Lively, sophisticated, and filled with first-person tributes and glorious images,
Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy
lifts the curtain on a Broadway legend. "Aside from Sondheim's own exceptional books...this may be the best coffee-table volume devoted to his work."(
Shelf Awareness
)
Brimming with insights from a veritable Who's Who of Broadway Babies and complemented by more than two hundred color and black-and-white images,
Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy
offers a witty, multidimensional look at the musical genius behind
Company, Follies, A Little Night Music
,
Into the Woods
Sunday in the Park with George
Sweeney Todd
, and the landmark
West Side Story
and
Gypsy
.
Exploring the unique bond between Sondheim and his audiences, author Stephen M. Silverman further examines the challenging Sondheim works that continue to develop devoted new followings:
Anyone Can Whistle, Pacific Overtures, Merrily We Roll Along, Assassins,
Passion.
The result is a lavish, highly engrossing documentation of the dynamic force who reshaped twentieth-century American musical history.