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Sondheim: A Musical Tribute

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Additional music by Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne, and Richard Rodgers

One performance on March 11, 1973 at the Shubert Theatre
For the Benefit of The American Music and Dramatic Academy,
and The National Hemophilia Foundation
Produced by Kurt Peterson in association with Craig Zadan and Neil Appelbaum
Directed by Burt Shevelove
Choreographed by Donna McKechnie
Setting Courtesy of Boris Aronson [from A Little Night Music]
Lighting by Tharon Musser
Costume Coordination by Florence Klotz
Musical Direction by Paul Gemignani
Musical Coordination and Special Arrangements byJonathan Tunick

Cast

George Lee Andrews, Larry Blyden, Susan Browning, Len Cariou, Jack Cassidy, Dorothy Collins, Steve Elmore, Harvey Evans, Hermione Gingold, Laurence Guittard, Pamela Hall, Ron Holgate, Beth Howland, Glynis Johns, Justine Johnston, Larry Kert, Mark Lambert, Angela Lansbury, Victoria Mallory, Mary McCarty, Donna McKechnie, John McMartin , Pamela Myers, Kurt Peterson, Alice Playten, Teri Ralston, Chita Rivera, Marti Rolph, Virginia Sandifur, Ethel Shutta, Alexis Smith, Tony Stevens, and Nancy Walker

Special Guests

Harold Prince, Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne, Burt Shevelove, Diana Shumlin, Sheldon Harnick, George Furth, James Goldman, Mary Rodgers, Goddard Leiberson, and Anthony Perkins

Musical Numbers

Act One

Act Two

^ Edited on the LP release, restored for the compact disc release
+ Not on the recording
> Included on the compact disc release

Recording

Sondheim Evening: A Musical Tribute
Album produced by Hal Halverstadt
Engineered by Lee Herschberg
Recorded March 11, 1973
at the Shubert Theatre, NYC

  • Double LP, 1973 [Warner Bros. 2WS 2705]

Remastered Version
Produced by Craig Zadan
Digital remix and remastering engineer: Dennis Ferrante
Liner notes by Craig Zadan

  • Double Compact Disc, 1990 [RCA 60515-2-RC] [106:08 mins.]
  • Double Cassette, 1990 [RCA 60515-4-RC]

Sondheim Tribute

A Stephen Sondheim Evening

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Continuity by Paul Lazarus

Two performances on March 3, 1983 at Sotheby Parke Bernet, NYC
Presented by Whitney Museum of American Art Composers' Showcase
Musical Director: Paul Gemignani
Produced and Directed by Paul Lazarus
Arrangements, Keyboards and Conductor: Thomas Fay

This concert's continuity was later licensed as the revue You're Gonna Love Tomorrow

Performers

Liz Callaway, Cris Groenendaal, Bob Gunton, George Hearn,
Steven Jacob, Judy Kaye, Victoria Mallory, Angela Lansbury

Musical Numbers

^ Not on the recording
+ Omitted from the compact disc release

Recording

Sondheim Evening

A Stephen Sondheim Evening
Album produced by Thomas Z. Shepard
Recorded March 3, 1983
at Sotheby Parke Bernet, NYC
Liner notes by Paul Lazarus
Lyrics included

  • Double LP, 1983 [RCA CBL2-4745]
  • Cassette, 1994 [RCA 09026-61174-4]
  • Compact Disc, 1994 [RCA 09026-61174-2] (72:33 mins.)

Follies in Concert
with The New York PHilharmonic

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book and New Continuity by James Goldman

Two performances on September 6 and 7, 1985
at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
Produced by Thomas Z. Shepard
Directed by Herbert Ross
Musical Direction by Paul Gemignani
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Dance Music by John Berkman
Choreography by Danny Daniels
Assistant Director: Paul Lazarus
Sound Designer: Otts Munderloh
Scenic Supervision by Tony Straiges
Lighting Design by Jules Fisher & Paul Marantz, Inc.
Lighting Supervision by Charles G. Stone III
Wardrobe Supervision by Karen Lloyd
Link to the original production of Follies

Cast

Dmitri Weismann - Andre Gregory
Roscoe - Arthur Rubin
Sally Durant Plummer - Barbara Cook
Benjamin Stone - George Hearn
Young Buddy - Jim Walton
Young Ben - Howard McGillin
Buddy Plummer - Mandy Patinkin
Phyllis Rogers Stone - Lee Remick
Young Sally - Liz Callaway
Young Phyllis - Daisy Prince
Emily Whitman - Betty Comden
Theodore Whitman - Adolph Green
Solange LaFitte - Liliane Montevecchi
Hattie Walker - Elaine Stritch
Stella Deems - Phyllis Newman
Carlotta Campion - Carol Burnett
Heidi Schiller - Licia Albanese
Young Heidi - Erie Mills
Chorus - Ronn Carroll, Susan Cella, Robert Henderson, Frank Kopyc,
Marti Morris, Ted Sperling, Susan Terry, Sandra Wheeler
Dancers - Karen Fraction, Jamie M. Pisano, Elvera Sciarra

Musical Numbers

  • Overture - Orchestra
  • Beautiful Girls - Andre Gregory, Arthur Rubin and Company
  • Don't Look at Me - Barbara Cook and George Hearn
  • Waiting for the Girls Upstairs - Jim Walton, Howard McGillin, Mandy Patinkin, George Hearn, Lee Remick, Barbara Cook, Liz Callaway, and Daisy Prince
  • Rain on the Roof - Betty Comden and Adolph Green
  • Ah, Paree! - Liliane Montevecchi
  • Broadway Baby - Elaine Stritch
  • The Road You Didn't Take - George Hearn
  • In Buddy's Eyes - Barbara Cook
  • Who's That Woman? Phyllis Newman, Barbara Cook, Lee Remick, Elaine Stritch, Betty Comden, Liliane Montevecchi, Chorus, and Dancers
  • I'm Still Here - Carol Burnett
  • Too Many Mornings - George Hearn and Barbara Cook
  • The Right Girl - Mandy Patinkin
  • One More Kiss - Licia Albanese and Erie Mills
  • Could I Leave You? - Lee Remick
  • Loveland - Company
  • You're Gonna Love Tomorrow - Howard McGillin and Daisy Prince
  • Love Will See Us Through - Jim Walton and Liz Callaway
  • Buddy's Blues - Mandy Patinkin
  • Losing My Mind - Barbara Cook
  • The Story of Lucy and Jessie - Lee Remick and Chorus
  • Live, Laugh, Love - George Hearn and Chorus
  • Finale - Company

Recording

Follies in Concert
Album produced by Thomas Z. Shepard
Associate album producer: Jay David Saks
Engineer: Paul Goodman
Recorded September 6 and 7, 1985
at Avery Fisher Hall, NYC
Liner notes by James Kirkwood and Bert Fink
Lyrics and artist biographies included

  • Double LP, 1985 [RCA HBC2-7128] [85 mins.]
  • Double Cassette, 1985 [RCA HBE2-7128]
  • Double Compact Disc, 1985 [RCA RCD2-7128] [85:22 mins.] (adds the complete soundtrack of Stavisky [45:37 mins.])

Grammy Award for Best Musical Cast Show Album

Follies in Concert

Video Recording

Follies in Concert
[filmed for television; includes rehearsals and preparations, but only highlights of the concert]

  • VHS, 1986 [Fries Home Video 92700] [90 mins.]
  • Laserdisc, 1989 [Fries / Image ID6322FR]
  • DVD, 2001 [Image]

Follies in Concert

Sunday With Sondheim

A benefit performance aiding the Alan Page Heart Foundation and The Terrence Higgins Trust
Performed on March 27, 1988 at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London

Act One

A concert version of Merrily We Roll Along

Directed by Julia McKenzie
Musical Direction by Martin Koch
Associate Musical Direction by Simon Lowe

Cast

Franklin Shepard - Simon Green
Mary Flynn - Gillian Bevan
Charley Kringas - Evan Pappas
Gussie - Claire Moore
Joe Josephson - Michael Simkins
Beth - Deborah Poplett

Ensemble: Julie Armstrong, Neale Birch, Thom Booker, Karen Broughton, Keith Burns, Maurice Clarke, Hilary Cromie, Ian Dring, Susie Fenwick, Don Gallagher, Michael Gyngell, Paul Hegarty, Margaret Houston, Glyn Kerslake, Beverley Klein, Martyn Knight, Deidre Laird, Aline Mowat, Becky Norman, Siobhan O’Kane, Tony Pedretti, Caroline Quentin, Matthew Ryan, Caroline Sargeant, Jennifer Scott-Malden, Dawn Spence, Michelle Todd

Act Two

A Celebrity Tribute to Stephen Sondheim

Dame Edna Everage, Tim Flavin, Dolores Gray, David Kernan, Bonnie Langford,
Diane Langton, Millicent Martin, Daniel Massey, Julia McKenzie, Marian Montgomery,
Ned Sherrin, Elisabeth Welch, Colm Wilkinson

Being Alive
A Celebration of the Genius of Stephen Sondheim

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

One performance on June 4, 1989 at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London
Presented by the Association of Artists Against AIDS
Director: Keith Warner
Musical Director: James Holmes
Designer: Marie-Jeanne Lecca
Associate Director: Gary Kahn
Choreographer: Anthony Van Laast
Lighting Designer: Paul Pyant

Performers

Richard Angas, Dirk Bogarde, Christopher Booth-Jones, Sally Burgess, Edward Byles, Patricia Cameron, Len Cariou, Graham Clark, Petula Clark, Lorna Dallas, Susan Denaker, Janet Edwards, Susannah Fellows, Maria Friedman, Julia Hills, Murray Hipkin, Joji Hirota, Sally Ann Howes, Gloria Hunniford, David Kernan, Eartha Kitt, Bonnie Langford, Philip Langridge, Martyn Lewis, Simon Masterson-Smith, Siobhan McCarthy, Dursley McLinden, Robert Meadmore, Stefanie Powers, Jonathan Pryce, Denis Quilley, Simon Rattle, Anneka Rice, Malcolm Rivers, Eric Roberts, Liz Robertson, Jeremy Rose, Elise Ross, Michael Sadler, Ned Sherrin, Martin Smith, Elaine Stritch, and Alan Woodrow

with the London Sinfonietta, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, and the Anthony Van Laast Dancers

Note: Patricia Hodge was scheduled to perform "Barcelona" as stated in the program. She was replaced by Susannah Fellows.

Musical Numbers

Act One

Act Two

* Piano accompaniment, otherwise orchestra

Sondheim's Cut-Out Songs

Performed on June 4, 1990 at the Lyttelton Theatre of the National Theatre, London
Directed by Chris Barton

45 Minute interview with Stephen Sondheim conducted by John Jansson
with performances by the cast of the National Theatre's Sunday in the Park With George
Michael Haslam on piano.

Cast

Di Botcher
Nicolas Colicos
Maria Friedman
Aneirin Huws
Megan Kelly
Philip Quast

Musical Numbers

From Sunday in the Park with George
  • Putting It Together - Philip Quast
  • Have To Keep Them Humming - Nicholas Colicos
  • Soldiers and Girls - Nicholas Colicos, Megan Kelly, Di Botcher
  • The One on the Left - Nicholas Colicos, Megan Kelly, Di Botcher
From Company
  • Happily Ever After - Nicholas Colicos
  • Marry Me A Little - Maria Friedman
  • Multitudes of Amys - Philip Quast
From A Little Night Music
  • The Glamorous Life (stage version) - Megan Kelly, Di Botcher, Company
  • The Glamorous Life (film version) - Megan Kelly
From Merrily We Roll Along
  • The Hills of Tomorrow - Company
  • Who Wants To Live In New York - Aneirin Huws, Nicholas Colicos
  • Good Thing Going - Philip Quast
  • Thank You For Coming - Company

Chicago and Company: A Concert Peformance

Note: Only information from the Sondheim portion of the program is provided here.

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by George Furth

One performance only on December 2, 1990 at Victoria Palace Theatre, London
A World AIDS Day Benefit Performance for the Crusaid charity
Presented by West End Cares
Produced by David Kernan
Directed by David Kernan & Max Jacobson-Gonzalez
Staged by Lindsay Dolan, Jeff Thacker & Maurice Lane
Orchestra Conducted by Jae Alexander, Jason Carr & Michael Haslam
Production Supervisor - Bob West
Lighting by David Leach

Cast

Narrator - Ned Sherrin
Robert - Nicolas Colicos
Joanne - Angela Richards
Harry - John Barrowman
David - David Malek
Larry - Glyn Kerslake
Marta - Maria Friedman
Amy/Kathy - Susannah Fellows
April - Liz Robertson
The Stephen Hill Singers: Jae Alexander, Michael Cahill, Mary Carewe, Derek Chessor,
Adrian Clance, Linda Depauw, Jean Gilbert, Jim Graeme, Stephen Hill, Samantha Shaw,
Anne Skates, Taffy Taylor, Jo Thompson, David Urwin, Feliz Watts, Philip Wrigley

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

One performance on June 10, 1992 at Carnegie Hall
A Gala Benefit for Carnegie Hall Honoring Stephen Sondheim and His Music
Production conceived by Scott Ellis, Paul Gemignani, Susan Stroman, David Thompson
American Theatre Orchestra, Musical Direction by Paul Gemignani
Written by David Thompson
Choreographed by Susan Stroman
Directed by Scott Ellis
Stage Set Design: John X. Fernandez
Lighting Design: David Agress
Sound Design: Otts Munderloh
Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick, Don Sebesky, Michael Starobin,
Jason Robert Brown, and Artie Schroeck
Dance Arrangements: Peter Howard

Performers

Kevin Anderson, George Lee Andrews, Ron Baker, BETTY, Harolyn Blackwell, Peter Blanchet, Boys Choir of Harlem, Betty Buckley, Patrick Cassidy, Glenn Close, Daisy Egan, Victor Garber, Jerry Hadley, Bill Irwin, Mark Jacoby, Michael Jeter, Madeline Kahn, Beverly Lambert, Jeanne Lehman, Dorothy Loudon, Patti LuPone, Carol Meyer, Liza Minnelli, Maureen Moore, Richard Munez, James Naughton, Caroline Page, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry, Bernadette Peters, Billy Stritch, Susan Terry, Bronwyn Thomas, The Tonics, Blythe Walker, Karen Ziemba

Musical Numbers

Act One

  • Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd - Orchestra / Jerry Hadley, Eugene Perry, and Herbert Perry [Johanna / Pretty Women, from Sweeney Todd]
  • Loveland / Getting Married Today - Mark Jacoby, Madeline Kahn, Jeanne Lehman; Ensemble [from Follies / Company]
  • + Waiting for the Girls Upstairs / Love, I Hear / Live Alone and Like - George Lee Andrews, Michael Jeter, and James Naughton [from Follies / A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum/ Dick Tracy]
  • + * Someone is Waiting / Symphonic Sondheim: Barcelona - Richard Munez / Orchestra [from Company]
  • Being Alive - Patti LuPone [from Company]
  • Good Thing Going - The Tonics [from Merrily We Roll Along]
  • * Losing My Mind / You Could Drive a Person Crazy - Dorothy Loudon [from Follies / Company]
  • Our Time / Children Will Listen - The Boys Choir of Harlem / Betty Buckley [from Merrily We Roll Along / Into the Woods]
  • + * Anyone Can Whistle - Billy Stritch [from Anyone Can Whistle]
  • + * Water Under the Bridge - Liza Minnelli and Billy Stritch [from Singing Out Loud, unproduced]
  • Back in Business - Liza Minnelli, Billy Stritch; Ensemble [from Dick Tracy]

Act Two

+ Numbers omitted from the home video release
* Numbers omitted from the highlights version of the audio recording

Recording

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Album produced by Jay David Saks
Recording engineers: Bill King, David Hewitt
Digitally recorded June 10, 1992
at Carnegie Hall, NYC
Liner notes by David Thompson
Lyrics included
Highlights releases omit the * numbers

  • Double Compact Disc, 1993 [RCA 09026-61484-2] [115:06 mins.]
  • Double Cassette, 1993 [RCA 09026-61484-4]
  • Compact Disc [Highlights], 1993 [RCA 09026-61516-2]
  • Cassette [Highlights], 1993 [RCA 09026-61516-4]

Sondheim: Carnegie

Video Recording

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
A Production of Carnegie Hall and Thirteen/WNET for Great Performances
Director: Kirk Browing
Producer: John Walker
Executive Producer: David Horn
Audio Producer: Jay David Saks
[filming of the concert, telecast March 3, 1993; abridged for television and home video: + numbers omitted, and "Remember" portion of the "A Little Night Music" medley edited out]

  • VHS, 1993 [RCA Victor Video] [85 mins.]
  • Laserdisc, 1993 [RCA Victor Video 09026-61484-6] [85:16 mins.]
  • DVD, 2001 [BMG]
  • DVD, November 2006 [Sony/BMG Kultur Video 4151]

Sondheim: Carnegie

Publications

Score
  • New York: Tommy Valando Publishing Group, 1993; 220 pp.
  • Miami FL: Warner Bros. Publications VAL2022A [softcover], 1997; 222 pp.
For song titles go here

Sondheim: Carnegie

Company in Concert

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by George Furth

Company [Reunion concert program]

Two performances on April 11 and April 12, 1993
at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, NYC
Presented by Barry Brown, Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS, New York Magazine in association with Lincoln Center Theatre
Originally Directed and Produced by Harold Prince
Directed by Barry Brown
Musical Staging - George Martin
Musical Director - John McDaniel
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Set by Thomas Lynch [from My Favorite Year]
Lighting - Natasha Katz
Sound - John Weston
Link to the original production of Company

Cast

Robert - Dean Jones
Sarah - Barbara Barrie
Harry - Charles Kimbrough
Susan - Merle Louise
Peter - John Cunningham
Jenny - Teri Ralston
David - George Coe
Amy - Beth Howland
Paul - Steve Elmore
Joanne - Elaine Stritch
Larry - Stanley Grover
Marta - Pamela Myers
Kathy - Donna McKechnie
April - Susan Browning
Host - Patti LuPone

Musical Numbers

Act One

  • Company
  • The Little Things You Do Together
  • Sorry-Grateful
  • You Could Drive a Person Crazy
  • Have I Got a Girl for You
  • Someone Is Waiting
  • Another Hundred People
  • Getting Married Today

Act Two

  • Side by Side by Side
  • What Would We Do Without You?
  • Poor Baby
  • Tick Tock
  • Barcelona
  • The Ladies Who Lunch
  • Being Alive

This concert presentation was first performed on January 23, 1993 at the Terrace Theatre, Long Beach CA, with Alice Cannon instead of Merle Louise, and with Angela Lansbury hosting and George Hearn narrating

Sondheim at the Barbican

One performance on May 29, 1993 at Barbican Hall, London
Presented by Raymond Gubby in association with BBC Radio Two and The Daily Telegraph
Produced by David Rayvern Allen
The BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Michael Reed
Orchestra Leader: Cynthia Fleming
Hosted by Sheridan Morley

Broadcast live on BBC Radio 2

Performers

Maria Friedman, Louise Gold, David Kernan, Angela Richards, James Smilie and the Stephen Hill Singers (including Helen Duncan and Derek Chessor) with Ronnie Price and Andrew Vinter (Pianos)

Musical Numbers

Act One

  • Putting It Together - Louise Gold, Angela Richards, Maria Friedman, David Kernan, James Smilie and the Stephen Hill Singers (Sunday In The Park With George)
  • Anyone Can Whistle - David Kernan (Anyone Can Whistle)
  • Company - The Stephen Hill Singers (Company)
  • Barcelona - Maria Friedman and David Kernan (Company)
  • Another Hundred People - Louise Gold (Company)
  • The Ladies Who Lunch - Angela Richards (Company)
  • You Can Drive A Person Crazy - Maria Friedman, Louise Gold and David Kernan (Company)
  • Marry Me A Little - Maria Friedman (Marry Me A Little/Company)
  • Not A Day Goes By - James Smilie (Merrily We Roll Along)
  • Medley: Comedy Tonight / Pretty Lady / The Ballad of Guiteau - Ronnie Price and Andrew Vinter, pianos
  • Gee, Officer Krupke - The Stephen Hill Singers (West Side Story)
  • Quintet (Tonight) - Maria Friedman, Angela Richards, Helen Duncan, Derek Chessor, James Smilie and the Stephen Hill Singers (West Side Story)

Act Two

  • Waltz - The BBC Concert Orchestra
  • A Weekend In The Country - Louise Gold, Angela Richards, Maria Friedman, David Kernan, James Smilie, Stephen Hill and the Stephen Hill Singers (A Little Night Music)
  • Send In The Clowns - Angela Richards (A Little Night Music)
  • A Little Priest - Louise Gold and James Smilie (Sweeney Todd)
  • Into The Woods - The Stephen Hill Singers (Into The Woods)
  • Sunday - The Stephen Hill Singers (Sunday In The Park With George)
  • The Boy From - Angela Richards (The Mad Show)
  • Buddy's Blues - David Kernan and James Smilie (Follies)
  • Broadway Baby - Maria Friedman (Ronnie Price and Andrew Vinter, pianos) (Follies)
  • Beautiful Girls - Maria Friedman, Angela Richards, Louise Gold, David Kernan, James Smilie and the Stephen Hill Singers (Follies)
  • Old Friends - Maria Friedman, Angela Richards, Louise Gold, David Kernan, James Smilie and the Stephen Hill Singers (Ronnie Price and Andrew Vinter, pianos) (Merrily We Roll Along)

Sunday in the Park With George
Tenth Anniversary Concert

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine

One performance on May 15, 1994 at the St. James Theatre, NYC
Presented by Friends in Deed
Produced by BT McNicholl
Directed by James Lapine
Orchestrations by Michael Starobin
Musical Director - Paul Gemignani
Projections by Wendall K. Harrington
Sound - Lucas Rico Corrubia
Link to the original production of Sunday in the Park with George

Cast

Georges / George - Mandy Patinkin
Dot / Marie - Bernadette Peters
Old Lady / Blair Daniels - Barbara Bryne
Nurse / Mrs. / Harriet Pawling- Judith Moore
Franz / Dennis - Bruce Adler
Jules / Bob Greenberg - Charles Kimbrough
Yvonne / Naomi Eisen - Dana Ivey
Boatman / Charles Redmond - William Parry
Celeste #1 / Waitress - Melanie Vaughan
Celeste #2 / Elaine - Mary D'Arcy
Louise - Danielle Ferland
Frieda / Betty - Nancy Opel
Louis / Billy Webster - Jeff Keller
Soldier / Alex - Howard McGillin
Man with Bicycle - John Jellison
Mr. / Lee Randolph - Kurt Knudson

Musical Numbers

Act One

  • Sunday in the Park with George
  • No Life
  • Color and Light
  • Gossip
  • The Day Off
  • Everybody Loves Louis
  • Finishing the Hat
  • We Do Not Belong Together
  • Beautiful
  • Sunday

Act Two

  • It's Hot Up Here
  • Chromolume #7
  • Putting It Together
  • Children and Art
  • Lesson #8
  • Move On
  • Sunday


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