#26
Posted: 3/22/10 at 10:08pm
This is fantastic. I can't wait to go back to this theatre once it's renamed and see "The Stephen Sondheim Theatre" listed under that Playbill banner!
Henry Miller Theatre's to Be Renamed as THE STEPHEN SONDHEIM THEATRE! — Page 2
#27
Posted: 3/22/10 at 10:15pm
Gotta be honest. Watching/shooting this curtain call for BWW and seeing Sondheim's face the moment they told him was probably one of the coolest moments of my life.
#28
Posted: 3/22/10 at 10:16pm
Next, Ockie needs to get a theatre named for him.
The Jack Oakie Theater?
The Jack Oakie Theater?
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Updated On: 3/22/10 at 10:16 PM
#29
Posted: 3/22/10 at 10:29pm
WOW! Is this for real? This is the greatest news of the year...maybe of the decade. Congrats to Steve. He really deserves this.
#30
Posted: 3/22/10 at 10:58pm
Sondheim's reaction to this was priceless. Happy Birthday!
#31
Posted: 3/22/10 at 11:05pm
Poor Henry Miller. So great to see how Broadway safeguards the memory of its past.
Sic transit gloria mundi.
Sic transit gloria mundi.
#32
Posted: 3/22/10 at 11:49pm
This is obviously awesome!
#33
Posted: 3/22/10 at 11:49pm
There is a video of him reacting to this? I can't find it if it's on the main page. Would someone post a link, please?
Very exciting news!
Very exciting news!
#34
Posted: 3/22/10 at 11:51pm
I am so unbelievably thrilled!
#35
Posted: 3/22/10 at 11:51pm
I can't help feeling bad for Henry Miller, I think a Theatre not named after a person would be more appropriate, but alas, congrats Stephen!
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#36
Posted: 3/22/10 at 11:52pm
It just happened a couple of hours ago. I'm sure it will surface.
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
#37
Posted: 3/23/10 at 12:14am
Talk about a birthday gift! This made me squeal like a little girl. No lie.
#38
Posted: 3/23/10 at 12:33am
This isn't actually the first theatre to be named after him. The Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts in Fairfield, IA is.
Genius lasts longer than beauty.
#39
Posted: 3/23/10 at 12:48am
This renaming better come with a barrage of Sondheim revivals!
YES! A rep company drawn from Broadway's top talent performing in limited-run revivals of shows by Sondheim and his contemporaries.
Sort of like what we had in the summer of 2002 at the Kennedy Center.
YES! A rep company drawn from Broadway's top talent performing in limited-run revivals of shows by Sondheim and his contemporaries.
Sort of like what we had in the summer of 2002 at the Kennedy Center.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
#40
Posted: 3/23/10 at 12:54am
Hopefully the MERRILY revival will play there next season.
#41
Posted: 3/23/10 at 12:55am
This isn't actually the first theatre to be named after him. The Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts in Fairfield, IA is.
Yep! I literally live right across the street from it.
Yep! I literally live right across the street from it.
#42
Posted: 3/23/10 at 1:29am
That's something wonderful.
#43
Posted: 3/23/10 at 1:38am
And I guess Haimes postponed the MERRILY revival for 2010-11 because...
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sondheims_Merrily_Aims_For_Broadway_In_200910_20080506
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sondheims_Merrily_Aims_For_Broadway_In_200910_20080506
"When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written." -Stephen Sondheim
#44
Posted: 3/23/10 at 1:46am
Added bonus: Arthur Laurents spends the rest of his life knowing that NO ONE ever wanted to name a theater after him, but EVERYONE wanted a theater named "The Stephen Sondheim."
#45
Posted: 3/23/10 at 1:49am
What an amazing Birthday treat for a living legend. I am beyond thrilled for Mr. Sondheim. Now just picture it: Raul Esparza in Merrily We Roll Along Opening in 2010 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Ugh the fantasy of that happening is beautiful
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"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
#46
Posted: 3/23/10 at 3:07am
I love it!!
#47
Posted: 3/23/10 at 6:58am
I can't legitimately feel sorry for Henry Miller. There have been many other cornerstones of Broadway that have lost their name over a theatre before. It is just a way of the world: Names come and names go, replaced by names more recent, more important to the current Broadway. I like the change. Now, if they were to change the Gershwin or another one that is named after people who were so important, and ARE so important, I will have something to say about that.
#48
Posted: 3/23/10 at 7:31am
"EVERYONE wanted a theater named "The Stephen Sondheim."
Not EVERYONE.
And not even everyone.
Not EVERYONE.
And not even everyone.
#49
Posted: 3/23/10 at 8:33am
There are plenty of worthy people who don't have theaters named after them.
However, I don't udnerstand why that should take anything away from the fact that Sondheim absolutely deserves one, and is finally getting one. His achievements abslutely merit having a theater named after him.
Don't blame Sondheim for the fact that other worthy individuals haven't been given the honor yet.
However, I don't udnerstand why that should take anything away from the fact that Sondheim absolutely deserves one, and is finally getting one. His achievements abslutely merit having a theater named after him.
Don't blame Sondheim for the fact that other worthy individuals haven't been given the honor yet.
#50
Posted: 3/23/10 at 8:42am
"Don't blame Sondheim for the fact that other worthy individuals haven't been given the honor yet. "
Adamgreer:
If you're addressing me, I'm not blaming him. I'm blaming those who name theatres.
Adamgreer:
If you're addressing me, I'm not blaming him. I'm blaming those who name theatres.
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