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Stephen Sondheim

Tuesday at HVCC with Sondheim

by B.A. Nilsson May 16, 2013

To emphasize the range of characters for which Stephen Sondheim has written songs, interviewer Mary Darcy pointed out that the range includes John Wilkes Booth and Little Red Riding Hood. “Yes,” said Sondheim, “but they’re ...

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Sunday in the Park with George

by The Staff May 2, 2013

Schenectady Civic Players will wrap up their 85th season beginning tomorrow (Friday) night with one of Stephen Sondheim’s best-loved musicals, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday in the Park with George. Inspired by Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece A ...

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Follies: 2011 Broadway Revival

by B.A. Nilsson April 4, 2012

This may be the best cast album I’ve ever heard, and the only reason I equivocate is that I’m unduly fond of the show itself and thus tend to be enthusiastic from the get-go. Having missed ...

Richard Wilbur: A Celebration

by The Staff August 18, 2011

America’s second poet laureate—the official title is “Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress”—and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Wilbur will be feted at Pittsfield’s Colonial Theatre on Sunday afternoon in a ...

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West Side Story

by The Staff August 10, 2011

“From the first note to the final breath, West Side Story soars as the greatest love story of all time,” says Proctors, where the national tour of the classic musical opens this week. While Willy ...

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