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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Stephen Sondheim (Extended)

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

News, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, News Commentary, Tv & Film

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

A special tribute to "the greatest composer and lyricist in the history of American theater:" Stephen's extended interview from September 2021 with the legendary Stephen Sondheim. Tribute Original Air Date: December 3rd, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:31.0

It's the Lacho Pacho with Stephen Colberg.

0:39.0

Welcome back to Lacho, folks.

0:41.0

Last Friday, Stephen Sondheim, a man who might consider to be the greatest composer and lyricist in the history of American theatre, passed away at the age of 91.

0:50.0

But his extraordinary legacy will live on.

0:53.0

Because as the man himself said, art is infinite. It has no beginning and no end.

0:58.0

In September, I had the extraordinary privilege of sitting down with the man.

1:02.0

And I'm incredibly grateful I had the chance to tell him how much his work has meant to me personally.

1:06.0

And tonight, I want to share with you an extended version of that conversation because I enjoyed every minute of it.

1:12.0

And I hope you will too.

1:14.0

Please welcome to the Lacho, Stephen Sondheim.

1:20.0

Thank you.

1:22.0

Thank you.

1:34.0

You got it.

1:36.0

It's nice to see you again. Thanks for being here.

1:40.0

You know, I got a chance to interview a couple of times at the Colbert Report.

1:44.0

And one of the things that you said to me then was that as a young man, you were lucky enough to be mentored by Oscar and Hammerstein in the second.

1:53.0

I've got a photo of the two of you right here.

1:55.0

Oh.

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