Stephen Sondheim - A Brief Chronology

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It may not be exhaustive, but it is exhasting. The life and times of the king of musical theatre, Stephen Sondheim! (Also I left out "Assassins." Sondheim wrote it with John Weidman and it premiered in 1990. Also "The Frogs," but you probably didn't even notice that one was missing.)
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If you're reading THIS comment below with your favorite decade of Sondheim. - that's how I'll know you read this far. 😉 I think the 70s would have to be my favorite. He seemed to just bleed art during those years.
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[@yujicortez]

Sondheim was the greatest. He’ll be sorely missed. May he rest in peace. ❤️

[@donaldoconner]

Weird that you left out both productions of Assassins. It's my favorite Sondheim show.

[@dogvom]

Assassins? Getting Away with Murder? Topper? June-Moon?

[@MusicalMash]

Assassins was an accident. The other three were all in the draft, but that was before "brief" was in the title! 😁

[@daninmills]

A little off-topic, but can I just say that the graphics in this video were phenomenal?

[@richiejohnson]

I saw Passion as a day tripper from New Haven with an old friend. I guess it wasn't what we expected. Exiting the lobby, I said, "Oh Brad. We could have gone to see Cats." Brad said, "No, it is important to have seen this. And to not have seen Cats."

[@charmanda66]

everybody's got the right to be happy(except assassins I guess)

[@jammingrag1339]

Favorite decade of Sondheim would be 70s just because of the amazing shows that I've fell in love with!

[@jacksonkamiska]

The 70s is my fave decade. Sweeney, Company, Follies...all my faves. Besides, Sondheim&Prince = perfection.

[@jasonawhittaker]

What a wonderful little piece of filmmaking, sir. Well done.

[@paulinaenck5797]

My favorite Sondheim decade would be the 2000s, a decade filled with amazing revivals. There were two great productions of my favorite Sondheim piece (Company), a fantastic Sweeney Todd revival, an incredible West Side Story revival (with LMM collaboration), and a cool Into the Woods revival, as well as the original Broadway production of assassins. So many productions of his genius work, all unique, interesting, and brilliant in their own rights.

[@moonshoespotter6142]

Stephen Sondheim is a genius, I can't even write a song never mind a full musical! And he's written loads :)

[@BrendanClifford]

I was just gonna say, "Assassins..." until i saw you mention it in your caption. Not only the original, but the "revival" in 2004 when it was on Broadway for the first time and won 5 Tonys, making it the biggest winning show that year.

[@alexmeyer5260]

Sondheim's song from Dick Tracy "Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man)" won him an Oscar.

[@toriwilliams4869]

Yup. The seventies rocked for Sondheim.

[@bradleygladley]

He really is the best qualified person to be called a treasure

[@WeAreSalmonella1]

Can someone please tell me why this doesn't have millions of views? Like, this is amazing!!

[@paulinaenck5797]

Please make a Miscast for Bobby from Company with Neil Patrick Harris, Raul Esparza, and John Barrowman! (Joanne from company would also be interesting: Elaine Stritch, Patti LuPone, and Barbara Walsh). Love your channel!

[@MOONBATHING98]

especially since there's a production of company coming out next year starring a woman in the role of bobby!

[@jpetersgoyanks]

Wendla Bergman don't forget Adrian Lester, the first black actor to be cast as Bobby in the Sam Mendes directed 1995 London revival. Also note worthy are John O'May & David Campbell in the 1986 & 2007 Australian productions.

[@tmdp76]

@@MOONBATHING98 I've seen that production and it was amazing!!! The cast was just perfection on stage!

[@eugenebezpalko1631]

70s were fantastic and very productive for Sondheim but I have to give it to "Lapine" decade since my favourite three musicals are written then.

[@MsKitkat5321]

My favorite would be late seventies/early eighties. Some of his best musicals came to be during this time (in my opinion). :)

[@jpetersgoyanks]

Boy, 1970 to 1981 was insane for Sondheim. One of the most prolific decade for any composer.

[@Tokkemon]

Now you have to do the same for Gershwin, Berlin, Hammerstein, Rodgers, Porter, Loesser, Hermann, Styne, and for the hell of it, Meredith Wilson. Pretty please??????

[@joshsharpe1387]

Great video, just forget to include Assassins

[@MusicalMash]

UGH! THAT'S IT! BURN IT TO THE GROUND!

[@joshsharpe1387]

Still a great video!

[@ColdenLamb]

And "The Frogs" 😘 Thank you for doing this btw Mr. Mash, I'm glad people are going to be exposed to the wonderful world of Sondheim for years to come 😊

[@Terabiel]

I noticed Assassins and Frogs were missing. Invocation to the audience and Where's my Prize are two of my favorites,

[@Nanananaheyhey1]

He studied under Milton Babbitt? That's wild

[@lyndonjames8607]

Wait-What?! No “Assassins”?!!!

[@emmanuelfernandez3353]

I love Mr. Sondheim. thank you for making this the best September of my life

[@StarsFlyBy]

There's also the film adaptation (adaptations?) of Company

[@alexmeyer5260]

Stephen Sondheim officially turns 90 today! Happy birthday!

[@RC-vv6nr]

Wow, what a Phenomenal guy with such phenomenal talent… RIP S…

[@pumpkinjuice180]

I can't get over the production in this video! Tommy,, how ! Like, what computer program do you use? How do you get the timeline to animate like that?? (Also, excuse me, I noticed The Frogs was missing)

[@RhinocerosProductions]

why did you leave out Assassins????

[@StarCrusader12]

RIP Stephen Sondheim😔

[@ErikBailey1995]

You missed Assassins!!

[@kerriprice4152]

A little upset that Assassins got left out but I still love the video.

[@anthonyassadourian2670]

fantastic video!!!!

[@jimstokes6742]

That was very well done.

[@lilliedoubleyou3865]

This video is STUNNING! Do you mind telling me what software you use to make these?

[@MusicalMash]

+Amelia Doubleyou Sure! I animated this in Apple Motion with some touch ups and re-timing in Final Cut Pro.

[@lilliedoubleyou3865]

Musical Theatre Mash Thank you! I'm looking for software to use for students' projects. This will be a good starting point. Thanks again & excellent work!

[@miawatson2146]

Where was the frogs? and assassins?

[@countrymonkOSB]

Fantastic! Thanks a bunch

[@pattiecake11]

I love this man!

[@LPM12]

Of course my favorite Sondheim show is left off the list (ASSASSINS)

[@EveryDayALittleDeath]

QAFgenius12 Assassins is wonderful. It's not my absolute favorite, but it's pretty high up there.

[@scottrousseau496]

This is a brilliant expose on the man. Thank you.

[@tuneodealgumlugardopassado8925]

RIP

[@fecreates3902]

BUT ASSASSINS!!!!

[@davidfriedman2410]

Nice but you left out Assassins....maybe one of his best scores for a musical

[@loutimmons3099]

Hon... LOVE your videos...but there is one glaring error...Assassins...? . :-)

[@floorroeterdink9399]

Assassins and the frogs???!!!!

[@artboyero]

Sondheim is my religion

[@RichBiev]

Hammerstein is not a composer.

[@ProfessorWalnut]

You skipped my favorite Sondheim show. :(

[@nicmic42]

love react

[@___David__]

It's funny. Sondheim is worshiped as a God in the USA. Everyone thinks he's brilliant etc. The likes of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Frank Wildhorn on the other hand are looked upon with disdain and contempt. And yet, you step outside the USA and both those composers musicals are widely popular. Stephen Sondheim on the other hand is completely irrelevant and no one cares for him or his shows (with Sweeney Todd being the exception to the rule and his only popular work). If his works were actually never much popular on Broadway as it is, I wouldn't be surprised if the "adversities" he's facing these days are just Broadway audiences finally catching up with the tastes of the rest of the World.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

Salieri was really popular, too.