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Stephen Sondheim was the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and lyricist who wrote Into the Woods, West Side Story, Sunday in the Park with George, Company, Assassins, and more. This hour, a look at the life and music of Sondheim.

And, on the occasion of the new Hartford Stage/TheaterWorks Hartford co-production, we dig into the story and music of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

GUESTS:
Daniel Okrent: Author of Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn’t Easy
Wiley DeWeese: Music director, arranger, orchestrator, and conductor. He is currently Music Director for The Hartford Stage and TheaterWorks Hartford’s co-production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Music featured (in order):
Prologue: Into the Woods – 2022 OBC and Disney Theatrical Instrumental
Anyone Can Whistle – Bernadette Peters
Our Time – 2023 Merrily We Roll Along New OBC
I Know Things Now – Danielle Ferland, Into the Woods OBC
Someone in a Tree – Pacific Overtures OBC
CUT FOR TIMEAttend the Tale of Sweeney Todd – Sweeney Todd OBC
Pretty Women – Sweeney Todd OBC
Prelude: Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd – Sweeney Todd OBC
Concerto Macabro (Excerpt) – Bernard Herrmann
Johanna (Mea Culpa) – Sweeney Todd OBC
Corn Puddin’ – Schmigadoon!
The Worst Pies in London – Sweeney Todd OBC
A Little Priest – Sweeney Todd OBC

Stephen Sondheim was the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and lyricist who wrote&nbsp;Into the Woods,&nbsp;West Side Story,&nbsp;Sunday in the Park with George,&nbsp;Company,&nbsp;Assassins, and more. This hour, a look at the life and music of Sondheim.
And, on the occasion of the new Hartford Stage/TheaterWorks Hartford co-production, we dig into the story and music of&nbsp;Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Daniel Okrent:&nbsp;Author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jewishlives.org/books/sondheim?srsltid=AfmBOor-hbqlkwNJxQDTY6NuHU7ji_ouJoHSmq80vejpId3Ty7aQKeeq">Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn&rsquo;t Easy</a></li>
<li>Wiley DeWeese:&nbsp;Music director, arranger, orchestrator, and conductor. He is currently Music Director for The Hartford Stage and TheaterWorks Hartford&rsquo;s co-production of&nbsp;Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street</li>
</ul>
Music featured (in order):
<ul>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/UGoyfPXHnXo?si=uABpHQhdMAl9s76H">Prologue: Into the Woods</a>&nbsp;&ndash; 2022 OBC and Disney Theatrical Instrumental</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/S8I6ryJTN6I">Anyone Can Whistle</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Bernadette Peters</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMo7szh1eLA">Our Time</a> &ndash; 2023 Merrily We Roll Along New OBC</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/84Egp-x-EVc">I Know Things Now</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Danielle Ferland, Into the Woods OBC</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DKSLq3u0Io">Someone in a Tree</a> &ndash; Pacific Overtures OBC<a href="https://youtu.be/T6jG27coHqo"></a></li>
<li>CUT FOR TIME <a href="https://youtu.be/T6jG27coHqo">Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Sweeney Todd OBC</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/KDiHLvWu4xA">Pretty Women</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Sweeney Todd OBC</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjC3v--uiak">Prelude: Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Sweeney Todd OBC</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpEto5rtrBA">Concerto Macabro (Excerpt)</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Bernard Herrmann</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yngVq06B7SA">Johanna (Mea Culpa)</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Sweeney Todd OBC</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/YT7HYEW4JuQ">Corn Puddin&rsquo;</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Schmigadoon!</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1i23Yw4_tQ">The Worst Pies in London</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Sweeney Todd OBC</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqIq1rYTb2I">A Little Priest</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Sweeney Todd OBC</li>
</ul>

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