUNDAY IN THE PARK
ASSASSINS (It's growing on me & may easily overtake SUNDAY)

Favorite collections for me are
SONDHEIM A MUSICAL TRIBUTE (A must; recorded live 3/11/73 live on stage of the Shubert Theatre on the set of NIGHT MUSIC. This is the ultimate early Sondheim collection--classic songs and classy performers; other compilations pale much by comparison)
SIBE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM*

Oh, and only ORIGINAL BROADWAY & *LONDON CASTS, PLEASE.

Broadway Bulldog
Updated On: 1/7/04 at 08:56 PM

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 1/5/04 at 9:06pm

That and it's funny, charming, thought-provoking, beautiful, and WHY IS GEORGE HEARN HOT TO ME? Something is wrong with me, I swear.

[BillFinn]

Posted: 1/5/04 at 9:20pm

BECAUSE George Hearn is the second hottest middle aged man ever!

Has anyone tried singing "A Weekend in the Country" with a group of friends while riding the subway? Do try...

[alterego]

Posted: 1/5/04 at 9:26pm

For me...A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 1/5/04 at 9:29pm

INTO THE WOODS and COMPANY

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 1/5/04 at 9:32pm

BillFinn, I love you more than life for agreeing with me! BTW, who's the first?

[BroadwayBaby3]

Posted: 1/5/04 at 9:33pm

Do musicals that he wrote the lyrics for count? I hope so.

Here are mine:

Gypsy
Follies
Into the Woods
Sweeney Todd
Sunday in the Park With George
Assassins
A Little Night Music

[wickedfan]

Posted: 1/5/04 at 9:35pm

if they do than GYPSY is number one, than INTO THE WOODS and COMPANY

[sondheimfreak]

Posted: 1/5/04 at 10:36pm

To only name one:

Sweeney Todd.

[BillFinn]

Posted: 1/5/04 at 10:45pm

"BillFinn, I love you more than life for agreeing with me! BTW, who's the first?"

FindingNamo of course!

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 1/5/04 at 10:47pm

True true... Stud of the damn earth...

What about Mr Roxy? Ha! I was thinking more along those lines...

[orchajaws]

Posted: 1/6/04 at 5:52pm

Bulldog...I completely disagree. Sunday in the Park with George is absolutely brilliant (and I LOVE Mandy). Also very much enjoy Into the Woods

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/6/04 at 5:54pm

Passion is my favorite.

I think Sweeney Todd is his best score, though.

But Into the Woods would be my second favorite.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/6/04 at 9:13pm

orcha...I played SUNDAY endlessly for quite a time when it first premiered but in the context of his work it is not high on my list.

I was actually thinking that my opinion of Mandy has no place in my assessment of Sondheim's work. So I was going to delete that reference. Thanks for reminding me.

I still dislike Mandy's affected singing style but that's immaterial to my personal opinion about Sondheim's score. It's my thought that other work of his work is far superior.

Cheers! Off to see THE FORSYTE SAGA, the original.

Broadway Bulldog Updated On: 1/6/04 at 09:13 PM

[BroadwayNYC]

Posted: 1/6/04 at 11:09pm

Favorite Sondheim Lyrics:

1. Gypsy
2. Sweeney Todd
3. Into The Woods

[bially082]

Posted: 1/6/04 at 11:36pm

Into the Woods
Sweeney Todd

[lyndyjane]

Posted: 1/7/04 at 12:10am

Sunday In the Park With George is my favorite, but Into the Woods is proving to be the only musical I have been in that I don't get tired of toward the end of rehearsals... oh and if you don't have respect for an actor who has been in a Sondheim, try singing Last Midnight with the full orchestra-can we say 8 different keys and modes as the same time!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/7/04 at 8:54pm

I just listened again to

SONDHEIM A MUSICAL TRIBUTE

thanks to this message thread.

What a GREAT evening! This was recorded just two weeks after the opening of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. All of the performers were in Sondheim shows. This was the first of any Sondheim retrospectives, and I believe, of any musical theatre composer/lyricist.

If you haven't heard this, or haven't heard it a long while, do yourself a big favor and have a listen. It's joyous, it's wonderful, it's LIVE!

Broadway Bulldog Updated On: 1/7/04 at 08:54 PM

[Deena Jones2]

Posted: 1/7/04 at 8:57pm

FOLLIES!!!! I wish I could go back in time and see the original Bway cast.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/7/04 at 9:20pm

Okay. I like this.

All on one stage, 3/11/73, one album.
SONDHEIM A MUSICAL TRIBUTE

Listen to this cast....

George Lee Andrews
Larry Blyden
Susan Browning
Len Cariou
Jack Cassidey
Dorothy Collins
Sevel Elmore
Harvey Evans
Hermione Gingold
Laurence Guittard
Pamela Hall
Ron Holgate
Beth Howland
Glynis Johns
Justine Jonston
Larry Kert
Mark Lambert
Angela Lansbury
Victoria Mallory
Mary Mccarty
Donna Mckechnie
John McMartin
Pamela Myers
Anthony Perkins
Kurt Peterson
Alice Playten
Teri Ralston
Chita Rivera
Marti Rolph
Virginia Sadifur
Etheul shutta
Alexis Smith
Tony Stevens
Nancy Walker
and
Stephen Sondheim

YA GOTT LOVE IT!

Yours for real stars on Broadway!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/7/04 at 9:47pm

So I just know you're asking yourselves...

Where was La Merm?

Where was Lee Remick?

Where was Zero?

The answers to these questions will follow.

Broadway Bullodg

[TheaterChick04]

Posted: 1/7/04 at 9:57pm

I love Merrily We Roll Along. All of Sondheim's stuff is amazing. He is brilliant!!!

[TheaterChick04]

Posted: 1/7/04 at 10:04pm

I forgot to Mention Into the Woods. That is an amazing show and it is so clever. I was actually in the junior version. The music is so interesting!