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Krysta Rodriguez Revives Cinderella Role In Critically Acclaimed Into The Woods Tour

Krysta Rodriguez returns as Cinderella in final weeks of Into the Woods national tour engagement

Zenger · Jul 23, 2023

Parting is indeed sweet sorrow for Barbara Gaines as she departs Chicago Shakespeare Theater

After nearly 40 years, Gaines is exiting the world-renowned theater company she founded with a Chicago rooftop production.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 30, 2023

Groundhog Day review: a simply sublime return to The Old Vic

Stephen Sondheim once thought about turning the 1993 film “Groundhog Day” into a stage musical. He gave up on the idea, saying: “It cannot be improved. It’s perfect the way it is.” And he may have been right about that, said Clive Davis in The Times – but this “glorious…

The Week · Jun 15, 2023

Sweeney Todd: behind the blockbuster take on Sondheim’s Broadway hit

Stephen Sondheim’s darkly funny quasi-opera has been remounted as one of the year’s biggest new productions

The Guardian - US · Apr 24, 2023

'Schmigadoon!' gently mocks Broadway musicals in new season

Aaron Tveit has starred in some amazing Broadway shows, but some of the classics have eluded him

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023

Review: ‘Sweeney Todd’ on Broadway lets Sondheim’s tragedy howl. It will be a hot ticket

NEW YORK — Many Broadway revivals of musicals from decades past insist on revising, reconsidering and imposing. Thomas Kail’s triumphant revival of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” does none of that. At once funny, scary and disarmingly moving, this must-see production is content to peel back any…

Tribune News Service · Mar 29, 2023

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street review – dazzling Broadway revival

Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford play Stephen Sondheim’s murderous Victorian couple in a bold and barnstorming take

The Guardian - US · Mar 27, 2023

Into The Woods review – Australian take on Sondheim masterpiece needs more time to soar

With standout turns from Esther Hannaford and Tamsin Carroll, and some inventive, whimsical choices, the fractured-fairytale musical fails to truly take off

The Guardian - AU · Mar 23, 2023

Stephen Sondheim's last musical finds a New York City stage

Stephen Sondheim’s last musical will be given an off-Broadway stage this year

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023

The best theatre to stream this month: The Boys Are Kissing, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends and more

Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Hans Christian Andersen on skates, a verbatim play five years in the making and poems from Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023