Read On Sondheim: An Opinionated Guide Online
Authors: Ethan Mordden
and Hammerstein’s artistry,
24
and Hammerstein’s influence on Sondheim,
4
impact on performers’ careers,
8
and integration in musicals,
121
and Sondheim’s background,
2
and Sondheim scores,
148
Oland, Warner,
101
Oliver!
,
82
Oliver, Edna May,
40
“Ol’ Man River” genre,
20
,
21
n,
51
n
O’Neill, Eugene,
4
–
5
,
22
,
112
–
13
,
135
One Worlds
(Wilke),
23
n
On the Town
,
121
Oppenheimer, George,
5
Oresteia
(Aeschylus),
113
Original Story By
(Laurents),
45
Pacific Overtures
,
96–102
and Aronson’s retirement,
109
Assassins
compared to,
129
cast recordings,
179
,
180
and evolution of Sondheim’s style,
10
and gay content in Sondheim works,
15
historical setting of,
145
original form of,
70
and power of narrative in musicals,
11
and Prince-Sondheim collaboration,
25
and Sondheim’s characters,
68
and Sondheim scores,
64
and
Sunday in the Park With George
,
121
Pacino, Al,
152
Parker, Dorothy,
8
Parsons, Estelle,
153
Pasatieri, Thomas,
153
n
Passion
,
132–39
cast recordings,
180
–
81
,
185
and Lapine’s influence,
16
Passione d’Amore
(1981),
132
–
34
,
138
Patinkin, Mandy,
118
Patrick, Leo,
5
Paulus, Diane,
17
Peer Gynt
(Ibsen),
156
Perry, Matthew Calbraith,
96
–
100
Peter Pan
,
150
n
Pinter, Harold,
71
Pitt, George Dibdin,
104
Porgy
(Heyward),
17
Porgy and Bess
,
5
,
17
,
70
,
106
,
138
Porter, Cole
and
Anyone Can Whistle
,
56
,
58
and
Do I Hear a Waltz?
,
62
and film musicals,
150
and
Follies
,
80
influence on Sondheim,
7
and
Pacific Overtures
,
97
and
Saturday Night
,
33
sexual identity,
14
and Sondheim’s background,
1
Porter, Linda Lee,
14
A
Pray By Blecht
,
9
Preston, Robert,
135
Price, Lonny,
110
Prince, Hal
and cast recordings,
175
and Chaotic Age subject matter,
12
collaborations with Sondheim,
10
,
15
,
25
–
29
,
118
–
19
,
138
and
Company
,
66
–
67
,
69
–
70
,
74
and the concept musical,
25
,
27
–
29
and
Do I Hear a Waltz?
,
65
and
Follies
,
77
,
79
,
83
influence on Sondheim,
8
–
9
,
18
and innovation in Sondheim musicals,
13
and inspirations for Sondheim’s musicals,
104
and
A Little Night Music
,
86
–
88
,
91
,
93
–
95
and
Merrily We Roll Along
,
110
,
114
,
115
and
Pacific Overtures
,
96
,
98
and power of narrative in musicals,
11
and
Road Show
,
144
and
Saturday Night
,
34
–
35
and Sondheim’s film musicals,
150
and
Sunday in the Park With George
,
123
and
Sweeney Todd
,
103
,
109
and
West Side Story
,
37
Princess Theatre,
11
Public Theater,
146
Quilley, Denis,
82
Raft, George,
1
Raitt, John,
8
Rattigan, Terence,
63
Ravel, Maurice,
87
realism,
29
Reams, Lee Roy,
15
Redford, Robert,
73
n
Reds
(1981),
152
Reed, Florence,
113
Renoir, Jean,
87
Rickman, Alan,
155
Rigg, Diana,
84
Road Show
,
144–49
cast recordings,
182
and gay content,
15
and Lapine’s influence,
16
and
The Last Resorts
,
6
poker game scene,
147
n
Robbins, Jerome
and Brecht plays,
9
and cast recordings,
168
–
69
and conflict in productions,
13
critiques of musical numbers,
41
n
and
Do I Hear a Waltz?
,
65
and
Forum
,
51
and
Gypsy
,
44
–
48
influence on Sondheim,
7
–
8
,
18
and inspirations for Sondheim’s musicals,
104