{"id":12908,"date":"2010-11-17T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=12908"},"modified":"2010-11-24T22:40:24","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T03:40:24","slug":"stephen-sondheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=12908","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Sondheim: A Birthday Concert and Evening Primrose&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/primrose2001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12928\" title=\"primrose200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/primrose2001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a>Composer <a title=\"Stephen Sondheim \" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Stephen+Sondheim+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Stephen Sondheim<\/a>&#8211;who has written some of the best scores for Broadway\u00a0shows, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D23462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Follies<\/a>\u00a0(1985), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D42621++\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A Little Night Music<\/a>\u00a0(1978), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D50448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Company<\/a>\u00a0(2007),\u00a0<a title=\"Passion\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D44536&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Passion<\/a>\u00a0(1995),\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D57842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum<\/a>\u00a0(1966) &#8212; turned 80 last March and is having quite a year.\u00a0There was the limited run Broadway show Sondheim on Sondheim with Tom Wopat, Vanessa Williams, and the legendary Barbara Cook. It even featured Sondheim himself (on film) <strong>c<\/strong>ommenting on his music, his lyrics, and his life. He also just released Finishing The Hat: Collected Lyrics with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes that is a must read\u00a0for Sondheim junkies. And\u00a0then there are two new releases on DVD that also will be must-haves for fans of his or musical theatre aficiandos.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The first\u00a0is <a title=\"Evening Primrose \" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_title.asp?search=Evening+Primrose+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Evening Primrose <\/a>, which was originally shown only once on ABC Stage 67\u00a0in November of 1966.\u00a0It stars <a title=\"Anthony Perkins \" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Anthony+Perkins+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Anthony Perkins <\/a>and Charmian Carr (Liesl from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D63545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Sound Of Music<\/a>) and features four classic\u00a0Sondheim songs.\u00a0Perkins plays\u00a0Charles, a\u00a0poet who escapes the world by hiding in a New York department store before closing time (Macy&#8217;s was set to let them film in their store, but reneged and they used\u00a0Stern&#8217;s).\u00a0After the store closes, Charles discovers a whole group of people hiding and living there.\u00a0While the store is open they pose as mannequins to escape detection.\u00a0He meets Ella, who has lived there since she was five.\u00a0Ella is basically a maid for the mostly elderly group, especially for Mrs. Monday (Dorothy Stickney).\u00a0Ella and Charles fall for each other and decide to leave the store.\u00a0Ella also has no idea of the ways of the\u00a0outside world and is very curious to see it,\u00a0Sondheim wrote\u00a0the beautiful &#8220;Take Me to the World&#8221; to convey her longing.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The score is one of Sondheim&#8217;s best, with\u00a0the songs\u00a0&#8220;When?&#8221;,\u00a0&#8216;I Remember&#8221; (which has been a staple on the cabaret circuit and was recorded by <a title=\"Barbra Streisand\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Barbra+Streisand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barbra Streisand<\/a> for her last Christmas album), and &#8220;If You Can Find Me I&#8217;m Here&#8221;.\u00a0Perkins&#8217; singing is passable, but\u00a0Carr, besides being breathtakingly beautiful, possesses a great singing voice.\u00a0There also is a twist ending I didn&#8217;t see coming. Although it was shot in color,\u00a0the only kinescope found was in black and white. This was used as the source for the DVD presentation, which\u00a0also comes with a 26-page\u00a0booklet filled with some great trivia about the making of the show.\u00a0Extras include interviews with director Paul Bogart (<a title=\"All In The Family\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_title.asp?search=All+In+The+Family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">All In The Family<\/a>) and Charmian Carr.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12929\" title=\"Stephen Sondheim: A Birthday Concert and Evening Primrose...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/sondheim-dvd-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Sondheim\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/sondheim-dvd-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/sondheim-dvd-70x100.jpg 70w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/sondheim-dvd-100x142.jpg 100w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/sondheim-dvd.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sondheim: The Birthday Concert,\u00a0just released on DVD\u00a0and Blu-Ray,\u00a0is a star-studded celebration of Sondheim&#8217;s rich catalog of song. Held at Avery Fisher Hall last March to commerate the composer&#8217;s 80th birthday, and humorously hosted by <a title=\"David Hyde Pierce\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=David+Hyde+Pierce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">David Hyde Pierce<\/a>, the show has everything a Sondheim-ite would want.\u00a0Sondheim&#8217;s longtime conductor Paul Gemignani leads the New York Philharmonic in accompanying some Broadway newcomers and some Broadway legends.\u00a0There&#8217;s dueling Sweeney Todds (the original production&#8217;s George Hearn and Michael Cerveris from the 2005 revival \u00a0joining Patti Lupone on a rousing &#8220;A Little Priest&#8221;, Chip Zien and <a title=\"Joanna Gleason \" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Joanna+Gleason+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Joanna Gleason ( <\/a>the original Baker and his wife from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D13671\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Into The Woods <\/a>) doing &#8220;It Takes Two,&#8221; and a fit\u00a0<a title=\"Mandy Patinkin \" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Mandy+Patinkin+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mandy Patinkin <\/a>and\u00a0ageless <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Bernadette+Peters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bernadette Peters <\/a>reprising their roles from <a title=\"Sunday In The Park With George\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_title.asp?search=Sunday+In+The+Park+With+George\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sunday In The Park With George<\/a> and doing an unbelievably moving &#8220;Move On&#8221; with tears in their eyes.\u00a0(My favorite moment of the concert)<\/p>\n<p>Near the end of the show, six leading ladies&#8211;Donna Murphy, Bernadette Peters, Audra MacDonald, Marin Mazzie, Patti Lupone, and the scene stealing and\u00a0legendary <a title=\"Elaine Stritch \" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Elaine+Stritch+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Elaine Stritch<\/a>&#8211;all decked out in red evening gowns (except for Stritch in a red pants suit and hat) have sort of a\u00a0Broadway diva-off smackdown.\u00a0Sitting on chairs, they each wait their turn to do a signature Sondheim song. And they mix it up. Lupone does &#8220;The Ladies Who Lunch,&#8221; which\u00a0Stritch premiered in Sondheim&#8217;s groundbreaking 1970 musical Company.\u00a0Mazzie does a heartfelt &#8220;Losing My Mind&#8221; from Follies,\u00a0MacDonald a perfect &#8220;The Glamorous Life&#8221; from A Little Night Music,\u00a0Murphy a defiant &#8220;Could I Leave You&#8221; also from Follies,\u00a0Peters a tender &#8220;Not A Day Goes By&#8221;\u00a0 from Merrily We Roll Along (btw Peters&#8217; voice just gets better and better with age), and then last but not least the 85 year-old Stritch doesn&#8217;t so much as\u00a0sing &#8220;I&#8217;m Still Here&#8221; but lives it. She brings down the house.<\/p>\n<p>Other standouts are Laura Benanti doing So Many People from Saturday Night,\u00a0Jim Walton doing a song that was cut from Merrily We Roll Along. and Broadway veteran John McMartin doing &#8220;The Road You Didn&#8217;t Take&#8221; from Follies. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12910\" title=\"Stephen Sondheim: A Birthday Concert and Evening Primrose 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/sondheim-celebration-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Sondheim: A Celebration\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/sondheim-celebration-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/sondheim-celebration.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The only classic Sondheim song not performed is perhaps the one the general public most associates with him, &#8220;Send in the Clowns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Producer\/Director Lonny Price (who did a brilliant job) wanted to thank\u00a0Sondheim for all\u00a0the songs\u00a0he&#8217;s created for actors to bring to the stage.\u00a0As he says, Sondheim gives them &#8220;roles to play with songs one\u00a0can act with dignity and intelligence&#8221;.\u00a0He decided to ask all the performers from shows currently running on Broadway and Off-Broadway to join in\u00a0for the finale of\u00a0&#8220;Sunday&#8221; from Sunday In The Park With George. When the doors of the hall are opened, \u00a0287 performers come in to cram the stage and aisles for the finale.\u00a0It&#8217;s an incredible sight and the camera pans to a visibly choked-up Sondheim. He takes the stage to thunderous applause and quotes Alice Roosevelt \u00a0&#8220;First you&#8217;re young, then you&#8217;re middle-aged, and then you&#8217;re wonderful.&#8221; Indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Composer Stephen Sondheim&#8211;who has written some of the best scores for Broadway\u00a0shows, including Follies\u00a0(1985), A Little Night Music\u00a0(1978), Company\u00a0(2007),\u00a0Passion\u00a0(1995),\u00a0 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum\u00a0(1966) &#8212; turned 80 last March and is having quite a 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