Stephen Sondheim

Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience’s imagination and…

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background…

I’m interested in the theater because I’m interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would…

In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies…

Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos…

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the…