Even
Steven Sondheim's nursery rhyme characters in Into the Woods look for "a cow as white as milk."
This is a strange comment when you consider the film is based on
Steven Sondheim's stage musical, but it has been joyfully twisted and tweaked by Burton and writer John Logan.
Based loosely on the 1979
Steven Sondheim musical, this is the darkest work yet from the gloom-loving, quirky pair and it's another winner.
The
Steven Sondheim musical sees the legendary demon barber return from imprisonment to exact revenge on his enemies.
Steven Sondheim invited him to lunch: it lasted five hours.
The IMAJINE 2005 benefit was created by a panel of prominent cultural figures including Matthew Barney,
Steven Sondheim, Amon Miyamoto, John Weidman, Tomoko and Kurt Masur, Mary McFadden, Julie Taymor, Hiroshi Sugimoto and John Zorn.
What a gay final day as musical maestro
Steven Sondheim watches their big benefit concert.
He was in Sweeney Todd, the musical
Steven Sondheim wrote with former Everyman director Chris Bond, which was Jo's first show when she came to Liverpool.
West Side Story was composed by Leonard Bernstein to lyrics by
Steven Sondheim and a "book" by Arthur Laurents; its dances were choreographed by Jerome Robbins.
Director Gus Macdonald presents
Steven Sondheim's version of the demon barber of Fleet Street legend, Sweeney Todd, at the Loft Theatre.
And in the same category, but for Comedy or Musical, Dame Helen Mirren and Emily Blunt are both hoping to be recognised for there respective roles in The Hundred Foot Journey and
Steven Sondheim adaptation Into The Woods.
Andrew Gardner, 17, has taken on the role of Pseudolus, a wily slave scheming for his freedom, in
Steven Sondheim's musical farce A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
The last was a popular destination for A-list celebrities such as Diane Keaton, Kathleen Turner, Peter Allen, Ann Margaret, Claudette Colbert and
Steven Sondheim.
By the time yon read this,
Steven Sondheim's musical version of the classic Greek comedy The Frogs and Frank Wildhom's take on Brain Stoker's Dracula will have opened.
LONDON As if news of a new West End theater to bear his name were not enough (see story, page 41), London is looking toward a season of
Steven Sondheim: "Sweeney Todd" at the Royal Opera House, opening Dec.
