Seeing SONDHEIM in person.
Seeing SONDHEIM in person.
#1Seeing SONDHEIM in person.
Posted: 3/6/10 at 5:49pm
So I'm going to the first ACW performance; it seems plausible he might be there, somewhere.
Does he often sit in the audience?
Have any of you ever tried to make a brief comment towards him e.g. At Intermission? (Though I can't imagine he'd be loitering around with Arthur at the Bar).
Does he accept 'assistant' applications? (Just kidding).
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 3/6/10 at 05:49 PM
#2Seeing SONDHEIM in person.
Posted: 3/6/10 at 5:53pm
Yes, he sits in the audience. People have gone up to him before. He usually refuses to sign any autographs.
I almost went up to him at the first preview of Night Music, but he was talking to people.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#2Seeing SONDHEIM in person.
Posted: 3/6/10 at 6:09pmDoes his halo get in the way if you are sitting behind him?
Poster Emeritus
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#3Seeing SONDHEIM in person.
Posted: 3/6/10 at 6:26pm
He usually sits in the back on the side so he can sneak in and out if needed. I'm horrible with the initial thing so I have NO IDEA what ACW is, but if it's one of his shows and he's there to work I wouldn't bug him.
At personal appearances and stuff he's been absolutely lovely.
#4Seeing SONDHEIM in person.
Posted: 3/6/10 at 6:27pm
I'm horrible with the initial thing so I have NO IDEA what ACW is,
Anyone Can Whistle. 
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#5Seeing SONDHEIM in person.
Posted: 3/6/10 at 6:30pmAh of course. Thank you. Now I understand his need to shorten- that title is unbearably lengthy to type.
#6Seeing SONDHEIM in person.
Posted: 3/6/10 at 10:36pmI've seated him a few times as an usher/house manager and he was very nice but then again I wasn't able to really strike up a conversation with him.
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