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Here We Are: how silence defines Stephen Sondheim’s last musical

In musical theatre lore, when emotion outgrows words, characters sing (and when emotion outgrows song, they dance). This idea – in various guises, configurations and subversions – has shaped musical theatre for the last eight decades. The expectation that in a musical, characters sing is deeply ingrained: songs move the…

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‘Please don’t fart, this is art’ – Stephen Sondheim’s musical The Frogs review

A droll Dionysos, an ab-obsessed himbo and a waddling ballet for goggle-clad frogs can’t outshine Sondheim’s songs in this rarely seen version of the ancient Greek satire

The Guardian - UK

The Frogs at Southwark Playhouse review: bursting with unfulfilled promise

3/5 Stephen Sondheim’s weirdest show gets its moment in the spotlight

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Charles Strouse obituary

Tony-winning Broadway composer who wrote the music for Annie and Bye Bye Birdie

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Three years after his death, Stephen Sondheim feels more alive than ever

IN FOCUS: ‘Here We Are’, now running at the National Theatre, is the musical theatre titan’s final, posthumous work. But when it comes to Sondheim, this couldn’t be further from the end, writes Louis Chilton

The Independent UK

Here We Are at the National Theatre, Lyttelton review: should this have been staged at all?

2/5 Stephen Sondheim’s posthumous musical has no songs, only a stellar cast save it from being completely unenjoyable

Evening Standard

Here We Are review – Sondheim’s desperate diners have a double helping of Buñuel

This energetic look at the charmed lives of the 1% features some signature sparks, but the class satire is not potent enough in the composer’s swansong

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‘We’re not here to slander Sondheim!’ Inside the master’s wild final musical, completed at last

Here We Are, a satirical mashup of two surrealist movie masterpieces, was finished after musicals maestro Stephen Sondheim died – outraging some fans. As the show hits Britain, its stars and creators reveal their thrills and fears

The Guardian - UK

Cameron Mackintosh, one of the last great theater impresarios, has plans for stages everywhere

The great composer Stephen Sondheim loved puzzles, and when he died in 2021, he left one for his good friend, British super-producer Cameron Mackintosh

The Independent UK

"Misguided Anti-Racism Campaign Cancels College Sondheim Production"

From Northwestern law professor Andrew Koppelman (The Hill) (this is the unexpurgated version that I received by e-mail, so I'm… The post "Misguided Anti-Racism Campaign Cancels College Sondheim Production" appeared first on Reason.com.

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Denzel, Clooney and Sondheim: the biggest Broadway shows of 2025

After another blockbuster year for Broadway, more stars are hitting the stage with a range of revivals and new shows

The Guardian - US

Gypsy review – Audra McDonald is a knockout in Broadway revival

Stephen Sondheim’s much-adored musical gets a dazzling new makeover with a bravura turn from the six-time Tony award winner

The Guardian - US

Road Show review – huckster brothers chase the American dream in little-known Sondheim musical

Unfamiliar songs are performed beautifully in an episodic play featuring the escapades of the rackety real-life Addison and Wilson Mizner

The Guardian - UK

Richard Linklater: ‘I’ve always had that French new wave notion – that a film should be an extension of your life’

The American director on the 20-year project he is just beginning, how hitmen don’t exist in real life and why his career would not be possible today

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Make Good: The Post Office Scandal review – a musical miscarriage of justice

The installation of the Horizon digital till resembles the villain’s entrance in a pantomime

Woman & Home

Woman of the Hour ending explained: The meaning behind Amy's ambiguous final moments

Viewers are devouring Anna Kendrick’s astonishing true crime movie, Woman of The Hour - but what happened in the film’s final moments and what does it mean? We take a look.

The Guardian - UK

Are you not entertained? The XVIII best films about the Romans – ranked!

With Gladiator II thrusting into cinematic arenas next month, we hand out laurels to the greatest sword-and-sandal movies of them all

The Independent UK

National Theatre announces UK premiere of final musical by Stephen Sondheim

Rosamund Pike will also make her National Theatre debut

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Walk on the weird side: Tim Burton’s movies – ranked!

With his new sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice set to open the Venice International Film Festival on 28 August, we look back at the career of every goth’s favourite director

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Five mysteries to keep you going until the next Knives Out film

Netflix has confirmed that the next instalment of its hit Knives Out film franchise will appear in 2025. The series, which first hit the screens in 2019, introduced the world to the suave southern detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), who specialises in solving murder mysteries that feature serpentine plot twists…

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The Guardian view on the right to fail in the arts: a principle that must be upheld

Editorial: Not every great work of art is an instant hit – just look at Stephen Sondheim’s Tony-winning Merrily We Roll Along

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: Sondheim’s old pencils, dogs in prams and Christ on a bike

This week, a musical genius’s stuff goes on sale for absurd sums and a heatwave hits New York

The Independent UK

Daniel Radcliffe moves Jonathan Groff to tears with Tony Awards speech

‘Harry Potter’ actor emotionally addressed his ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ co-stars

International Business Times

'Outsiders,' 'Stereophonic' Top Tony Awards

Coming-of-age musical "The Outsiders" and "Stereophonic," a play about a 1970s band putting together an album, earned top honors Sunday at the Tony Awards, the highest accolades in American theater.

The Guardian - US

Tony awards 2024: Stereophonic, Merrily We Roll Along and The Outsiders win big

At the annual celebration of Broadway, major acting winners included Jeremy Strong, Daniel Radcliffe and Sarah Paulson

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