Remembering Stephen Sondheim, Musical Theater Visionary

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The New York Times

Music Interviews, Music Commentary, Music

3.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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A conversation about his legacy, his engagements with pop music and whether he has any true inheritors. Guests: Jesse Green and Elisabeth Vincentelli.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, your lightly awkward dress rehearsal of music, news,
0:10.6	and criticism.
0:11.6	I am your host, John Caremonica.
0:29.7	That was company, the opening song from Stephen Sondheim's company, that's from the original
0:35.8	Broadway cast recording from 1970, as you may know, and if you're on the Facebook group
0:40.3	as you may have tapped in with me and requested, and so you definitely know Stephen Sondheim
0:45.2	passed away, he was 91, Sondheim fundamentally remade musical theater, at least that is
0:52.0	what I believe.
0:53.9	Long time listeners of Popcast will know perfectly well that this is not my comfort zone.
0:59.3	However, I am blessed to work at the New York Times alongside some of the most dedicated,
1:06.1	forceful, and thoughtful thinkers on musical theater on the planet.
1:10.4	So today we're going to get into Sondheim's career.
1:13.3	We're going to talk about some of the essential works.
1:15.3	We're going to talk about the ways in which he laid the template for modern musical theater
1:20.4	with us.
1:21.4	Jesse Green is here.
1:22.4	Jesse is the chief theater critic of the New York Times.
1:25.4	Jesse, what's up?
1:26.6	Coming from an undisclosed location in the woods.
1:28.8	Yes, I think I resent being called one of the uber nerds of the world, but okay.
1:33.6	That's a compliment.
1:34.8	Oh, sorry.
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