Read On Sondheim: An Opinionated Guide Online
Authors: Ethan Mordden
and “musical play” genre,
19
–
21
as Play Doctor,
22
n
and power of narrative in musicals,
11
and
Road Show
,
149
and staging of
Allegro
,
83
and theatrical realism,
121
and
West Side Story
,
37
,
42
Hanson, Alexander,
95
Happy Hunting
,
7
Harbach, Otto,
20
Harrigan, Ned,
11
Harris, Neil Patrick,
68
Harrison, Rex,
135
Hart, Tony,
11
Havoc, June,
44
Healy, David,
84
Hepburn, Katharine,
61
Heyward, Du Bose,
17
High Button Shoes
,
20
High Tor
,
4
A
History of Modern Japan
(Storry),
96
Holgate, Ron,
49
Holland, Anthony,
140
Holm, Celeste,
8
The
Homecoming
,
71
Horowitz, Mark Eden,
91
Horse Feathers
,
132
The
Hostage
,
74
Howard, Leslie,
40
Howes, Sally Ann,
91
Hutchinson Prize,
5
I Can Get it For You Wholesale
,
14
I Love Lucy
(television),
6
Into the Woods
,
124–27
cast recordings,
180
–
81
and film musicals,
156
–
57
and innovation in Sondheim musicals,
16
and
Passion
,
133
I Promessi Sposi
(The Fiancés),
132
Irene
,
7
Jack and the Beanstalk
,
124
Jeffreys, Anne,
5
Jolson, Al,
135
Jones, Peter,
18
Jubilee
,
14
June Moon
,
153
Kane, Helen,
8
Karr, Harold,
7
Kattan, Chris,
143
Kaufman, George S.,
4
–
5
,
22
n,
110
,
113
–
14
,
153
Kazan, Elia,
71
Keaton, Diane,
152
Kern, Jerome,
2
,
5
,
7
,
11
,
51
n,
62
,
80
Kerr, Jean,
6
Kind, Richard,
144
King, Dennis,
8
The
King and I
,
7
,
20
,
24
,
76
,
135
–
36
,
154
Kirk, Lisa,
154
Kitt, Eartha,
84
Klotz, Florence,
98
Klugman, Jack,
47
Kobart, Ruth,
50
Korbich, Eddie,
128
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang,
104
,
151
Kressing, Harry,
88
Kringas, Charley,
113
La Cage aux Folles
,
11
,
15
,
122
–
23
Lahr, John,
5
n
Lamour, Dorothy,
146
Lansbury, Angela
and
Anyone Can Whistle
,
54
–
58
,
55
n
and cast recordings,
169
,
171
,
184
and the concept musical,
28
and
A Little Night Music
,
95
and
Something For Everyone
,
88
and
Sweeney Todd
,
103
,
104
Lapine, James
collaborations with Sondheim,
15
–
16
and creative staging,
124
influence on Sondheim,
18
and
Merrily We Roll Along
,
115
,
116
and
Passion
,
132
,
133
and
Sunday in the Park With George
,
118
–
19
,
120
n,
123
,
126
–
27
and
Into the Woods
,
125
Lardner, Ring,
153
The
Last of Sheila
(1973),
153
The
Last Resorts
,
6
Laurents, Arthur
and
Anyone Can Whistle
,
54
,
56
break with Sondheim,
17
and character humor,
148
and
Do I Hear a Waltz?
,
60
,
62
,
64
and
Gypsy
,
44
–
45
,
44
n,
47
influence on Sondheim,
18
and
West Side Story
,
37
,
40
,
42
Lawrence, Gertrude,
113
Lee, Eugene,
109
The
Legendary Mizners
(Johnston),
144
–
45
Leiber, Jerry,
9
Lenya, Lotte,
16
LeRoy, Ken,
39
Lester, Richard,
155
A
Letter For Queen Victoria
,
123