Sondheim Survey- Page 3

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 6/4/12 at 6:11pm

"So is it safe to conclude I'm the only one who doesn't like Into the Woods?"

The show got me into Sondheim, but I admit it's one of the shows I return back to the least, partially probably from watching/listening to it so much when I was 11. It did make the least fave list of a number of posters a while back on the Sondheim forum.

Anyway

3 Faves (this changes but off the top of my head):

Company
Passion
either Sunday or Sweeney

3 Least Faves

Either the new Frogs or Bounce.

Fave songs... Ummmm... I guess...

Glamorous Life (movie version)
Children and Art
Losing My Mind.

[KodyMullins]

Posted: 6/4/12 at 7:32pm

Three Favorite Shows:
West Side Story
Company
Assassins

Least Favorite:
The Frogs

Three Favorite Songs:
The Ballad of Czolgosz
Another Hundred People
Giants in the Sky

[jv92]

Posted: 6/4/12 at 11:07pm

Three Favorite Shows:
Sunday in the Park with George
Follies
Company

Least Favorite:
The Frogs- It has a lovely song in "Ariadne", but the rest isn't particularly spectacular.

Three Favorite Songs:
I'm Still Here
Not a Day Goes By
Finishing the Hat

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 6/4/12 at 11:12pm

I do really enjoy the choral work in Frogs--I think it's pretty spectacular myself, but the new cast album (as opposed to the prior studio album of the 70s version) doesn't do much for me...

[FrontRowDress]

Posted: 6/5/12 at 8:49am

Favourites:
Company
Into The Woods
Merrily We Roll Along

Least Favourite:
Sunday In The Park With George

Favourite Songs:
Being Alive
Agony (reprise)
Not A Day Goes By

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 6/5/12 at 9:44am

Three Favorite Shows:
Sweeney Todd
Company
A Little Night Music

Least Favorite Show:
The Frogs

Three Favorite Songs:
Is There No Other Way
Another Hundred People
Johanna

All three answers were like Sophie's Choice! I actually feel guilty not naming Follies as a favorite, but I think A Little Night Music is the better show. I wish more folks loved Pacific Overtures as much as I do.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 6/5/12 at 6:05pm

Pacific Overtures would be in my top three Sondheim *scores*, but not quite shows. I do think even with Sondheim fans it's underated. Seeing that cleaned up copy of the film of the original cast did make me finally really appreciate the book much more though (previously I had just read it as published, while listening to the score, and the two didn't connect as much for me)--such a gorgeous Prince production (due in no small part to Aronson's awesome design).

[Laurelei]

Posted: 6/6/12 at 9:01am

Three Favorite Shows:
Passion
Sweeney Todd
A little night music or the first act of Sunday

Least Favorite Show:
Pacific Overtures or the second act of Into The Woods

Three Favorite Songs:
I read
Finishing the hat
Now/Later/Soon or Happiness

And may I add 3 favourite ensemble songs:
Something just broke
Sunday
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd

I know, I'm cheating. Impossible to choose, really.

[followspot]

Posted: 6/6/12 at 10:06am

Three Favorite Shows:
A Little Night Music
Sweeney Todd
Sunday in the Park With George

Least Favorite Show:
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Three Favorite Songs:
Anyone Can Whistle
No One Is Alone
Move On

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/6/12 at 3:49pm

Three Favorite Shows:
Passion
Into the Woods
A Little Night Music

Least Favorite Show:
The Frogs

Three Favorite Songs:
On the Steps of the Palace
Another Hundred People
A Weekend in the Country

[Broadway Baby8]

Posted: 6/6/12 at 4:34pm

Three Favorite Shows:
Company
Follies
Sunday in the Park with George

Least Favorite:
Into the Woods

Three Favorite Songs:
Company
Children Will Listen
Finishing the Hat

[cviolett]

Posted: 6/6/12 at 5:50pm

Three Favorite Show:
Company
A Little Night Music
Into the Woods

Least Favorite Show:
Pacific Overtures

Three Favorite Songs:
Move On
Marry Me a Little
The Miller's Son

Cheers,

C.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/6/12 at 6:21pm

Really? People prefer The Frogs to... well, anything?

I'm with you there, Kad. I'm surprised how few people put it at the bottom.

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 6/6/12 at 9:22pm

Three Favorite Shows:
Sweeney Todd
A Little Night Music
Into the Woods

Least Favorite Show:
Frogs

Three Favorite Songs:
My Friends
The Miller's Son
I Wish I Could Forget You

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 6/6/12 at 9:26pm

I wonder how many people really know The Frogs--that may be part of it. It seems even Saturday Night (which I find to be absolutely charming) is better known. I actually really love the material for the 70s Frogs,but it hardly seems like a full on major musical--I usually put it together with Evening Primrose, but the Stroman expanded version is a mess--I think I change my least fave to the new Frogs and not Road Show which I at least find a lot of interest in..

[RainbowJude]

Posted: 6/6/12 at 11:08pm

Three Favourite Shows:

FOLLIES: This show marries a brilliant score to an unconventional but compelling book. Every rewrite has compromised the brilliance of the show in its original form: from the new songs written for the London production through the softened up book to the interval that should never ever be in the show.

COMPANY: COMPANY is a piece that I enjoy thoroughly because it deals with such fundamental aspects of the human experience. The score of this show is fantastic and, like all Sondheim score, there are many treasures to unpack as you explore the score in more and more depth.

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC: This show is so tautly constucted. I found the score difficult to love at first listen (although I liked it a great deal and admired it), but the moment I saw how it worked in tandem with the book there was no turning back. It's brilliant.

If we're considering his "lyrics only" shows, I'd have to throw GYPSY into my three favourites, but I'm not sure which of COMPANY or A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC I'd bump for it. It is my favourite musical of all.

Least Favourite Show:

THE FROGS: I've never warmed to THE FROGS, despite having engaged with it several times. Although it's techically marvellous, I find it incredibly indulgent, and I feel that what it's trying to say gets lost in the bluster of it all.

Three Favourite Songs:

"All Things Bright and Beautiful": There may be no room in FOLLIES for this song, but I love it. Such an incredible journey for the characters invoved. I adored performing this song when I was in MARRY ME A LITTLE. There is an infinite depth of emotion to play here. Wonderful.

"The Road You Didn't Take": I love this song because I find it so perceptive and moving. A great character piece, for sure, but it is a song that really challenges you to question your own choices, whether they've been made or whether you are still making them.

"It Takes Two": I think that having a moment like this in a relationship matches up to the moment when you know you're in love. When I directed INTO THE WOODS recently, I realised that this song is my favourite in the score. I couldn't get enough of it. It's just such a perfect realisation of something universal, made specific to the context and the characters of INTO THE WOODS.

[Renart]

Posted: 6/7/12 at 3:16pm

Favorites:
Pacific Overtures (I'd vote for this twice if I could)
Sweeney Todd
West Side Story

Least favorite that I've heard but not seen: Passion
Least favorite that I've seen: Company (liked some of the songs but not the show as a whole)

Favorite Songs:
Someone in a Tree
Tonight (quintet)
Agony

Updated On: 6/7/12 at 03:16 PM

[paula24]

Posted: 6/8/12 at 4:12am

Favorite Show:
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum


Favorite Songs:
Pretty Little Picture
Love I Hear
Free
Lovely



Updated On: 6/8/12 at 04:12 AM

[Outoftowner2]

Posted: 6/9/12 at 11:58pm

Favorite Shows:
Sweeney Todd
Company
Into the Woods

Least Favorite:
Assassins (Have not seen some)

Favorite Songs
Prelude/Ballad of Sweeney Todd
Being Alive
Worst Pies In London (especially when Imelda Staunton does it)

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 6/10/12 at 1:36pm

Favorite Shows:
Company
Follies
Sweeney Todd
(Passion and Sunday in the Park a very close 4th and 5th)

Least Favorite:
Bounce/Road Show

Favorite Songs (hard to pick just 3 but...)
I'm Still Here
Every Day a Little Death
The Ladies Who Lunch

[TRiceFan]

Posted: 6/10/12 at 2:14pm

Three Favs
Pacific Overtures
A Little Night Music
Passion

Least Favorite
Forum (Book's great, songs don't go with it)

Fav Songs
Me and My Town
Another Hundred People (OBC orchestrations are divine)
Ever After

[ChenoKahn]

Posted: 6/10/12 at 2:33pm

Favorite Shows:
1. Sunday In The Park With George
2. Into The Woods
3. Follies

Least Favorite:
The Frogs

Favorite Songs:
1. Sunday
2. Losing My Mind
3. Ladies Who Lunch

I feel like I should give a shout-out to Color and Light.