The Worst of All Possible Worlds

79 - Sunday in the Park with George

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The lads finally finish the hat as they cover James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s beautiful, pointillist musical: Sunday in the Park With George. Topics include the complexity of the score, the controversial second act, and the challenge of bringing order to the whole through design, composition, balance, light, and harmony.

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

  • Sunday in the Park with George by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim.
  • “Eight Lines (Octet)” by Steve Reich. 1979.
  • Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981-2011) with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes and Miscellany by Stephen Sondheim. Penguin Random House. 2011.
  • “Partitions” by Milton Babbitt, 1957.
  • Putting it Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George" by James Lapine. macmillan Publishing. 2021.
  • Reich and Sondheim: In Conversation and Performance. Interview with Frank Rich. Lincoln Center, 2016.
  • Sondheim on Music: Minor Details and Major Decisions by Mark Eden Horowitz. Scarecrow Press, 2010. Also available on Youtube.
  • “UK Omnibus: Sunday in the Park with Stephen.” 1990.
  • “Putting It Together” Variations
  • Barbara Streisand’s Version
  • The Academy Awards Version
  • The Xerox Commercial Version
  • The Ethan Allen Version

    • TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com

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