We continue with our series on the complete works of Stephen Sondheim. Rick Pender, author of the The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, serves as our musical guide. For Episode 5, we spotlight the 1973 musical A Little Night Music, which was inspired by the 1955 Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night and includes the the popular song “Send In the Clowns”.
Stephen Sondheim
Episode 4 – The Complete Stephen Sondheim
We continue with our series on the complete works of Stephen Sondheim. Rick Pender, author of the The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, serves as our musical guide. For Episode 4, we spotlight the 1976 musical Pacific Overtures, which opened on Broadway on January 11, 1976 and ran for 193 performances.
Episode 3 – The Complete Stephen Sondheim
We continue with our series on the complete works of Stephen Sondheim. Rick Pender, author of the The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, serves as our musical guide. For this episode, we spotlight the 1990 musical Assassins.
Episode 2 – The Complete Stephen Sondheim
We continue with our series on the complete works of Stephen Sondheim. Rick Pender, author of the The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, serves as our musical guide.
Episode 1 – The Complete Stephen Sondheim
We begin a series on the complete works of Stephen Sondheim. Rick Pender, the author of the The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, will be our musical guide.
Styles of Stephen Sondheim
On our podcast this week, guest host Gail Leondar-Wright, a Stephen Sondheim scholar and enthusiast, shares her knowledge of the composer’s musical styles along with selected songs from his musicals.
Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia
In this episode Stuart Brown interviews Rick Pender, author of The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, a comprehensive reference devoted to musical theater’s most prolific and admired artists. Pender has been an award-winning theater critic since 1986.
