A podcast about Stephen Sondheim's entire body of work show by show and song by song.
Overture and Night Waltz / Love Takes Time – A Little Night Music
A Little Night Music opens up in quite the unique way. A set of four people sing the melody of a couple of songs in the score. It's an experiment that was hardly ever tried again. Plus, how does the film version introduce the characters?
Prologue / Beautiful Girls – Follies (with William C. White)
Here they come, those beautiful fools. William C. White returns to the show to discuss Sondheim's influence in writing slow waltzes, the original song that was supposed to open Follies, and try to figure out who Lorelai was.