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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 2d
THE LIVES OF A SHOWGIRL:
Follies and the Fate(s) of Ophelia

Sondheim and Swift. Follies and fate. The shimmer of performance and the shadow of collapse. 🪩

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The Lives of a Showgirl
Follies and the fate(s) of Ophelia
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 6d
This week’s interview is with the brilliant Britney Coleman, who starred as Bobbie in the national tour of COMPANY. 🎈

Read our conversation here:

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A Conversation with Britney Coleman
on Company, Into the Woods, and chameleon-like choices
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 6d
Excellent!
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 6d
This week’s interview is with the brilliant Britney Coleman, who starred as Bobbie in the national tour of COMPANY. 🎈

Read our conversation here:

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A Conversation with Britney Coleman
on Company, Into the Woods, and chameleon-like choices
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 10d
New today: two cultures suspended between earth and sky, one floating with supreme confidence in its isolation, the other holding to tradition like a fiddler to his precarious perch.

An essay about stability, change, and cultural survival:

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The Fiddler and The Floating Kingdom
Pacific Overtures, Fiddler on the Roof, and the art of cultural exposition
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 10d
New today: two cultures suspended between earth and sky, one floating with supreme confidence in its isolation, the other holding to tradition like a fiddler to his precarious perch.

An essay about stability, change, and cultural survival:

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The Fiddler and The Floating Kingdom
Pacific Overtures, Fiddler on the Roof, and the art of cultural exposition
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 14d
If you’ve ever seen ASSASSINS, you might have noticed the credit “Based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr.”

This week, we are honored to welcome Mr. Gilbert to The Sondheim Hub.

Click below to read our full interview:

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A Conversation with Charles Gilbert, Jr.
The man who first conceived Assassins
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 14d
Thanks so much for reading!
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 14d
If you’ve ever seen ASSASSINS, you might have noticed the credit “Based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr.”

This week, we are honored to welcome Mr. Gilbert to The Sondheim Hub.

Click below to read our full interview:

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A Conversation with Charles Gilbert, Jr.
The man who first conceived Assassins
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 19d
15 years ago this week, Henry Miller’s Theatre was officially renamed in Sondheim’s honor:
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 23d
Joy today and bliss tomorrow!

Full cast reveal for INTO THE WOODS at London’s Bridge Theatre.
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 24d
Thank you so much. I did precisely the same at the park itself recently - my first time there. Deeply moving
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 24d
New today! Exploring the painting at the heart of Sunday in the Park with George:

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An Ordinary Sunday
Exploring the painting at the heart of Sunday in the Park with George
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 26d
Our latest interview is with GYPSY’s music Director, Andy Einhorn!

On his decades-long partnership with Audra McDonald, preparing the Gypsy score for Broadway, and sharing a piano bench with Sondheim:

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A Conversation with Andy Einhorn
Gypsy's music director on Audra McDonald, the new cast recording, and working with Sondheim
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Sep 8
New this week! A whirlwind tour through Sondheim’s musical intervals, from a minor 2nd up to an octave. 🔎

You do NOT need to be a music theory whizz to read this!

Dive in here:

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Sondheim's Musical Intervals
“Keep a tender distance,” Bobby implores in Company. But where emotional distance might be measured in what we say and do—and in what we leave unsaid, undone—musical distance is measured in intervals.
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Sep 1
Dreams are a sweet mistake…

Our latest essay is on the achingly beautiful “One More Kiss” from FOLLIES, where Sondheim conjures a past that feels genuinely present.

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One More Kiss
Follies, pastiche, and the poetics of parting
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Aug 28
Sondheim in Majorca, 1972
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Aug 25
This week, we are so proud to present Natalie Guevara’s piece on Michael Bennett & FOLLIES. Natalie’s writing is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the genesis of this show, and Michael Bennett’s unique contributions to it!

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Michael Bennett & Follies
A guest essay by Natalie Guevara
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Aug 25
This week, we are so proud to present Natalie Guevara’s piece on Michael Bennett & FOLLIES. Natalie’s writing is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the genesis of this show, and Michael Bennett’s unique contributions to it!

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Michael Bennett & Follies
A guest essay by Natalie Guevara
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Aug 11
This week, we travel beyond theatre’s usual capital cities to hear from 13 members of our Sondheim Hub community who grew up far from Broadway and the West End. 🌍

Some really beautiful stories of finding Sondheim and reflections on his work here…

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Out There in the World
Global perspectives on Sondheim
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Aug 11
This week, we travel beyond theatre’s usual capital cities to hear from 13 members of our Sondheim Hub community who grew up far from Broadway and the West End. 🌍

Some really beautiful stories of finding Sondheim and reflections on his work here…

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Out There in the World
Global perspectives on Sondheim
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Aug 7
Who tells your story? 📚 It was a joy to speak to Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, author of LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA: THE EDUCATION OF AN ARTIST, which is out in September. Lots of Sondheim here, lots of Lin-Manuel (naturally), and a little Shakespeare sprinkled in too:

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A Conversation with Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
Author of Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Aug 7
Who tells your story? 📚 It was a joy to speak to Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, author of LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA: THE EDUCATION OF AN ARTIST, which is out in September. Lots of Sondheim here, lots of Lin-Manuel (naturally), and a little Shakespeare sprinkled in too:

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A Conversation with Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
Author of Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Aug 3
In our latest essay, we explore Fredrik’s literary longing in A Little Night Music. 📚

What, exactly, makes de Sade “too trenchant” and Dickens “too frantic?” Does cultural knowledge enhance or impede our capacity for genuine intimacy?

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A Little Night Reading?
Fredrik Egerman's literary longing
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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · Jul 24
We spoke to Richard Kind (yes, RICHARD KIND) about all things Sondheim! A total joy.

Full interview here:

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A Conversation with Richard Kind
It is an honor to welcome beloved character actor Richard Kind to The Sondheim Hub. Mr. Kind’s admiration for Stephen Sondheim runs deep—so deep that he considers him “the best artist since Shakespear...
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