Musical theater giant Stephen Sondheim turned 90 on March 22, and Stevie Wonder—for my money, the greatest popular music composer of the last 60 years—turned 70 on May 13.
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Theater Review: “Road Show” — Sondheim’s Latest Gets Its Boston Premiere
Road Show is unlikely to top anyone’s list of Sondheim favorites, it’s an often entertaining take on a quintessentially American story.
Theater Review: HTC’s “Merrily We Roll Along” – Musical Redemption
An outstanding production of a Stephen Sondheim musical that was initially thought to be a misfire.
Theater Review: A Dated “Company”
Director Julianne Boyd is faced with a difficult challenge — dramatizing an outdated psychological travelogue.
Fuse Theater Review: Sondheim’s Scintillating Portrait of the Artist — Sunday in the Park with George
The cherry on top of this terrific production is its stunning technical design, from lighting and sets to sound, projection, and costumes.
Fuse Theater Review: “Company” — What We Sing About When We Sing About Love
There’s a lot of love in the Lyric Stage Company’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 Tony Award winning show, Company.
Fuse Theater Review: “Sondheim on Sondheim” — A Terrific Overview of the Man Behind the Musicals
The revue is a moving and hilarious mixture of reminiscences and stories about Sondheim’s life and a well-chosen sampler of his songs.
Fuse Theater Review: “A Little Night Music” — Staged Beautifully, and with Heart
The Huntington Theatre Company’s magnificent production of Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece A Little Night Music is as good as it gets.
Fuse Theater Review: New Rep Comes up With a Sly and Loose Version of “Assassins”
The fine efforts of the New Rep performers and Jim Petosa’s thoughtful staging can’t solve this musical’s central flaw.
Theater Review: Cut and Slash Done With Panache — Lyric Stage Delivers a High-Caliber “Sweeney Todd”
To darken a story that already hinges on rape, murder, and cannibalism takes some doing, but the edgy Lyric Stage production pulls it off.