The Greatest Sondheim Song- Page 3

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 12:50pm

^ I thought that's what "Follies" was...

[Kad]

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!

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 12:53pm

I feel like we drunkenly made plans for that production some day.  That poor Nick and Honey.  

[Kad]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 12:55pm

And lord knows you guys won't be using prop whiskey.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 12:56pm

One show only; kind of a snuff play.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 12:59pm

 

I'm there.

 

[SonofRobbieJ]

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.  

[Kad]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 1:16pm

Losing My Mind: The Musical Adaptation of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Featuring the Music of Stephen Sondheim

[EricMontreal22]

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. 

 

[madbrian]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 1:22pm

I can't choose just one.

 

[little_sally]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 1:29pm

My pick would be Move On. Or Losing My Mind.

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 2:08pm

Beautiful is my favorite

[mamaleh]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 4:36pm

"Losing My Mind"

[luvcaroline]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 8:38pm

Currently:  "Not While I'm Around"

[SundayInThePark2]

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)

[Someone in a Tree2]

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.)

[Charley Kringas Inc]

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.

[adam.peterson44]

Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:56pm

Not Getting Married Today

[broadwaysfguy]

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]

Posted: 9/4/15 at 9:49pm

 

Move On

 

 

but "Your Fault" is in my opinion his most dizzyingly brilliant

[LittleEdieFan]

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]

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]

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]

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."

[Someone in a Tree2]

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.