Why Stephen Sondheim Is A Genius, According To The Broadway Stars Who Love Him- Page 2

[enjoyable2]

Posted: 3/20/15 at 1:03pm

I bow before the man who wrote the words "Perpetual sunset is rather an unsettling thing." And in 3/4 time.

[jv92]

Posted: 3/20/15 at 4:40pm

Liza, when you're feeling better (and if you adore his music so much), sing "I'm Still Here", won't ya?

Nice tribute. Odd that Jason Robert Brown was the only composer quoted. One of the nicest 80th Birthday features was the Playbill.com special that asked a bunch of the post-Sondheim composers and lyricists what their favorite Sondheim song was.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/20/15 at 4:46pm

Let's hear it for Louis Peitzman, the Buzzfeed writer who put that article together.

[jv92]

Posted: 3/20/15 at 5:05pm

I have no idea of the cast requirements for the future Sondheim-Ives project, but I think it's about time Marin Mazzie originated another role by a major writer...another Sondheim role-- even better...on Broadway. With her husband, too?

This article made me think about that.

[binau]

Posted: 3/20/15 at 5:21pm

Would love Marin Mazzie with her husband (this novelty elevated N2N to another level for me) or any other well-known Sondheim alumni (i.e., Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, Donna Murphy) to return for it :).

[sarahb22]

Posted: 3/20/15 at 10:32pm

What I liked about the Billy Magnussen quote is that you know he wrote it because he actually talks like that. In pretty much every interview I've ever seen him do, he talks like a California surfer dude, which is odd considering he grew up in Georgia. But it's funny to think of him and Chris Pine geeking out over "The Sondheim dude" and then after their big singing number discovering that he's fallen asleep on the couch.

[broadwayboy223]

Posted: 3/21/15 at 12:28am

Oh jeez Betty Buckley.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 3/21/15 at 12:51am

^^^ I know! She somehow manages to make it about herself. Love the passive aggressive entries from her and LuPone. And I agree re Anna Kendrick's quote, whoever wrote that should have at least attempted to sound like a real person, it reads like a computer-generated quote.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/21/15 at 1:31am

Wait. Did not Martha Plimpton make it all about herself? Did not a lot (most?) of the respondents do so too?

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 3/21/15 at 8:28am

Dude, you need to let go of this Martha Plimpton thing.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 3/21/15 at 7:57pm

I have to say Mia Farrow's quote made my BS detector go off.

Mia and Sondheim are together tonight, so there's a step toward persuading you.