Author(s): Stephen Sondheim (Author), James Lapine (Author)
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Publication Date: September 1, 1994
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Print length: 112 pages
ISBN-10: 1559360887
ISBN-13: 9781559360883
Book Description
Winner of the 1994 Tony Awards for Best Book, Best Music and Lyrics, and Best Musical “Easily among Sondheim’s best—subtle, rhapsodic and full of emotional depth.” —David Patrick Stearns, USA Today “Hypnotic, rigorous, very risky…a major work.” —Vincent Canby, New York Times “Held me in its grip…had me sobbing uncontrollably…Sondheim’s deepest, most powerful work.” —Robert Brustein, New RepublicPassion is the third original collaboration between Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. Their first, Sunday in the Park with George, earned them a Pulitzer Prize. Their second, Into the Woods, won Tony, Grammy, Drama Desk, and Drama Critics Circle awards.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Easily among Sondheim’s best—subtle, rhapsodic and full of emotional depth.”
— David Patrick Stearns, USA Today
“Hypnotic, rigorous, very risky…a major work.”
— Vincent Canby, New York Times
“Held me in its grip…had me sobbing uncontrollably…Sondheim’s deepest, most powerful work.”
— Robert Brustein, New Republic
About the Author
Stephen Sondheim is generally recognized as one of the most influential and innovative artists working in contemporary musical theatre. He has written lyrics for West Side Story, Gypsy and Do I Hear a Waltz, and the complete scores (music and lyrics) for works such as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Into the Woods, Company, A Little Night Music, Follies, Sunday in the Park with George, Assassins, Passion, Pacific Overtures and Sweeney Todd. He has won six Tony Awards for Best Score for a Musical, a special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, an Academy Award for Best Song, eight Grammy Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and many other honors.
James Lapine wrote the book for and directed the musicals Into the Woods, Passion, and Sunday in the Park with George (all with scores by Stephen Sondheim) and Falsettos, A New Brain, Muscles, and Little Miss Sunshine (all with scores by William Finn). He has written and directed numerous plays, and has received three Tony Awards, five Drama Desk awards, and the Pulitzer Prize.
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