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On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that's the point.
Stephen Sondheim
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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
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Anything that is white is sweet. Anything that is brown is meat. Anything that is grey, don't eat.
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I like neurotic people. I like troubled people. Not that I don't like squared-away people, but I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.
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By the time I get through writing a score, I know the book better than the book writer does, because I've examined every word, and questioned the book writer on every word.
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Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on.
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I'm a lazy writer. My idea of heaven is not writing. On the other hand, I'm obviously compulsive about it.
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I don't write songs apart from theatrical pieces. I'm not interested in writing songs qua songs.
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I'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music.
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I took piano lessons when I was 6. I didn't want to go on with it. I don't remember being moved by a piece of music.
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I've always preferred actors who sing to singers who act in all the shows I've done.
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For anyone approaching any one of the cast albums, if they don't like what they hear, it's not the performer's fault.
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Sometimes I'll ask the book writer to write a monologue, not to be performed, just as if they were notes for the character.
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