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October 4, 2016

Gift That Keeps On Giving: Jim Walton talks about Merrily’s original production

INTERVIEW BY BOB NEU

  At the age of 25, Jim Walton originated the role of Franklin Shepard in Merrily We Roll Along on Broadway. Walton talks about the highs and lows of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that came his way after being a New York actor for only two years. Walton has gone on to appear in any number […]

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Filed Under: Feature, Interview, Premium Tagged With: Best Worse Thing, documentary, Hal Prince, Jim Walton, Lonny Price, Merrily We Roll Along, Stephen Sondheim

August 24, 2016

Opera or Musical? Sondheim made Sweeney to scare an audience

BY DIANE NOTTLE

The big revelation instantly splashed across the media was that Stephen Sondheim’s new musical is to have its premiere Off Broadway at the Public Theater in late 2017 — “ if I can finish the score in time.” But in an onstage conversation at Glimmerglass Opera on July 30, Sondheim made what may be an […]

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Filed Under: Feature, Interview, Premium Tagged With: Leonard Bernstein, Opera, Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd

July 17, 2016

Singing Sondheim: Guys Edition

REVIEWS BY ANDY PROPST

For Everything Sondheim’s first installment of “Singing Sondheim,” I’m looking at recent releases from male singers. You can expect a follow-up column with female singers next month (including discs by Liz Callaway and Susan Egan). After that, this occasional feature will mix it up, always striving to bring you both high profile and less visible […]

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Filed Under: Interview, Review Tagged With: 54 Below, Alan Cumming, cabaret, Jose Llana, Josh Groban, Stephen Sondheim, Steve Ross, Tony Yazbeck

July 17, 2016

Katie Welsh’s “Informative” Cabaret About a Dozen Sondheim Women

INTERVIEW BY JOSH AUSTIN

  Singer Katie Welsh performed an evening of song, Women in the World of Sondheim, at Feinstein’s 54 Below in New York City on June 10, 2016, accompanied by pianist Emily Whitaker. She explored a dozen female characters from Sondheim’s musicals and how they informed one another when they were put “side by side” with […]

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Filed Under: Interview, Premium Tagged With: Baker's Wife, Cinderella, Dot, Fosca, Katie Welsh, Marta, Sally

April 18, 2016

Discovering Leona: Melissa Errico stars in DO I HEAR A WALTZ? for Encores!

INTERVIEW BY ANDY PROPST

In just a few weeks, a musical theater rarity will take the stage of New York City Center: Do I Hear a Waltz?, the 1965 tuner with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Arthur Laurents. Directed by Evan Cabnet, the piece will be the final offering in the 2015-2016 mainstage […]

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Filed Under: Interview Tagged With: Do I Hear A Waltz?, Melissa Errico, Passion, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim

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