Sondheims' Finest
Sondheims' Finest
#0Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:00pmNVM, using search function
#1re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:01pm
Didn't we discuss this a few months ago.
Oh well-I love ITW ASSASSINS and SITPWG
#2re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:03pmoh. whoops. sorry, i'll delete this thread and use the search button better
#3re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:05pm
OK, I'll bite.
1. SWEENEY TODD
2. A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
3. COMPANY
4. A FUNNY THING HAPPEND ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
5. FOLLIES
6. INTO THE WOODS
7. PASSION
8. SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
9. ASSASSINS
10. ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
#4re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:07pmSweeney is all Broadway will ever need.
#5re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:10pmSondheim as said himself that his only show that he thinks is absolutely perfect is ASSASSINS, so we know that ASSASSINS is, in his opinion, HIS finest. I wouldn't flat out disagree, but in my opinion his finest score is SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, closely followed by SWEENEY TODD.
#6re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:14pmI would have to say SWEENEY TODD, closely followed by SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE.
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magruder
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#8re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:21pm
Actually, did he say Assassins is "perfect" or did he say that it's exactly the show that he and Weidman set out to do? I think it was the latter.
#9re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:24pm
Assassins is slowly gaining on SITPWG's Number Two spot in my mind.
But I find it impossible to really rank his shows.
I mean, it changes for me all the time.
PO was down at number 8 or so, but after I saw the revival I'd probably put it at number 4 or 5.
The only one set in stone is Sweeney at Number 1.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
maybethistime
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/3/04
#10re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:31pm
I love his classic collabs, esp. WWS and Gypsy and as for music&lyrics, SWEENEY is flawless (except that when you listen to the obcr, you have to ajust your volume every 5 minutes too keep your ears on, like when the chorus suddenly comes in... 
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Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/04
#11re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:36pmWhoops, posted in the wrong thread. Sorry, message moved. Updated On: 1/2/05 at 06:36 PM
#12re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:38pmHe spoke in one of my classes - what he said was that ASSASSINS is his favorite show, and the only one with no room for improvement. I doubt you were in my class, and I'm certain that I'm correct in what I heard.
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#13re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:41pmDon't get bent out of shape, Munk, I'm not challenging you. I recall him making similar statements in print around the time of the Assassins revival, but I don't recall him saying Assassins is "perfect". That's all.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#14re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 6:58pmSITPWG is his most brilliant score IMO. The rest his scores -- Follies, Sweeney, Company, ALNM, ITW, PO et al are all remarkable for various reasons. I wouldn't try to rank them.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#16re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:06pmeh, i'm not a big Follies fan. Assassins, Pacific Overtures and Forum are my favs (i've never heard Sweeny Todd. I KNOW! I KNOW! shoot me know...)
#17re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:20pm
I say this often...
Sweeney Todd and Sunday in the Park with George
Pacific Overtures is right up there too
#18re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:21pmYou have NEVER heard Sweeney Todd? Where have you been?
#19re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:22pmi've been obsessing over Sondheims other work. Oh i'm SORRy!!! *takes off his b-way expert/lover padge and hangs it woefully on the shlef* I'll never ever be worthy!!
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#20re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:25pm
1. Sweeny
2. Into the Woods (though it lacks thought-provoking material)
#21re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:27pmWe have to find a way to remedy that.
#22re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:27pm
I wouldn't say it lacks thought-provoking material if you know what to look for.
(Whatever happened to that ITW Sexual Undertones thread?)
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
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#23re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:35pm
Follies is creeping its way up my list; I'm reading Everything Was Possible right now. Fascinating book.
My #1 changes all the time.
#24re: Sondheims' Finest
Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:37pm
Gov, I'm fnishing up a Jerome Robbins biography and then I'm going to re-read Everything Was Possible
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
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