With multiple shows by Stephen Sondheim on area stages, we asked these theater artists to unpack the late composer-lyricist’s genius
, now on view at the Kennedy Center through March 19 — and continues when “Pacific Overtures” sets sail next week. Speaking of Broadway, Sondheim is” won five Tonys last summer; “Sweeney Todd,” starring Josh Groban, is in previews; and an off-Broadway revival of “Merrily We Roll Along” is transferring later this year.
I grew up in New York and never had any ambitions to work in the theater, but I was a rabid theatergoer. I particularly remember sitting in an orchestra seat at the Winter Garden Theatre When you look at his work, I feel like there’s a depth of emotion, which is often the second thing that people talk about since they almost” from “Follies,” the cleverness is extraordinary, but the emotion inside the song, the pain inside the song, is remarkable. Steve
What I’m most struck by in this particular experience of “Sweeney” is the elevated timelessness. It just feels like it’s something that has always existed. Obviously, it’s based on source material that goes back many, many years, but it’s just one of those pieces of theater where you think, “Well, it must have always been thus.” Then you go back and you read about the making of it and you realize, of course, that it’s like everything else.
Theatre’s resident music director since its 1989 inception. Over that time, Kalbfleisch has overseen the orchestra in 30-plus Sondheim productions at the regional theater, which has produced more of the composer’s musicals than any other company.We had done several of Sondheim’s shows at Signature when he came to see “Passion” in 1996.
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