I love me some Alex

Thanks Michael for your courage and vunerability, to show us whitish people, un unrevealed reality of what many colour people has to face in many different levels.. and we have no idea, only on a very superficial level.. THANKS THANKS THANKS

I love the way Raúl acts this song. His face and his arms as are important as his voice.

This beautiful soul❤❤❤❤❤

he would not be working if he Wasnt gay

~ 'Writers Block, is putting on the editor hat too early.'

@26:00 Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. E. L. Doctorow Great life advice/acknowledgement/realization - & could be a great song.

My dad would've loved this video and related to it. kzbin.info/aero/PLImvNqifF04ljYim01S0Or35JPcjwUa7-&si=UF-DlsVm3Qku9Sw1

This is more precious than gold. More insights in a brief hour than in years of study. Reminds us how lucky we were to have this brilliant man share his work with us, to have lived in the same era with him.

I cannot believe she is singing this song (amazingly) in her 70’s. I remember hearing this for the first time, and marveling with my female singer friends as to how she was doing it. And here she is 50 years later killing it. I have no words. It’s not possible! This can’t be happening.

Well this is odd

100% True

no idea who these people are but they seem wonderful

Well said!! Thank you!

She sings it different each time.👏

She can sang boy. Deborah Cox is Whitney Houston's, one of her best friends. They're both signed to Eris, the records and both Clive Davis prodigies. And she's a Canadian like me.

good

He's equally up there with Ben Platt. Such pure talent

Inspiring not only around music but the creative process Now I want to hear everything from Stephen

ZT"l Stephen - you've inspired so many young composers and song writers and you were a true mensch. Great discussion, thanks!

LOL. Nathan is brilliant. I had the pleasure of playing the role of Stephen. Having also studied opera in my college years I have studied the role of Germont and my mom was an opera singer from NYC who always performed the role of Violetta. So La Traviata has always been my favorite Verdi. As an acting coach now I love teaching my students to perform the complex characters of McNally.

Amazing

This whole interview is my favorite Sondheim interview. Both Adam Guettel and Stephen Sondheim seem more accessible than in any other I've seen. Thank you, DGF.

Wonderful!!!!

Still got it 🤌🤌🤌

That was just fantastic.

I love how feisty and passionate about art he was. one of my all time inspirations.

How many ways can I love Michael Arden?

Perfection might not exist, but you, esteemed Mr Menken are one of those rare people in this world who have touched it. Thankful and forever with my heart somewhere inside all of your timeless pieces!! Warmest greetings from 🇲🇪❤!!

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AMAZiNG!!!❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

I recently met Lisa kron while performing in Dublin’s production of fun home ! She came to see me and I was over the moon!!!❤❤❤

I wholeheartedly agree with the other commentators here. This hour spent with gifted composer Adam Guettel interviewing Broadway titan Stephen Sondheim is priceless. The content is educational and inspiring. Not only was Sondheim an innovative genius as a composer, but he is obviously a brilliant and compassionate teacher. Despite his magnificent career and richly deserved success, he retains his humility and perspective. He's a good man.

"Tookin"? Promising!

Great voice, incredible range and breath control is amazing!

America & the world needs to know Deborah Cox... Canada's illustrious and iconic talent.

Damn she still has it ❤❤❤ amazing. One of my favorite songs

i can't wait to see this again I saw the original Broadway cast show way back in the day

Sublime

She's so extraordinary

Come on! ❤❤❤❤

It’s so odd to see people badmouthing Guettel’s attitude toward Sondheim in this (brilliant) interview. Mary Rodgers, Guettel’s mother, was one of Sondheim’s closest friends. Guettel grew up having Sondheim as essentially a member of the family. He’s not casual with Sondheim because he’s rude-it’s because Sondheim is his mentor and practically his uncle. If you were interviewing a relative you were close to, I doubt you’d treat them with the kind of distant deference that these commenters seem to expect of Guettel.

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I came to see the show tonight and saw you play Drew. you were amazing!! Stole the show

He shares! He teaches! He is humble. He’s a genius!

Wow! Just wow. The greatest interviewee of all time. Every sentence a gem.

I come to this interview frequently, as I consider it to be one of the best interviews done with Alan. Could you tell me how I can get in touch with him? Do you have his email or any contact details? I would really like to interview him. There is no record of him being interviewed by Brazilians and I really wanted to be responsible for doing this for my country.

In 2001 through a fortunate accident Stephen Sondheim and I became friends. So began the most extraordinary world altering beautiful tender miraculous and painful time of my life. It felt important to keep those two years private and that’s what I did. But, this video sparked a terrific memory. We were at Larry Kramers house for dinner and someone mentioned that Terrence McNally and another friend had both lost their partners and had decided to go on a trip to Cuba together - Larry Kramer called them “the widows Karamozov!” I brought up the Lisbon Traviata and how cool it was that the best monologue, maybe his finest writing, references Sweeney Todd like five times! Stephen said,”what monologue?” No one there knew about it, I was shocked. Larry had it printed out within minutes and we Took turns doing drunken dramatic readings of it to tease him - he was hysterical - it was such a fun night!

This is just a gem.

I really hope that this is re-recorded with professional production. Jordan Fisher is INCREDIBLE