Sondheim 101

OLLI Fall Semester 2018 • Alan Teasley, Instructor

Class 8 • Sunday in the Park & Into the Woods

Today’s Focus: Sunday in the Park with George (continued) &

Into the Woods (1987)

Goals of the Course

You will: Be familiar with 12 of Sondheim’s major shows (and be able to hum at least one song from each!) Understand Sondheim’s aesthetic principles in writing music and lyrics for the stage Know some influences on Sondheim and how his collaborators have shaped his work Place Sondheim’s work in the context of 20th century musical theater.

Sunday in the Park with George Creative Team (1983-84)

Director: James Lapine Score: Stephen Sondheim Book: James Lapine Movement: Randolynn Zinn Scenic Design: Tony Straiges Costumes: Patricia Zipprodt & Ann Hould-Ward Orchestrations: Michael Starobin Ran for 604 performances (Broadway)

Sunday in the Park with George: Four “Interlocking” Songs

ACT I “Color and Light” “Finishing the Hat” “We Do Not Belong Together”

ACT II “Move On”

Sunday in the Park with George: Both Acts End with “Sunday”

Today’s Performance

Original Broadway Cast Act I [12:00] Act II [14:00]

Sondheim’s Collaborations with James Lapine

1983: Sunday in the Park with George 1987: Into the Woods 1994: Passion

2010: Sondheim on Sondheim 2014: Six By Sondheim (film)

Into the Woods Creative Team (1986-87)

Director: James Lapine Score: Stephen Sondheim Book: James Lapine Musical Staging: Lar Lubovich Scenic Design: Tony Straiges Costumes: Ann Hould-Ward Orchestrations: Michael Starobin Ran for 765 performances

Into the Woods Original Broadway Cast (1987)

Narrator (Tom Aldredge) Baker (Chip Zien)

Baker’s Wife (Joanna Gleason) Witch (Bernadette Peters)

Cinderella (Kim Crosby) Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf (Robert Westenberg Little Red (Danielle Ferland)

Jack (Ben Wright) Jack’s Mother (Barbara Bryne)

Into the Woods Won 3 Tony Awards Out of 10 Nominations (1988)

Book of a Musical: James Lapine

Score: Stephen Sondheim

Actress: Joanna Gleason

Best Musical

Direction of a Musical: James Lapine

Scenic Design: Tony Straiges

Lighting Design: Richard Nelson

Featured Actor: Robert Westenberg

Costume Design: Ann Hould-Ward

Choreography: Lar Lubovich

Into the Woods Broadway Revival (2002)

Narrator (John McMartin) Baker (Stephen DeRosa)

Baker’s Wife (Kerry O’Malley)

Witch (Vanessa Williams) Cinderella (Laura Benanti)

Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf (Greg Edelman) Jack (Adam Wylie)

Jack’s Mother (Marylouise Burke) Giant (Judi Dench)

Into the Woods (Film, 2014) (directed by Rob Marshall)

Baker (James Corden) Baker’s Wife (Emily Blunt) Witch (Meryl Streep)

Cinderella (Anna Kendrick) Cinderella’s Prince (Chris Pine) Wolf (Johnny Depp) Little Red (Lilla Crawford)

Jack (Daniel Huttlestone) Jack’s Mother (Tracey Ullman) Giant (Frances de la Tour)

Into the Woods: NY Shakespeare Festival Production, 2012

Denis O’Hare, Amy Adams Donna Murphy

Today’s Performance

Recorded at the Martin Beck Theater on May 23-25, 1989, with live audience Most of the Original Broadway Cast Broadcast March 15, 1991, on “American Playhouse” (PBS)

Today’s Performance

Prologue “Into the Woods” “Agony” “No One Is Alone” “Children Will Listen”