The joy of creation story mode night 3 transcript
He offered the three principles necessary for a songwriter in his first volume of collected lyrics - Content Dictates Form, Less Is More, and God Is in the Details. “The opposite of left is right/The opposite of right is wrong/So anyone who’s left is wrong, right?” he wrote in “Anyone Can Whistle.” In “Company,” he penned the lines: “Good things get better/Bad gets worse/Wait - I think I meant that in reverse.” A New York magazine cover asked “Is Sondheim God?” The Guardian newspaper once offered this question: “Is Stephen Sondheim the Shakespeare of musical theatre?”Ī supreme wordsmith - and an avid player of word games - Sondheim’s joy of language shone through. To theater fans, Sondheim’s sophistication and brilliance made him an icon. Frank Sinatra, who had a hit with Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns,” once complained: “He could make me a lot happier if he’d write more songs for saloon singers like me.” He was sometimes criticized as a composer of unhummable songs, a badge that didn’t bother Sondheim. Sondheim’s music and lyrics gave his shows a dark, dramatic edge, whereas before him, the dominant tone of musicals was frothy and comic. In 2008, he received a Tony Award for lifetime achievement. Six of Sondheim’s musicals won Tony Awards for best score. But the brilliance of Stephen Sondheim will still be here as his legendary songs and shows will be performed for evermore,” producer Cameron Mackintosh wrote in tribute. “The theater has lost one of its greatest geniuses and the world has lost one of its greatest and most original writers. A “Company” revival is now in previews and opens Dec. His show “Assassins” opened earlier this week in an Off-Broadway revival. His most famous ballad, “Send in the Clowns,” has been recorded hundreds of times, including by Frank Sinatra and Judy Collins. He influenced several generations of theater songwriters, particularly with such landmark musicals as “Company,” “Follies” and “Sweeney Todd,” which are considered among his best work. He won nine Tonys, eight Grammys, a Pulitzer Prize and one Academy Award he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. Pappas did not return calls and messages to The Associated Press. Sondheim’s death was announced by his Texas-based attorney, Rick Pappas, who told The New York Times the composer died Friday, Nov. Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century, has died at age 91. FILE – Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim poses after being awarded the Freedom of the City of London at a ceremony at the Guildhall in London, on Sept.TABS & HOLLYWOOD REPORTER OUT) Stephen Sondheim speaks during the Dramatists Guild Fifth Annual Benefit Dinner at the Hudson Theater in New York City. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The New Yorker)
NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 15: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and guest Stephen Sondheim during Wednesdays Septemshow.LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 27: Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim receives the Freedom of the City of London by the City of London Corporation in recognition of his outstanding contribution to musical theatre at The Guildhall on Septemin London, England.Seventeen recipients were awarded with the nationÕs highest civilian honor. President Barack Obama (R) presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to theater composers and lyricists Stephen Sondheim (L) during an East Room ceremony Novemat the White House in Washington, DC. LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 13: Stephen Sondheim, winner of Society of London Theatre Special Award poses with Angela Lansbury and Sir Cameron Mackintosh in the press room during The Olivier Awards 2011 at Theatre Royal on Main London, England.