An Introduction To

Stephen Sondheim

1930 – 2021

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List of References

[All That Glitters poster]. (ca. 1949) [Photograph]. Sondheim Guide. https://sondheimguide.com/chronology.html

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. (ca. 1964) The Playbill for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. [Photograph]. Wikimedia Commons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Funny_Thing_Happened_on_the_Way_to_the_Forum

Hutchins, M.H. (2014, April 23) Sondheim Guide. Retrieved 22:15, April 13, 2023, from https://sondheimguide.com/

Levy, K. (2017). An exploration of the subversion of theatrical and folkloric tropes in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into The Woods. [Unpublished Honours thesis]. University of the Witwatersrand.

Milton Babbitt with the RCA Mark II synthesizer. (n.d.) [Photograph]. Wikimedia Commons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Milton_Babbitt.jpg

Mountain, P. (2014). Into The Woods - Movie Review. [Photo] Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/razlan79/16174518007/in/photostream/

Mountain, P. (2014). Into The Woods - Movie Review. [Photo] Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/razlan79/16334438126/in/photostream/

Mountain, P. (2014). Into The Woods - Movie Review. [Photo] Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/razlan79/16358652951/in/photostream/

Oscar Hammerstein II and Stephen Sondheim. (n.d.) [Photograph]. American Theatre. https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/05/02/oscar-hammerstein-ii-he-had-some-notes/

Outside Philadelphia’s Erlanger Theatre before the Broadway Opening. (1957) [Photograph]. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/westsidestory/westsidestory-exhibit.html

Parker, P. (n.d.) [Stephen Sondheim (at the piano as a boy)]. [Photograph]. The Boston Globe. https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2011/12/11/look-made-hat-stephen-sondheim/OW36QBH0yAkTcf3GyB8DoN/story.html

RR Auctions. (ca. 1970). Autographed publicity photo of Stephen Sondheim. [Photograph] Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stephen_Sondheim_-_smoking.JPG

[Saturday Night poster]. (ca. 2000) [Photograph]. Wikimedia Commons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2nd_Stage_Production.jpg

Secrest, M. (1998). Stephen Sondheim: A Life. Knopf.

Sondheim, S., & Lapine, J. (1989). Into The Woods. New York City: Theatre Communications Group.

Sondheim, S. (2010). Finishing The Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981). New York City: Alfred A. Knopf.

Supertroupers. (1998). Stockholms Musikalkompanis produktion av Stephen Sondheims INTO THE WOODS på Södra Teatern i Stockholm 1998. [Photograph]. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Into_The_Woods_-_Final.jpg

SpencerDayChannel. (2020. January 15). Losing My Mind (in memory of Stephen Sondheim) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa6-N9sMxC0

Wikipedia contributors. (2023, March 23). Stephen Sondheim. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 22:07, April 13, 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Sondheim&oldid=1146229997

Wikitree. (1930). Stephen Sondheim as a baby. [Photograph]. https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Sondheim-1-3

Young, K. (2000). ‘Every Day A Little Death’: Sondheim’s Un-Musicaling of Marriage. In S. Goodhart (Ed.), Reading Stephen Sondheim: a collection of critical essays (pp. 77–88). New York City: Routledge.

Reading List

Banfield, S. (1993). Sondheim's Broadway Musicals. Michigan: The University of Michigan Press.

Goodhart, S. (2000). Reading Stephen Sondheim: a collection of critical essays. New York City: Routledge.

Hutchins, M.H. (2014, April 23). Sondheim Guide. Retrieved 22:15, April 13, 2023, from https://sondheimguide.com/

Secrest, M. (1998). Stephen Sondheim: A Life. Knopf.

Swayne, S. (2005) How Sondheim Found His Sound. Michigan: The University of Michigan Press.