Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
#1Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/18/15 at 11:20pm
I'm hoping Company. Yes, it's rooted to a specific time and place, but that may be in its favor.
#2Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/18/15 at 11:22pmNone.. they will realize how boring they are to see LIVE.
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#2Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/18/15 at 11:23pm
Realistically in 100 years? All the ones that are considered classics now
In 250 years? West Side Story and Gypsy. Maybe a Little Night Music.
Updated On: 1/18/15 at 11:23 PM
#3Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/18/15 at 11:30pm
None.. they will realize how boring they are to see LIVE.
LOL. Child, please.
Showface
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/14
#4Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/18/15 at 11:33pm
Why must it be an entire century or more for a show to be considered a classic?
"In 250 years? West Side Story and Gypsy."
Aren't those already considered classics by many?
#5Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 1:10amI think that many of his shows are already considered classics. Sweeney Todd has the most potential due to the fact that the music and story are both dramatic and entertaining. It also is pretty timeless and will probably survive the test of time.
rattleNwoolypenguin
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/11/11
#6Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 1:29am
Into the Woods
it's just so brilliant
#7Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 2:13amIt'll be Sweeney Todd for sure.
#8Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 2:19amUnless they cure death, who cares?
#9Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 2:30am
If you think of how many operas and plays have really stood the test of time over the centuries, who knows how many musicals in general of what's been created in the past century will stay in the public consciousness.
Granted there's much more preservation these days.
FishermanBob
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/9/12
#10Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 2:49am
Whatever show(s) you suggest, can we also discuss which actor's great-great-great grandchildren we should dreamcast as the leads.
Updated On: 1/19/15 at 02:49 AM
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#11Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 2:52amThat is an interesting point Mr. Nowack. If we think back to the biggest hits of 1915 (100 years ago), the only one that has any kind of life at all is Very Good Eddie. There were more musicals written back then than now, and yet that show is the only one remembered, and I think people consider it to be more of a fun blast to the past rather than a genuine classic, even if the score is wonderful.
indytallguy
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/08
#12Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 6:42am
"None.. they will realize how boring they are to see LIVE."
Hmm.
Sweeney? Nor boring.
Into the Woods? Not boring.
Forum? Not boring.
Sunday? Nor boring.
Company? Not boring
#13Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 7:39amWhy do we have to limit ourselves to just one? They are all classics with new generations rediscovering them
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#14Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 7:42am
What could be more classic than Forum, his bigger hit, with source material which has defined "classic" for two millennia?
Updated On: 1/19/15 at 07:42 AM
#15Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 8:03am
Egerman! Right! Score one for you!
HA HA!
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#16Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 8:08amthe late or rather later, ME!
Showface
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/14
#17Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 8:12am
"None.. they will realize how boring they are to see LIVE."
Have fun telling that to:
-His 8 Grammy Awards
-His 8 Tony Awards
-His 9 Drama Desks
-An OBIE
-His 5 Laurence Olivier Awards
EDIT: Okay, so he has won so many awards it's hard to keep track....the point is: he is very acclaimed!
Updated On: 1/19/15 at 08:12 AM
#18Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 8:16amThe planet will be underwater in 250 years.
#19Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 8:18am
And we'll all be speaking Chinese.
(So maybe Pacific Overtures will be of interest)
#20Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 9:37am
I could have sworn he had more Drama Desks, Showface.
Honestly, I'll probably be dead, so it won't matter.
Showface
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/14
#21Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 9:39am
Updated On: 1/19/15 at 09:39 AM
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#22Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 11:35am
There are Shakespeare companies putting on all Shakespeare shows - even those that aren't so good.
There are Gilbert & Sullivan societies putting on all 14 G&S shows - even those that aren't so good.
Will there be such groups for Sondheim? Richard Rodgers (with Hart and Hammerstein)?
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#23Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 11:36am
"And we'll all be speaking Chinese.
(So maybe Pacific Overtures will be of interest)"
If everyone is speaking Chinese by then why would a musical about Japan created by a bunch of white guys be of interest?
#24Which Sondheim Will Be A Classic in 100 Years?
Posted: 1/19/15 at 12:02pm^ Lol. I was thinking the same thing.
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