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Sondheim wrote “a great deal” of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Christo’s Steak House.
“When the cocoon is self-created, the surroundings matter not at all.”
“When the cocoon is self-created, the surroundings matter not at all.”
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Sondheim wrote “a great deal” of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Christo’s Steak House.
“When the cocoon is self-created, the surroundings matter not at all.”
“When the cocoon is self-created, the surroundings matter not at all.”
New York, 2004. 📸 by Richard Avedon.
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
New York, 2004. 📸 by Richard Avedon.
Something Wicked this way comes… 🫧
November 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Something Wicked this way comes… 🫧
Some Sondheim lyric fun for today…
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Some Sondheim lyric fun for today…
Sondheim and Bernstein working on West Side Story. Washington, DC, 1957.
October 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Sondheim and Bernstein working on West Side Story. Washington, DC, 1957.
We have a very exciting interview coming your way tomorrow… Here’s a rather big clue. 👀
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October 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We have a very exciting interview coming your way tomorrow… Here’s a rather big clue. 👀
Subscribe (free) to be the first to read it. No account required, just an email address! 👉 thesondheimhub.substack.com
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Pinch… Paunch! Pension!
Sondheim’s 60 Minutes interview with Diane Sawyer is endlessly inspiring. And this exchange, about rhymes and reference books, is so delightful.
Sondheim’s 60 Minutes interview with Diane Sawyer is endlessly inspiring. And this exchange, about rhymes and reference books, is so delightful.
October 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Pinch… Paunch! Pension!
Sondheim’s 60 Minutes interview with Diane Sawyer is endlessly inspiring. And this exchange, about rhymes and reference books, is so delightful.
Sondheim’s 60 Minutes interview with Diane Sawyer is endlessly inspiring. And this exchange, about rhymes and reference books, is so delightful.
15 years ago this week, Henry Miller’s Theatre was officially renamed in Sondheim’s honor:
September 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
15 years ago this week, Henry Miller’s Theatre was officially renamed in Sondheim’s honor:
Joy today and bliss tomorrow!
Full cast reveal for INTO THE WOODS at London’s Bridge Theatre.
Full cast reveal for INTO THE WOODS at London’s Bridge Theatre.
September 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Joy today and bliss tomorrow!
Full cast reveal for INTO THE WOODS at London’s Bridge Theatre.
Full cast reveal for INTO THE WOODS at London’s Bridge Theatre.
Sondheim in Majorca, 1972
August 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Sondheim in Majorca, 1972
Here We Are. Final bows.
Every Sondheim show has now opened and closed in NYC & London.
Every Sondheim show has now opened and closed in NYC & London.
June 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Here We Are. Final bows.
Every Sondheim show has now opened and closed in NYC & London.
Every Sondheim show has now opened and closed in NYC & London.
It’s a SWEENEY TODD essay day!
Diving deep into the “Kiss Me” sequence later today. Subscribe (free) to read in full: thesondheimhub.substack.com
(You also get a Sweeney crossword as a welcome gift!)
Diving deep into the “Kiss Me” sequence later today. Subscribe (free) to read in full: thesondheimhub.substack.com
(You also get a Sweeney crossword as a welcome gift!)
June 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It’s a SWEENEY TODD essay day!
Diving deep into the “Kiss Me” sequence later today. Subscribe (free) to read in full: thesondheimhub.substack.com
(You also get a Sweeney crossword as a welcome gift!)
Diving deep into the “Kiss Me” sequence later today. Subscribe (free) to read in full: thesondheimhub.substack.com
(You also get a Sweeney crossword as a welcome gift!)
Stephen Sondheim’s definition of art
May 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Stephen Sondheim’s definition of art
“I was supposed to do the score of GYPSY.”
Precisely 55 years ago, on May 3, 1970, COMPANY’s original cast album was recorded. The marathon session was captured as a documentary film by D. A. Pennebaker. Here, Sondheim speaks candidly about his work thus far.
Precisely 55 years ago, on May 3, 1970, COMPANY’s original cast album was recorded. The marathon session was captured as a documentary film by D. A. Pennebaker. Here, Sondheim speaks candidly about his work thus far.
May 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
“I was supposed to do the score of GYPSY.”
Precisely 55 years ago, on May 3, 1970, COMPANY’s original cast album was recorded. The marathon session was captured as a documentary film by D. A. Pennebaker. Here, Sondheim speaks candidly about his work thus far.
Precisely 55 years ago, on May 3, 1970, COMPANY’s original cast album was recorded. The marathon session was captured as a documentary film by D. A. Pennebaker. Here, Sondheim speaks candidly about his work thus far.
Here We Are. 1st London preview.
Are we not blessed? ❤️❤️❤️
Are we not blessed? ❤️❤️❤️
April 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Here We Are. 1st London preview.
Are we not blessed? ❤️❤️❤️
Are we not blessed? ❤️❤️❤️
Sondheimtastic @nationaltheatre.org.uk one day before the first preview of HERE WE ARE!
April 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Sondheimtastic @nationaltheatre.org.uk one day before the first preview of HERE WE ARE!
Less than a week until Sondheim’s final musical, HERE WE ARE, opens at London’s National Theatre! These rehearsal photos (all © Marc Brenner) are so great.
Who’s coming? 🙋🙋♀️🙋♂️
Who’s coming? 🙋🙋♀️🙋♂️
April 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Less than a week until Sondheim’s final musical, HERE WE ARE, opens at London’s National Theatre! These rehearsal photos (all © Marc Brenner) are so great.
Who’s coming? 🙋🙋♀️🙋♂️
Who’s coming? 🙋🙋♀️🙋♂️
West Side Severance?
March 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
West Side Severance?
“My life was saved by teachers.” Stephen Sondheim
March 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“My life was saved by teachers.” Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim, born on this day 95 years ago.
Here’s beautiful passage from the Epilogue of Look, I Made A Hat.
There’s so much stuff to sing!
Here’s beautiful passage from the Epilogue of Look, I Made A Hat.
There’s so much stuff to sing!
March 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Stephen Sondheim, born on this day 95 years ago.
Here’s beautiful passage from the Epilogue of Look, I Made A Hat.
There’s so much stuff to sing!
Here’s beautiful passage from the Epilogue of Look, I Made A Hat.
There’s so much stuff to sing!
A small suburban park
On an island in the river
On an ordinary Sunday…
This Sunday, to be exact. 🇫🇷
(First visit. Very, very special.)
On an island in the river
On an ordinary Sunday…
This Sunday, to be exact. 🇫🇷
(First visit. Very, very special.)
March 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A small suburban park
On an island in the river
On an ordinary Sunday…
This Sunday, to be exact. 🇫🇷
(First visit. Very, very special.)
On an island in the river
On an ordinary Sunday…
This Sunday, to be exact. 🇫🇷
(First visit. Very, very special.)
Thrilled to be at the first ever public performance of COMPANY in France last night. A really special production at Opera Massy, conducted by the great Larry Blank. 🇫🇷
March 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Thrilled to be at the first ever public performance of COMPANY in France last night. A really special production at Opera Massy, conducted by the great Larry Blank. 🇫🇷
Sondheim at the Oscars!
Here’s Madonna performing his “Sooner or Later,” winner of Best Original Song, at the 1991 Academy Awards:
#oscars #oscars2025
Here’s Madonna performing his “Sooner or Later,” winner of Best Original Song, at the 1991 Academy Awards:
#oscars #oscars2025
March 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Sondheim at the Oscars!
Here’s Madonna performing his “Sooner or Later,” winner of Best Original Song, at the 1991 Academy Awards:
#oscars #oscars2025
Here’s Madonna performing his “Sooner or Later,” winner of Best Original Song, at the 1991 Academy Awards:
#oscars #oscars2025
In London with Jonathan Bailey for COMPANY (2018)
February 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
In London with Jonathan Bailey for COMPANY (2018)