A Quote by Marc Platt
Stephen Sondheim is calculus for actors. The words are witty and brilliant and profound but complicated.
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I am writing better Stephen Sondheim songs than even Stephen Sondheim is writing.
The thing about Stephen Schwartz is that, while it may be difficult to learn - it's a little bit like[Stephen] Sondheim; Sondheim is quite difficult to learn - but, once you have it in you: it never leaves you. It becomes some of your favorite music; it really does.
That's the only show where, if anyone says to me, 'Is there a role you want to play?', I say, yeah, I want to play Sweeney Todd. Stephen Sondheim's so clever; it's a profoundly brilliant piece of work.
Stephen Sondheim I am in awe of.
I'm a devotee of Stephen Sondheim. I think he's a genius.
I heard from Stephen Sondheim, who has become a great supporter of mine. There was no one bigger when I was growing up.
No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.
I think Stephen Sondheim is a - and I hardly ever use this word - but this is as close as it gets to a genius.
I adore the work of Stephen Sondheim. I like musicales in general. They make surprisingly great running tapes.
I saw "Follies" again at thirty, and you know, I had this great appreciation for [Stephen] Sondheim's brilliance, his lyrics.
Tom Kitt aside - he's in his own category with me, of course - Stephen Sondheim is one of my all-time favorite composers.
Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there's great truth in the songs, and that's what was so wonderful to find.
I couldn't live without the genius of Stephen Sondheim, be it not just West Side Story,but Follies,Company,Sweeney Todd,Passion.You can go on and on.
Popular music of the last 50 years has failed to keep in step with advances in musical theater, namely Stephen Sondheim. But the two have grown apart so that popular music is based more than ever on a rhythmic grid that is irrelevant in musical theater. In popular music, words matter less and less. Especially now that it's so international, the fewer words the better. While theater music becomes more and more confined to a few blocks in midtown.
Musically, I'm a huge fan of Stephen Sondheim, and I love, love 'Sweeney Todd.'
My favorite show tune has got to be Stephen Sondheim's "I Remember Sky." It's probably the saddest song of all time I sing it to myself in the mirror. No, I am kidding. That's the joke.
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