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The Greatest Sondheim Song
#51The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 12:50pm
I would pay to see Robbie and Molly Pope as George and Martha.
And they could switch roles nightly!
#52The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 12:53pm
I feel like we drunkenly made plans for that production some day. That poor Nick and Honey.
#53The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 12:55pmAnd lord knows you guys won't be using prop whiskey.
#56The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 1:00pm
It would kind of have to be. And to keep this on topic, we'll interpolate No One is Alone at the end.
#57The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 1:16pmLosing My Mind: The Musical Adaptation of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Featuring the Music of Stephen Sondheim
#58The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 1:17pm
I could never pick a greatest. My favourite Sondheim song, I admit for personal reasons, is another cut Follies song. Who Could be Blue.
#59The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 1:22pm
I can't choose just one.
#60The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 1:29pm
My pick would be Move On. Or Losing My Mind.
mamaleh
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
luvcaroline
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/05
#64The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 8:48pm
A Weekend in the Country from A Little Night Music... There's this wonderful "SYKE!" moment where Desiree and her daughter are discussing their weekend get together at their home, and they discuss whether or not one of Desiree's jealous suitors will "come galloping up on a black stallion brandishing a sword?" "No, it''s his wife's birthday this weekend. Sacred to domesticity. At least we're safe from him." And then I imagine Steve's face popping up saying "SYKE!" (because of what happens next)
#65The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 8:55pm
If Sondheim popped up with anything of the kind, it'd be PSYCHE!
(Steve's a stickler for spelling.)
#66The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/3/15 at 9:09pm
It doesn't make me cry like Children and Art does, but Franklin Shepard, Inc is such a theatrical rush of emotion and fury that I find myself returning to it over and over. It's glorious, this eloquent outpouring of sarcastic rage, it's totally electrifying. Especially in the original performance by Lonny Price, who's like a live wire.
broadwaysfguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/14
#68The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/4/15 at 1:02am
got to see a fantastic cast of "Company" at SF playhouse tonight
the greatest sondheim song is indeed "Being Alive".....
although Marry Me a Little is right up there
this show is so insanely good and insightful about relationships....
if you are in the bay area you have only a week and a few days to see this.....
DO NOT MISS IT!
rattleNwoolypenguin
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/11/11
#69The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/4/15 at 9:49pm
Move On
but "Your Fault" is in my opinion his most dizzyingly brilliant
LittleEdieFan
Understudy Joined: 12/21/13
#70The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/4/15 at 11:06pm
Today it is "Everyday a Little Death". The lyric "He talks softly of his wars and his horses and his whores" is sublime.
broadwaysfguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/14
#71The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/5/15 at 7:50pm
suprised there arent more posts on this thread
I think the challenge to pick just one short circuits a lot of
sondheim fans.....
also suprised no one will fess up in this hip musical crowd
that send in the clowns is their favorite
and no songs from Gypsy or WEst Side Story made the 1 pick so far
Consistency
Understudy Joined: 7/2/13
#72The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/5/15 at 8:04pm
"Now You Know" - it's not (in my opinion) his greatest musically or lyrically, but it's the one that means the most to me. In fact, I love pretty much everything about the OBC of Merrily (though I have no reason to doubt that the production itself was a complete disaster.) That recording - with all its energy and effervescence - helped me get through a rather terrible time in my life.
Updated On: 9/6/15 at 08:04 PM
KnewItWhenIWasInFron
Leading Actor Joined: 6/23/14
#73The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/6/15 at 12:59pm
Really hard to choose between about two dozen absolute favorites but I'd have to go with the song that has made me cry (in both acts) all three times I've seen the show live. That'd be "Sunday."
#74The Greatest Sondheim Song
Posted: 9/6/15 at 5:18pm
I LOVE "Now You Know!"
"Even Cream of Wheat has lumps" is a line I use almost everyday.
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