What Sondheim is the most challenging?
What Sondheim is the most challenging?
aces25
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/13/04
#1What Sondheim is the most challenging?
Posted: 11/4/16 at 11:31pm
Which Sondheim is the hardest to stage and sing?
#2What Sondheim is the most challenging?
Posted: 11/4/16 at 11:35pm
Are there multiple Sondheims, all from different dimensions? Do they battle? Perhaps one has horns and one is water-based?
pupscotch
Broadway Star Joined: 1/24/16
#3What Sondheim is the most challenging?
Posted: 11/4/16 at 11:38pm
I would think Into the Woods, because of the challenging rhythms and overlaying parts.
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#4What Sondheim is the most challenging?
Posted: 11/4/16 at 11:51pm
I agree with pupscotch. Into the Woods is a very vocally challenging score. Specifically, "Moments in the Woods" and "On the Steps of the Palace" stand out as notably difficult.
Cfried
Broadway Star Joined: 9/15/16
#5What Sondheim is the most challenging?
Posted: 11/4/16 at 11:56pm
Sunday in the Park With George is extremely difficult to learn.
#6What Sondheim is the most challenging?
Posted: 11/5/16 at 4:51am
LizzieCurry said: "Are there multiple Sondheims, all from different dimensions? Do they battle? Perhaps one has horns and one is water-based?
"
It's called a "metonymy"
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#8What Sondheim is the most challenging?
Posted: 11/5/16 at 10:15am
Into the Woods seems like it would be fairly easy, but it's nearly impossible to sing.
Sunday is also an extremely difficult score.
leefowler
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/04
#9What Sondheim is the most challenging?
Posted: 11/5/16 at 10:52am
Has anyone performed Into The Woods as a child? I know there's a children's version, but I've never been able to imagine how elementary students could perform this very difficult score, even if somehow simplified.
#10What Sondheim is the most challenging?
Posted: 11/5/16 at 11:14am
It's Sondheim, I would say they all have various challenges.
#11What Sondheim is the most challenging?
Posted: 11/5/16 at 11:30am
ROAD SHOW is the most difficult, since as an actor you need to find a way to stay awake on stage while performing it.
#14What Sondheim is the most challenging?
Posted: 11/5/16 at 5:03pm
Jordan Catalano said: "ROAD SHOW is the most difficult, since as an actor you need to find a way to stay awake on stage while performing it.
"
OMG
Wilmingtom
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/11
#16What Sondheim is the most challenging?
Posted: 11/5/16 at 5:58pm
For the orchestra, I'd say Sunday in the Park with George.
For the singers, Sweeney Todd or Pacific Overtures.
For the actors, Company (simply because every character needs to be very well-defined for the show to pack its emotional punch).
#17What Sondheim is the most challenging?
Posted: 11/5/16 at 5:59pm
Jordan Catalano said: "ROAD SHOW is the most difficult, since as an actor you need to find a way to stay awake on stage while performing it.
"
Okay, that got me good.
Having done it, I'd say Into the Woods.
nasty_khakis
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/15/07
#18What Sondheim is the most challenging?
Posted: 11/5/16 at 10:04pm
The most challenging Sondheim is when he has you tied to a bottomless chair in the dungeon...allegedly.
¿Macavity?
Broadway Star Joined: 1/29/16
#20What Sondheim is the most challenging?
Posted: 11/5/16 at 10:17pm
Jordan, I've been periodically laughing whenever I think of that for hours.
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