A deeper look at Stephen Sondheim's entire body of work, show by show and song by song. Each week Kyle Marshall invites a guest to discuss a Sondheim song in-depth. They read the lyrics and offer insight on form, content, and occasionally melody. This show is for any Broadway lover in general and Stephen Sondheim fans in particular.
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There are no gibbering fools on this week's podcast. At least no more than usual. Elizabeth Keep joins the show for the first time to discuss the two songs I'm Calm and Impossible. Are they funny? Do you need to see the staging for them to work? Those and other fraughter things are to be expected this week.

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