"Tonight (1956 song) ""Tonight"" is a popular song with music written by Leonard Bernstein and the lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and was published in 1956. It was introduced in the Broadway musical ""West Side Story."" The movie version, featuring vocals by Marni Nixon (dubbing Natalie Wood) and Jimmy Bryant (dubbing Richard Beymer), finished at #59 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. The song was revived in 1961 on single records in versions by Ferrante & Teicher (#8 pop, #2 easy listening) and Eddie Fisher, whose version narrowly missed the Top 40. Shirley Bassey recorded"
"based loosely on ""West Side Story"" and adapting parts of the musical's music and lyrics, was performed a total of more than 500 times in Miami Beach, Florida, Stockholm, Gran Canaria and Los Angeles. The show lampoons the musical's tragic love story, and also lip-synching and drag shows. West Side Story West Side Story is a musical with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It was inspired by William Shakespeare's play ""Romeo and Juliet"". The story is set in the Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City in the mid 1950s, an"
"Sometime (musical) Sometime is a musical in two acts, with a book and lyrics by Rida Johnson Young and music by Rudolf Friml. Additional lyrics are by Ed Wynn. The romantic story concerns a couple kept apart for five years after the man is seen in a compromising position with another woman, but it turns out that this was a ruse planned by the other woman, and the man is innocent. The musical opened at the Schubert Theatre on Broadway on October 4, 1918, and transferred the following month to the Casino Theatre, running there until June 7, 1919 for"
"that Universal Pictures and Platt's father, Marc Platt, secured the film rights to the musical. It is unconfirmed if Platt will reprise his Tony Award-winning role in the film, but is reported to be in ""early talks"" to do so. In 2017 Platt signed a record deal with Atlantic Records. On January 28, 2018, Platt performed Leonard Bernstein's ""Somewhere"" live at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards accompanied by Justin Goldner and Adele Stein and arranged by Alex Lacamoire On March 19, 2018, Platt and ""Hamilton"" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda released ""Found/Tonight"", a mashup of the ""Hamilton"" song ""The Story of Tonight"""
"The Sondheim musical took its name from Mozart's Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, ""Eine kleine Nachtmusik"", which is the theme tune to Sideshow Bob's show. The close up shot of Krusty's face behind bars in the beginning of act two is a reference of the closing credit motif of the British television series ""The Prisoner"" from the 1960s. The background music in that scene resembles the theme of the television series """" at one point. The line ""The Day the Laughter Died"", shown during the newscast, is a reference to the Andrew Dice Clay album released the"
"Gabriel Ebert, Sara Stiles, Michael Cerveris and Jennifer Simard. The working title was reported to be ""Buñuel"" by the New York Post and other outlets, but Sondheim later clarified that this was an error and that they still had no title. As of August 2018, no dates regarding the musical had been announced. The Kennedy Center held a Sondheim Celebration, running from May to August 2002, consisting of six of Sondheim's musicals: ""Sweeney Todd"", ""Company"", ""Sunday in the Park With George"", ""Merrily We Roll Along"", ""Passion"" and ""A Little Night Music"". On April 28, 2002, in connection with the Sondheim"
"revivals on Broadway in 2001 and 2011. ""A Little Night Music"" (1973), with a more traditional plot based on Ingmar Bergman's ""Smiles of a Summer Night"" and a score primarily in waltz time, was one of the composer's greatest successes. ""Time"" magazine called it ""Sondheim's most brilliant accomplishment to date"". ""Send in the Clowns"", a song from the musical, was a hit for Judy Collins. ""A Little Night Music"" opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on February 25, 1973 and closed on August 3, 1974, after 601 performances and 12 previews. It moved to the Majestic Theatre on September"
"of the Victorian original. The show has since been revived on Broadway twice (1989, 2005), and has been performed in musical theaters and opera houses alike. It currently runs off-Broadway at the Barrow Street Theatre. ""Merrily We Roll Along"" (1981), with a book by George Furth, is one of Sondheim's more traditional scores; Frank Sinatra and Carly Simon have recorded songs from the musical. According to Sondheim's music director, Paul Gemignani, ""Part of Steve's ability is this extraordinary versatility."" Although ""Merrily"" closed after 16 performances, its score has been subsequently recorded. Martin Gottfried wrote, ""Sondheim had set out to write"
"Lady Diana Spencer. In 1984, Leonard Bernstein decided to re-record the musical ""West Side Story"", conducting his own music for the first time. Generally known as the ""operatic version"", it starred Te Kanawa as Maria, José Carreras as Tony, Tatiana Troyanos as Anita, Kurt Ollmann as Riff, and Marilyn Horne as the offstage voice who sings ""Somewhere"". Te Kanawa was the first of the singers to join the project, and said at the time ""I couldn't believe it ... This was music I'd grown up with, music I'd always wanted to sing."" The album won a Grammy Award for Best"
"could say."" When he walked away from the house that evening, Sondheim remembered a sad, sinking feeling that they had said their final goodbye. He never saw his mentor again; three days later, Hammerstein died of stomach cancer and Hammerstein's protégé eulogized him at his funeral. The first musical for which Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics was ""A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"", which opened in 1962 and ran for 964 performances. The book, based on farces by Plautus, was written by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. Sondheim's score was not well received; although the"
"Sondheim on Sondheim Sondheim on Sondheim is a musical revue consisting of music and lyrics written by Stephen Sondheim for his many shows. It is conceived and directed by James Lapine. The revue had a limited run on Broadway in 2010. The revue is based on a show titled ""Moving On"" devised by David Kernan, and produced in 2000 (Kernan also conceived ""Side By Side By Sondheim""). ""Moving On"" ran at The Bridwell Theatre, London, for 32 performances from July 19 to August 19, 2000. The show featured some narration recorded by Sondheim; a CD of the show was released"
"is planning to release a recording in early 2019. Video recordings are available of the 1995 London, 2006 Broadway, and 2011 New York Philharmonic revivals. A mockumentary based on the musical, ""One's Company,"" was released in 2013. For the only time, the Tony Awards for Music and Lyrics were split into two categories. Sondheim won both awards. Sondheim once asked William Goldman whether he would be interested in writing a screenplay for a film version of the musical. Goldman responded: ""Company"" is one of those great shows, along with ""Gypsy"" and ""Pal Joey"", that I think of as the greatest,"
"On the Town (musical) On the Town is a musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, based on Jerome Robbins' idea for his 1944 ballet ""Fancy Free"", which he had set to Bernstein's music. The musical introduced several popular and classic songs, among them ""New York, New York"", ""Lonely Town"", ""I Can Cook, Too"" (for which Bernstein also wrote the lyrics), and ""Some Other Time"". The story concerns three American sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in New York City during wartime 1944. Each of the three sailors meets and quickly"
"release. Chapin relates that ""there was one song that Dick Jones [producer of the cast album] didn't want to include on the album but which Steve Sondheim most definitely did. The song was ""One More Kiss"", and the compromise was that if there was time, it would be recorded, even if Jones couldn't promise it would end up on the album. (It did get recorded but didn't make its way onto the album until the CD reissue years later.)"" The musical was produced at The Muny, St. Louis, Missouri in July 1972 and then transferred to the Shubert Theatre, Century"
"Side by Side by Sondheim Side by Side by Sondheim is a musical revue featuring the songs of the Broadway and film composer Stephen Sondheim. Its title is derived from the song ""Side by Side by Side"" from ""Company"". The musical had its origins when David Kernan was asked by Cleo Laine and her husband John Dankworth to put together a revue as a benefit for The Stables, a theatre they owned in Wavendon. Kernan contacted director Ned Sherrin and suggested that they do a revue of Sondheim material. The producer Cameron Mackintosh saw the benefit revue, which featured Millicent"
"the score to many of the short films of Ray and Charles Eames. In 1961 Bernstein co-founded Äva Records, an American record label based in Los Angeles together with Fred Astaire, Jackie Mills and Tommy Wolf. In addition to his film music, Bernstein wrote the scores for two Broadway musicals, ""How Now, Dow Jones"", with lyricist Carolyn Leigh, in 1967 and ""Merlin"", with lyricist Don Black, in 1983. One of Bernstein's tunes has since gained a lasting place in U.S. college sports culture. In 1968, University of South Carolina football head coach Paul Dietzel wrote new lyrics to ""Step to"
"Saturday Night (musical) Saturday Night is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and the book by brothers Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein, based on their play, ""Front Porch in Flatbush"". The musical was expected to open on Broadway in 1954-1955, but because of the lead producer's death, it was not produced. Following a student production, it was staged at the Bridewell Theatre, London in 1997 and then in Chicago in 1999 and Off-Broadway in 2000. The musical also ran in the West End in 2009. ""Saturday Night"" was scheduled to open in the 1954-55 Broadway"
"for the musical ""Winter Shakers"" was premiered by the Louisville Symphony Orchestra at the inaugural ceremonies at the Kentucky Center For The Performing Arts. Berman was commissioned by the Chelsea Theatre Center, to create (with Betty Comden and Adolph Green) and co-direct ""By Bernstein"", a musical revue premiering Leonard Bernstein's unheard songs from ""West Side Story"", ""Candide"", ""On The Town"", ""Peter Pan"" and ""The Race to Urga"". For Manhattan Theatre Club, he conceived and directed the musical revue ""An Evening of Cole Porter,"" which premiered two dozen songs by Cole Porter. A new and improved version was subsequently produced by"
"17, 1973, where it finished its run. The show received a Broadway revival in 2009. ""By Bernstein"" premiered at the off-Broadway Westside Theatre on November 23, 1975 and closed on December 7, running for 40 previews and 17 performances. Its lyrics and music were by Leonard Bernstein, with additional lyrics by others (including Sondheim). Conceived and written by Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Norman L. Berman and directed by Michael Bawtree, ""By Bernstein"" featured Jack Bittner, Margery Cohen, Jim Corti, Ed Dixon, Patricia Elliott, Kurt Peterson and Janie Sell. The two Sondheim contributions were ""In There"" (from the adaptation of"
"told him he was working on a musical version of ""Romeo and Juliet"" with Leonard Bernstein, but they needed a lyricist; Betty Comden and Adolph Green, who were supposed to write the lyrics, were under contract in Hollywood. He said that although he was not a big fan of Sondheim's music, he enjoyed the lyrics from ""Saturday Night"" and he could audition for Bernstein. The following day, Sondheim met and played for Bernstein, who said he would let him know. The composer wanted to write music and lyrics; after consulting with Hammerstein, Bernstein told Sondheim he could write music later."
"worked with Sondheim on ""The Girls Upstairs"", agreed to produce the musical (now entitled ""A Pray By Blecht"" and, later, ""The Race to Urga""). An opening night was scheduled, but during auditions Robbins asked to be excused for a moment. When he did not return, a doorman said he had gotten into a limousine to go to John F. Kennedy International Airport. Bernstein burst into tears and said, ""It's over""; Sondheim said, ""I was ashamed of the whole project. It was arch and didactic in the worst way."" He wrote one-and-a-half songs and threw them away, the only time he"
"co-author of the lyrics, although Sondheim was uncertain he wanted to receive sole credit for what he considered to be overly florid contributions by Bernstein. Robbins demanded and received a ""Conceived by"" credit, and used it to justify his making major decisions regarding changes in the show without consulting the others. As a result, by opening night on Broadway, none of his collaborators were talking to him. It has been rumored that while Bernstein was off trying to fix the musical ""Candide"", Sondheim wrote some of the music for ""West Side Story"", and that Bernstein's co-lyricist billing mysteriously disappeared from"
"produce the occasional TV documentary. His most significant compositions of the decade were probably his opera ""A Quiet Place"", which he wrote with Stephen Wadsworth and which premiered (in its original version) in Houston in 1983; his Divertimento for Orchestra; his ""Ḥalil"" for flute and orchestra; his Concerto for Orchestra ""Jubilee Games""; and his song cycle ""Arias and Barcarolles"", which was named after a comment President Dwight D. Eisenhower had made to him in 1960. In 1982 in the U.S., PBS aired an 11-part series of Bernstein's late 1970s films for Unitel of the Vienna Philharmonic playing all nine Beethoven"
"ordered to accept a commission in the German navy, but he opposes the Nazis. He and Maria decide on a plan to flee Austria with the children. Many songs from the musical have become standards, such as ""Edelweiss"", ""My Favorite Things"", ""Climb Ev'ry Mountain"", ""Do-Re-Mi"", and the title song ""The Sound of Music"". The original Broadway production, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, opened in 1959 and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, out of nine nominations. The first London production opened at the Palace Theatre in 1961. The show has enjoyed numerous productions and revivals since then. It"
"Achievement Grammy in 1985. Bernstein was an eclectic composer whose music fused elements of jazz, Jewish music, theatre music and the work of earlier composers like Aaron Copland, Igor Stravinsky, Darius Milhaud, George Gershwin, and Marc Blitzstein. Some of his works, especially his score for ""West Side Story"", helped bridge the gap between classical and popular music. His music was rooted in tonality but in some works like his ""Kaddish Symphony"" and the opera ""A Quiet Place"" he mixed in 12-tone elements. Bernstein himself said his main motivation for composing was ""to communicate"" and that all his pieces, including his"
"A Little Night Music A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film ""Smiles of a Summer Night"", it involves the romantic lives of several couples. Its title is a literal English translation of the German name for Mozart's Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, ""Eine kleine Nachtmusik"". The musical includes the popular song ""Send in the Clowns"". Since its original 1973 Broadway production, the musical has enjoyed professional productions in the West End, by opera companies, in a 2009 Broadway revival,"
"Lightman), ""Garbo and Me,"" based on the life of screen legend Greta Garbo, and ""The Haunted Hotel"", which was commissioned by the Signature Theatre in Virginia as part of their New American Voices Project. Einstein’s Dreams was given a concert performance at Symphony Space in 2009 starring John Bolton and Kate Shindle, and also received performances at Teatro da Trindade. Rosenblum wrote the songs for Quincy Long's play ""The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite,"" which ran Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company. In 2005, in response to the re-election of President George W. Bush, Rosenblum created the satirical musical revue"
"as the Philadelphia version; however, the actors' commentary is entirely removed. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (musical) 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a 1976 musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. It is considered to be a legendary Broadway flop, running only seven performances. It was Bernstein's last original score for Broadway. The musical opened on May 4, 1976, at the Mark Hellinger Theatre and closed on May 8, 1976, after 7 performances and 13 previews. It was co-directed and co-choreographed by Gilbert Moses and George Faison. The musical examined the establishment of the White House"
"a total of 283 performances. It was produced by Arthur Hammerstein and directed by Oscar Eagle. The music director was Herbert Stothart. It starred Wynn, Francine Larrimore, Harrison Brockbank and Mae West. The story was told using the device of the flashback, a novelty for the time. Sometime (musical) Sometime is a musical in two acts, with a book and lyrics by Rida Johnson Young and music by Rudolf Friml. Additional lyrics are by Ed Wynn. The romantic story concerns a couple kept apart for five years after the man is seen in a compromising position with another woman, but"
"to Sondheim, ""My guess is that she wanted to stand there in her bare feet, suffering for her art"". After finishing ""Do I Hear a Waltz"", Sondheim devoted himself to composing and writing lyrics for a variety of musicals. He collaborated with producer-director Hal Prince on six musicals from 1970 to 1981, beginning with the 1970 concept musical ""Company"". Without a straightforward plot, ""Company"" (with a book by George Furth) centered on a set of characters and themes. It opened on April 26, 1970 at the Alvin Theatre, where it ran for 705 performances after seven previews, and won Tony"
"theatre in particular"". Their first collaboration was ""Sunday in the Park with George"" (1984), with Sondheim's music evoking Georges Seurat's pointillism. Sondheim and Lapine won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play, and it was revived on Broadway in 2008, and again in a limited run in 2017. They collaborated on ""Into the Woods"" (1987), a musical based on several Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Although Sondheim has been called the first composer to bring rap music to Broadway (with the Witch in the opening number of ""Into the Woods""), he attributes the first rap in theatre to Meredith"
"News"" said, 'The musical is inspired,' and ""The Times"" described the evening as 'a wonderful idea for a show which has failed to grow into a story.'"" The ""Times"" critic, Irving Wardle, also said, ""It is not much of a story, and whatever possibilities it may have had in theory are scuppered by James Goldman’s book … a blend of lifeless small-talk, bitching and dreadful gags"". Clines further commented: ""In part, the show is a tribute to musical stage history, in which the 57-year-old Mr. Sondheim is steeped, for he first learned song writing at the knee of Oscar Hammerstein"
"The elder Hammerstein became Sondheim's surrogate father, influencing him profoundly and developing his love of musical theatre. Sondheim met Hal Prince, who would direct many of his shows, at the opening of ""South Pacific,"" Hammerstein's musical with Richard Rodgers. The comic musical he wrote at George School, ""By George"", was a success among his peers and buoyed the young songwriter's self-esteem. When Sondheim asked Hammerstein to evaluate it as though he had no knowledge of its author, he said it was the worst thing he had ever seen: ""But if you want to know why it's terrible, I'll tell you."""