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Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far (CD)
A 4-CD box set with 82 tracks and featuring selections from all 15 of Sondheim's Broadway shows. 33 tracks are previously unreleased. Includes photos from
Sondheim's personal archive. Released in 2008. |
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"Assassins" Album (CD)
The 2004 Broadway revival and winner of 5 Tony Awards stars Neil Patrick Harris,
Michael Cerveris, Mario Cantone, and Denis O'Hare. |
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Smiles of a Summer Night (DVD) |
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"Bounce" Original Cast Album (CD)
Starring Richard Kind, Howard McGillin, Michele Pawk, and Jane Powell. |
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Stephen Sondheim Collection (DVD)
6-disk boxed set includes Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, Follies in Concert, Passion, Sweeney Todd in Concert, and A Celebration at Carnegie Hall. |
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The Last of Sheila (DVD)
Sondheim and Anthony Perkins co-wrote this 1973 murder mystery film. |
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Camp (DVD) (VHS)
Charming and frequently hilarious, this 2004 release is like Fame for the musical-theatre set ... fans of musicals will love the many inside jokes, especially those relating to Sondheim. |
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Sweeney Todd
(DVD)
The 1982 DVD version starring Angela Lansbury and George Hearn. |
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Barbara Cook in Mostly Sondheim
(VHS)
(DVD)
The video of Ms. Cook's recent concert. |
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Bryn and Reneé: Under the Stars
Bryn Terfel and Reneé Fleming perform numbers from a variety of Broadway shows. Included: "Not While I'm Around" and "Pretty Women" (
Sweeney Todd) and "I Wish I Could Forget You" and "Loving You" (Passion). |
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Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story (The Original Score)
"The Nashville Symphony Orchestra [is] conducted with a heady combination of sensitivity and brio by Kenneth Schermerhorn" (from the Spring 2003
review in The Sondheim Review). Mike Eldred as Tony and Betsi Morrison as Maria. Very reasonably priced. |
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Boy Loses Girl: Broadway's Librettists
Thomas S. Hischak
(hardcover)
A lively and informative look at the careers,
works, and characteristics of the major librettists of the American theatre. An entire chapter is devoted to the writers of the "books" for Sondheim shows. |
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Mandy Patinkin Sings Sondheim
The new 2CD live recording of signature Sondheim interpreter Mandy Patinkin's new show, as performed at the Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia and the Kennedy
Center Sondheim Celebration, featuring familiar favorites and unusual song choices. The material ranges from "Finishing the Hat" to "Liaisons" to "Free" to "Take the
Moment." Like Patinkin's Experiment
album, the songs flow continuously, with minimal breaks for applause, arranged by masterful accompanist Paul Ford and produced by Tom Lazarus, Ford, Patinkin, and Tommy Krasker. The cover art is one of the sketches Patinkin drew while performing in
Sunday in the Park with George. |
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Bernstein Conducts West Side Story (VHS) (DVD)
The
video of the recording sessions of the 1985 operatic studio cast, starring Jose Carreras and Kiri Te Kanawa |
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Dick Tracy (DVD)
The 1990 Warren Beatty film, for which Sondheim provided several songs, including the Oscar-winning "Sooner or Later," sung by Madonna. |
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Elaine Stritch At Liberty
The double CD cast album of Elaine Stritch's autobiographical, 2002 Tony Award-winning, one-woman show. It features "Broadway Baby," "I'm Still
Here," "The Little Things You Do Together," and of course, "The Ladies Who Lunch," with new orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick. |
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Follies (paperback)
The libretto to the 1971 musical by Sondheim and Goldman, long out-of-print. NOW AVAILABLE! |
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Follies in Concert (VHS) (DVD)
The 1985 documentary video of the legendary all-star concert at Lincoln Center, finally available on DVD!
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (DVD)
The video of the 1998 gala concert for the producer's 50th birthday. It features ten Sondheim songs performed by Bernadette Peters, Dame
Judi Dench, Ruthie Henshall, Maria Friedman, Michael Ball, Ned Sherrin, Julia McKenzie, Millicent Martin, and David Kernan. The major highlight is a special duet written by Sondheim and performed by Sondheim
and Andrew Lloyd Webber. This title is not yet available, but cast your vote now to ! (The video of Sondheim and Lloyd Webber at the piano is definitely worth it!) |
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Into the Woods (paperback)
The illustrated book and lyrics to Sondheim and Lapine's fairy tale musical. |
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Into the Woods
The Tony Award-winning 2002 Broadway revival cast, starring Vanessa Williams, John McMartin, Gregg Edelman, and Kerry O'Malley. |
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June Moon (VHS) (DVD)
The newly-released 1974 made-for-television film of the 1929 Kaufman & Lardner comedy, directed by Burt Shevelove and starring Susan Sarandon,
Kevin McCarthy, Jack Cassidy, and in a very rare performance, Stephen Sondheim himself as a wisecracking song plugger! |
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The Musicality of Stephen Sondheim
A new collection of songs from throughout the Sondheim catalog, sung by Broadway and West End stars Carolee Carmello, John Barrowman, Stephen Bogardus, Judy Kaye,
Sean McDermott, Julia Migenes, Susan Egan, and others. |
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Original Cast Album: Company (VHS) (DVD)
D.A.
Pennebaker's famous documentary of the recording of the original cast album of Company
in 1970. The DVD version features commentary from director Hal Prince, star Elaine Stritch, and Pennebaker, and a photo montage underscored by a previously unreleased audio track from the session. |
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Putting It Together (VHS) (DVD)
The live-on-stage, HDTV video of the 2000 Broadway revisal, starring Carol Burnett, George Hearn, John Barrowman, Ruthie Henshall, and Bronson Pinchot.
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Reds
(DVD)
Vote now by clicking the link above to help persuade the studio to release this 1981 Warren Beatty film that features an incidental score by Sondheim. |
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Simply Sondheim
The Los Angeles Gay Men's Chorus performs 14 Sondheim songs. |
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Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
(VHS)
(DVD)
The 1993 all-star concert gala, now on DVD! |
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Sondheim on Music: Minor Details and Major Decisions (hardcover)
Music librarian Mark Eden Horowitz's analysis of Sondheim's music, using extensive interviews conducted with the composer-lyricist in 1997.
Publication date: February 2003. |
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