There was a time when Sondheim was still in the phone book. I used to know where his summer house was, and one day, I stood outside, in front for over two hours, hoping to see him. He lived next door to Katherine Hepburn
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
