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For lovers, performers and creators of musical theatre (or theater). Broadway, off-Broadway, the West End, other parts of the US and UK, and musicals around the world and on film/TV. Discussion encouraged. Welcome post: https://tinyurl.com/kbinMusicals See all/older posts here: https://kbin.social/m/Musicals

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The Final Sondheim The complete, from-beginning-to-end story of how Stephen Sondheim, David Ives, and Joe Mantello created the musical Here We Are (www.vulture.com)

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An in-depth story and interview with playwright David Ives and director Joe Mantello about the development of Sondheim's final show, Here We Are, by Frank Rich, long-time Sondheim advocate and former theatre critic for the New York Times.

It documents the shows origins, the protracted development period and various dead ends, and the resonance that Covid brought to a story about a group of people trapped in a room.

The piece also offers a justification for the dearth of songs in the second act, which had been previously reported.. A dramaturgically justifiable way around Sondheim's procrastination / writer's block?

A long read, but a good one.

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