Sondheims autograph

[once a month]

Posted: 1/13/10 at 7:34pm

There are two autographs missing from my collection that I would NEARLY sell my soul to own. One is Ethel Merman. The other WAS Sondheim. Updated On: 1/14/10 at 07:34 PM

[Dollypop]

Posted: 1/13/10 at 8:37pm

Had I known you were looking for Sondheim's autograph, I would have GLADLY given you one. I have several.

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 1/14/10 at 12:49am

Tonight I saw my second Sondheim production that was selling scripts and sheet music autographed by Sondheim. His signature isn't difficult to find at all. What took you so long?

[once a month]

Posted: 1/14/10 at 7:21am

Updated On: 1/15/10 at 07:21 AM

[once a month]

Posted: 1/14/10 at 9:44am

Updated On: 1/15/10 at 09:44 AM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/14/10 at 11:31am

I saw Getting Away with Murder! It wasn't that bad.

[wonkit]

Posted: 1/14/10 at 1:04pm

You can also buy a Sondheim signed libretto for A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at the theater for $40.

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 1/14/10 at 1:13pm

As of last night, they were out of autographed ones. They have autographed vocal scores for $125. Don't know if they're getting more.

[BDrischBDemented]

Posted: 1/14/10 at 2:14pm

Really? I would have loved to have bought one of those librettos. I always wanted to have Sondheim autograph, like, a CD of one of his musicals, but the only time I ever saw him was when he was leaving "Company" through the stage door, and I was so taken aback I just sort of mumbled for a while instead of actually asking him.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/14/10 at 2:17pm

The man is incredibly nice and willing to sign if you see him at a show. Surprisingly hardly anyone approaches him. Maybe they're intimidated by his grandso...boyfri....assistant.

[BDrischBDemented]

Posted: 1/14/10 at 2:22pm

Bahaha.

No, he didn't even have his, uh, special friend with him. I think I was just intimidated by his presence, and knowing that if I act like a bubbling idiot he would write some scathingly hilarious song about me.

[once a month]

Posted: 1/14/10 at 3:42pm

I spoke to him as he was leaving the Legends benefit last winter, and he responded by looking right through me. I just wish I could've remembered to yank up my shirt...I was wearing a Sondheim Celebration shirt from the Kennedy Center. I felt like such a fool but held no resentment (except for Passion, but that's another story).

[Pgenre]

Posted: 1/14/10 at 5:41pm

"I quess I didn't have the connections, nor the time that you guys did. While performing, all I can say is I have no life! "

Oh, Mary!

P

P.S. How arrogant/obnoxious.

[once a month]

Posted: 1/15/10 at 10:10am

Updated On: 1/15/10 at 10:10 AM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 2/1/10 at 6:55pm

I approached him at the SWEENEY revival closing a few years ago, and he declined an autograph, but shook my hand and patted me on the back instead. That was cool.

[musicals2]

Posted: 2/1/10 at 9:54pm

Sondheim made a rare appearance at Barnes & Noble 86th & Lexington Avenue, NYC on January 18, 2010. He was originally going to sign The Paris Review soft cover book, that had an article about him. The signing was cancelled, and Mr. Sondheim came to the store and only had an interview with Frank Rich, former NY Times critic. There were no photographs allowed and security was tight. He did do another rare appearance on January 31. 2006 at the Eugene O'Neill Theater in NYC, to sign the Sweeney Todd CD. The signing ended at midnight and he signed over 1,000 copies.

[Just_John]

Posted: 2/1/10 at 9:56pm

I got his autograph at Forbidden Broadway. He was not very friendly though.

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 2/2/10 at 9:10am

He was originally going to sign The Paris Review soft cover book, that had an article about him.

No, he wasn't. They were supposed to have some pre-signed copies to sell to the first few people who bought it, but for some reason, it didn't happen and they sold regular unsigned copies. The event was never going to be a signing.

It was, however, an incredible interview and I'm very happy I could be in the room for it.

[jv92]

Posted: 2/2/10 at 9:39am

"I got his autograph at Forbidden Broadway. He was not very friendly though."

I think he hates being recogzined in public. He's a very generous, but very shy man.

[BwayLeadman]

Posted: 2/2/10 at 12:51pm

he signed my Company revival playbill when I went to see it.

[jv92]

Posted: 2/2/10 at 2:17pm

"I approached him at the SWEENEY revival closing a few years ago, and he declined an autograph, but shook my hand and patted me on the back instead. That was cool."

And how did that conversation go, Yankeefan?

Aside from our correspondance, I've had only one encounter with him. I was at the last LuPone Gypsy and I saw this rather short, bearded man walking toward me with a little "golf hat" on his head. I gasped! It was Sondheim! I opened my mouth to say something, but I decided against it. We made eye contact though and he gave me a smile and a nod, as if to say "Thanks for not saying anything". A nice moment, I suppose.
Mr. S is a very generous man. He answers questions with clarity and gives wonderful advice. I think he's just shy and a little embarassed that so many of us worship him so. But what's not to worship? Nearly fifty-five years of glorious theatre and glorious music. Happy (almost) 80th Steve!

[quitetheatrical23]

Posted: 3/9/10 at 3:28pm

does anyone know if they are still selling any Sondheim signed stuff at ALMN or are they all out?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/9/10 at 6:36pm

I sign as Sondheim for anyone who asks me.

[Gypsy9]

Posted: 3/10/10 at 10:56am

This is, I guess, off-topic: I met Ethel Merman late one night in a hotel lobby after a party she attended following her last NYC appearance, at Carnegie Hall where she had given a terrific performance of her well known standards to an SRO adoring crowd. I went up to her and said, "Miss Merman, I would love to have your autograph." She smiled as I quoted her final line in GYPSY and she replied,"1959 to 1961" as she signed her elegant signature on my Carnegie program's title page.

E-Bay has Merman signed items for sale, from time to time.

[sondheimfan2]

Posted: 3/10/10 at 6:44pm

One of my prized possessions is a signed Playbill by Mr. Sondheim. It was during a preview for the OBC of Into the Woods. Right before curtain, he appeared from the side of the theater and took a seat in the last row of the orchestra. I politely approached him, and he was very kind. What's really cool is that the show's logo changed after the opening, so my Playbill has a different design.