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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 01:05 am

Stephen Sondheim News

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6 hrs ago | The Journal Times

Familiar music, not-so-familiar name: Theatre Guild stages...

Even if you don't know who Stephen Sondheim is, chances are you know one of his songs.

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Related Topix: Musical Theater, Classical, Theater, Racine Metro, Racine, WI

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Vail Daily News

Side by Side by Sondheim" at Vilar this weekend

Crowded around a piano with musical director Beth Nystrom at the keys, a cast of seven warms up their voices.

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Related Topix: Classical, Vail, CO, Arts, Theater

Playbill

Sondheim's Saturday Night to Play London's Jermyn Street Theatre in 2009

Stephen Sondheim's first intended Broadway musical Saturday Night - written in 1954 when he was 24 and originally due to premiere on Broadway in 1955, but canceled following the death of its producer, Lemuel ...

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Related Topix: Classical

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Carroll County Online

Out & About for July 17-23

On Stage: Five hot regional theater productions "Willy Wonka Jr.," now through July 20, Baltimore Summer Theatre Court Jesters present a youth-friendly musical that should leave the audience craving candy.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Bethesda, MD, Rap, Classical

Variety

Sondheim re-ups with Warner

Stephen Sondheim has re-upped his worldwide publishing agreement with Warner/Chappell Music.

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Related Topix: Classical

Wed Jul 16, 2008

The Boston Globe

They sing, they dance, they aim to shoot a president

McCaela Donovan as Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme in Company One's "Assassins." We're in the middle of a presidential campaign, the argument goes, and it's anxiety-provoking enough that the Secret Service started ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Theater, Arts, Classical

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Niagara This Week

'Music' a refreshing play

It is this Stephen Sondheim song that is perhaps the most well known tune from the play, A Little Night Music.

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Related Topix: Classical

Sun Jul 13, 2008

The Age

Cast of Stephen Sondheim's musical Follies.

Stephen Sondheim's Follies , a great display piece for two generations of performers, is also a palpable reminder of the ageing process that affects us all, writes Michael Shmith.

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Related Topix: Classical

Boston Globe

'Assassins' role raises actor's spirits, his mother's concern

Nik Walker during rehearsal for "Assassins" at the Boston Center for the Arts on July 3. "You have a show where you have some of the most hated people in our nation, and we just deal with them for two hours," ...

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Related Topix: Classical, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Tri-cityherald.com

'Assassins' cast took to shooting range for show

The cast of Columbia Basin College's production of Assassins spent time on a shooting range to get into the groove of shooting a weapon.

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Related Topix: Pasco, WA, Classical

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Berkshire Eagle Online - Berkshires Week

July night smiles on Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim was always ahead of his time. His incandescent 1973 Tony award-winner, "A Little Night Music," loosely adapted from Ingmar Bergman's film "Smiles of a Summer Night," was a great critical ...

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Related Topix: Classical, Theater, Arts, Boston, MA

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Music Theatre to frolic again with 'Forum'

The way director James P. Birder tells it, Music Theatre of St. Norbert College kept putting off repeating "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." "We finally gave in to our desires," he said.

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Related Topix: Classical, Green Bay Metro, Green Bay, WI, Milwaukee, WI

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Associated Content

Live Theatrical Performances Available for Instant Viewing that Make the Roku Worth the Price

The Netflix instant viewing option combined with the purchase of the Roku to stream those movies and TV shows and such straight to your TV can also have the effect of bringing a theater directly into your ...

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Classical

Mon Jul 07, 2008

102.9 CKDS-FM

'A little Night Music'

Great musicals usually put an extra bounce in your step as you leave the theatre.

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Related Topix: Ingmar Bergman, Classical

Post-Standard

'Sondheim' to launch Salt City

Joan Vadeboncoeur: "Side by Side by Sondheim," an intimate musical of tunes by Broadway's legendary composer Stephen Sondheim launches the season for Salt City Center for the Performing Arts.

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Related Topix: Classical

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Palo Alto Weekly

Feature story: You can go home again

After first getting dazzled by stage lights at age 10, Palo Alto native Jonathan Shue went on to do nearly everything involved with theater at Palo Alto High School, including directing, playing the title role ...

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Related Topix: Palo Alto, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Classical

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Playbill

Gypsy Cast Recording Sets August Release Date

The cast recording of the acclaimed revival of Gypsy - starring 2008 Tony winners Patti LuPone, Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti - will arrive in stores Aug.

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Related Topix: Classical, Life, Mother's Day, Holidays, Gypsy, Comedy Movies, Drama, Biography Movies, Musical Movies, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Journal News

Sondheim's 'Bounce' gets NYC date

The Public Theater's 2008-09 season will include the long-awaited New York premiere of 'Bounce,' the Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Classical

MergeDigital

'Assassins' takes a timely shot at revealing nine hearts of darkness

The timing could not be better. Stephen Sondheim's ''Assassins,'' a dark, disquieting musical portraying the lives of nine presidential killers or would-be killers, will have its Lehigh Valley premiere on July ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Bethlehem, PA, Classical, 2008 Presidential Election, Entertainment

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Tulsa World

This Week in The Arts

Robert Frost, it would seem, was only two-thirds right. The forest that is at the heart of "Into the Woods" is not exactly lovely, but it certainly is dark and deep, a place where characters from a number of ...

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Related Topix: Classical, Okmulgee, OK, Jack and the Beanstalk, Arts, Opera, Theater, Entertainment

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