On Sondheim: An Opinionated Guide (44 page)

and Sondheim’s success,
14

and
West Side Story
,
37
–
38
,
40
–
43

Rodgers, Mary,
91
n

Rodgers, Richard

and actor-singers,
138

and cast recordings,
171
,
172

and character interactions,
135
–
36

and
Company
,
66
–
67

and
Do I Hear a Waltz?
,
60
–
64

and film musicals,
150
,
156

and
Flower Drum Song
,
101

and Hammerstein’s artistry,
24

and “musical play” genre,
19
–
21

and Sondheim’s lyrics,
9
–
11

and song cues,
127

and staging of
Allegro
,
83

and theatrical realism,
121

and
West Side Story
,
39

Romanticism,
132

Rome, Harold,
14
,
56
,
145

Romeo and Juliet
(Shakespeare),
37
–
40
,
40
n

Romley, Jeff,
18

Rose-Marie
,
20

Rosenstock, Milton,
48

Ross, Harold,
144

Ross, Herbert,
56
,
57
,
62
,
63

Rubinstein, John,
115

The
Rules of the Game
(1939),
87

Russell, Rosalind,
4
,
135
,
154

Sanders, Edward,
155

Sarandon, Susan,
153

Saratoga
,
13
n

Satie, Erik,
79
,
79
n,
85

Sato, Isao,
96
,
101

Saturday Night
,
33–36

cast recordings,
168
–
69
,
182
,
184
,
185

and early career of Sondheim,
6

and evolution of Sondheim’s style,
9

Gypsy
compared to,
45

Sondheim ballads in,
58

Saturday Night Live
(television),
143

Scapigliatura movement,
132
–
33
,
137
–
38

Schwartz, Arthur,
7
,
150
n

Scienza Nuova
(Vico),
11

Scola, Ettore,
132
–
33
,
137
–
38
,
137
n

scriptwriting,
5

Seal, Elizabeth,
82

Secrest, Meryle,
2

Seurat, Georges,
119
–
21
,
119
n,
120
n

Seventh Avenue
,
14

Shaffer, Peter,
63

Shakespeare, William,
14
,
37
–
40
,
40
n,
91
,
135
,
141

Sharaff, Irene,
37

Shaw, George Bernard,
17
,
65
,
88
,
141
,
143

Shea, Jere,
132
,
137

Shearer, Norma,
40

Shepard, Franklin,
112
,
117

Shevelove, Burt,
49
,
52
,
140
–
42

Shimoda, Yuki,
96
,
101

Shimono, Sab,
96

Show Boat

cast recordings,
171

and the concept musical,
28

and evolution of Sondheim’s style,
10
,
20
–
21

film,
40

first-act finale,
125

Follies
compared to,
82
,
84

incoherence of,
21
n

influence on performers’ careers,
8

and Sondheim’s background,
2

and Sondheim scores,
148

and Ziegfeld as producer,
28
n

Siberry, Michael,
140

Side By Side By Sondheim
,
10
,
13

Silverman, Stanley,
5
n

Silvers, Phil,
155

Simmons, Jean,
91

Simon, Neil,
70

single-location set,
50
n

Singspiel,
93

Six By Sondheim
(television documentary),
65
,
83

Smiles of a Summer Night
(1955),
87

Smith, Alexis,
77
,
82
–
83

Smith, Oliver,
37

Smith, Thorne,
5

Sokol, Robert,
68

Sondheim, Stephen

birth,
1

celebrity,
17
–
18

childhood,
1
–
5

and the concept musical,
19
–
29

early career,
5
–
9

education,
1
,
3
–
5

family life,
1
,
120
n

homes,
xi

and innovation in musicals,
11
–
13

parents,
1
,
2
–
3
,
120
n

as Play Doctor,
8

and stage acting,
3
–
4

See also
specific titles and collaborators

Sondheim & Co.
(Lapine),
115
,
118

Sondheim On Music
(Horowitz),
91

The
Sondheim Review
,
68

Soon-Teck Oh,
96
,
101
–
2

The
Sound of Music
,
20
,
47
–
48
,
62

Sousa, John Philip,
97
,
130

South Pacific
,
4
,
61
,
135

Stanley, Elizabeth,
116

Starring
,
14

State Fair
(1962),
62

Stavisky
(1974),
151
–
52

Steiner, Max,
151

stereotypes,
14
,
49

Sterling, Robert,
5

Stickney, Dorothy,
150

Stoller, Mile,
9

Stop the World—I Want To Get Off
,
50
n

Storry, Richard,
96
,
98

Stothart, Herbert,
7

Strauss, Richard,
92

Streep, Meryl,
125
,
156
–
57

Streisand, Barbra

and
Anyone Can Whistle
,
54
–
55

and
Funny Girl
,
45

and
I Can Get It For You Wholesale
,
56