How Sondheim can change your life

How Sondheim can change your life

Richard Schoch
Book - 2024

How Sondheim Can Change Your Life makes the case that Sondheim's greatness--beyond the clever lyrics and adventurous music--rests in his ability to tell stories that relate to us all. From Louise's desire for freedom as Gypsy Rose Lee to Sweeney Todd's thirst for revenge, we as an audience relate easily to Sondheim's characters. His works understand us as much as we understand them.

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Main Author: Schoch, Richard W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atria Books, 2024.
Edition:First Atria Books hardcover edition.
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505 0 |a Overture -- Introduction: The song is you -- Gypsy : how to be who you are -- Company : how to get close -- Follies : how to survive your past -- A Little Night Music : how to handle your regrets -- Pacific Overtures : how to be a part of a whole -- Sweeney Todd : how (not) to heal with injustice -- Merrily We Roll Along : how to grow up -- Sunday in the Park With George : how to be an artist -- Into the Woods : how to choose the right path -- Assassins : how to let the darkness in -- Passion : how to love -- Exit music: Here we are -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration credits -- Index. 
520 |a How Sondheim Can Change Your Life makes the case that Sondheim's greatness--beyond the clever lyrics and adventurous music--rests in his ability to tell stories that relate to us all. From Louise's desire for freedom as Gypsy Rose Lee to Sweeney Todd's thirst for revenge, we as an audience relate easily to Sondheim's characters. His works understand us as much as we understand them. 
520 |a "Discover the powerful and universal lessons from the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, the genius behind such musical theater masterworks as Company, West Side Story, and Into the Woods. Stephen Sondheim died on November 26, 2021, but for countless fans around the world, he is "still here," to quote one of his lyrics. With acclaimed revivals of his landmark shows occurring around the world and introducing new generations to the man who transformed American musical theater, Sondheim's legacy has only grown. What is it about such classic songs as "Rose's Turn" from Gypsy, "Send in the Clowns" from A Little Night Music, and "Children Will Listen" from Into the Woods that speaks to us so intimately and profoundly? How Sondheim Can Change Your Life makes the case that Sondheim's greatness--beyond the clever lyrics and adventurous music--rests in his ability to tell stories that relate to us all. From Louise's desire for freedom as Gypsy Rose Lee to Sweeney Todd's thirst for revenge, we as an audience relate easily to Sondheim's characters. His works understand us as much as we understand them. Following the arc of Sondheim's career, How Sondheim Can Change Your Life is rich with stories about productions and iconic performers, deep readings of his music and lyrics, and insights into his creative process. But more than that, it reveals how Sondheim's works can enrich our own lives"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
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