Garbed as Ant-Man, Lang broke into Cross Technological Enterprises and discovered that Dr. Erica Sondheim, the only person capable of helping his daughter, was being held prisoner.

Anyone Can Whistle is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Eager to work with both Laurents and Sondheim, Angela Lansbury accepted the lead role as Mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper, despite her strong misgivings about the script and her ability to handle the score.

Sondheim worked closely with book writer Arthur Laurents to create the show.

* Invitation to a March ( 1960 ) ( incidental music by Sondheim ; play by Arthur Laurents )

West Side Story is an American musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and conception and choreography by Jerome Robbins.

Laurents, however, was committed to Gabel, who introduced him to the young composer / lyricist Stephen Sondheim.

Sondheim did not care for Laurents ' opinion.

In New York, Laurents went to the opening night party for a new play by Ugo Betti, and there he met Sondheim, who had heard that East Side Story, now retitled West Side Story, was back on track.

Laurents asked Sondheim if he would be interested in tackling the task.

With the help of Oscar Hammerstein, Laurents convinced Bernstein and Sondheim to move " One Hand, One Heart ", which he considered too pristine for the balcony scene, to the scene set in the bridal shop, and as a result " Tonight " was written to replace it.

Remick appeared in the 1964 Broadway musical Anyone Can Whistle, written by Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents, which ran for only a week.

Gypsy's memoir, titled Gypsy, was published in 1957 and was taken as inspirational material for the Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents Broadway musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable.

** West Side Story – Book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Richard Rodgers, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

By the time the project began to jell, however, Hammerstein had died, and Stephen Sondheim was asked by Laurents and Mary Rodgers, Richard Rodgers ' daughter, to write the lyrics.

Franco Zeffirelli was the first choice for director, and he met with Laurents, Sondheim, and Rodgers, who fell asleep during their discussion.

Laurents rued the casting-he felt Allen was too young and colorless and Franchi couldn't act-and ignored all the ongoing problems in favor of making his dream a reality, but most of all he regretted the break in his friendship with Sondheim after the show.

The show, with music by Leonard Bernstein, marked the first collaboration between Robbins and Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the lyrics, as well as Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book.

Robbins re-teamed with Sondheim and Laurents, and the music was by Jule Styne.

* West Side Story ( 6 October 1998-9 January 1999 ) by Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurents

Sondheim famously hated his mother ; he once wrote a thank-you note to close friend Mary Rodgers that read, " Dear Mary and Hank, Thanks for the plate, but where was my mother's head?

In the late nineties, Sondheim reunited with Hal Prince for the musical comedy Wise Guys, a project that took a long time to complete that follows brothers Addison and Wilson Mizner.

Sondheim took a dim view of today ’ s musicals.

At a comic convention ( Comic-Con ), this exchange took place: " Is Stephen Sondheim a Brony?

In 1990, Sondheim took the Cameron Mackintosh chair in musical theatre at Oxford, and in this capacity ran workshops with promising writers of musicals, such as George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, Andrew Peggie, Paul James, Stephen Keeling and others.

In 2006, she took over from Anna-Jane Casey as Dot / Marie in the London revival of Sunday in the Park with George, by Stephen Sondheim for which she won the 2007 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

The celebration of Stephen Sondheim – all-star participants included, Angela Lansbury, Alexis Smith, Dorothy Collins, Chita Rivera, Glynis Johns, Hermione Gingold, Anthony Perkins, Larry Kert and many others – took place at the Shubert Theatre in 1973.

" The rest of the day was spent going over the musical, and Sondheim would later say that " in that afternoon I learned more about songwriting and the musical theater than most people learn in a lifetime.

Sondheim wrote the lyrics and music over a two-day period during rehearsals for the play's Broadway debut, specifically for the actress Glynis Johns, who created the role of Desirée.

Some of the shows he panned over his long career included the musically ambitious shows of Stephen Sondheim.

Sondheim auditioned by playing the score for Saturday Night, his musical that was scheduled to open in the fall.

In his memoirs, Prince recalled, " Sondheim and Bernstein sat at the piano playing through the music, and soon I was singing along with them.

" Peters continued her association with Sondheim by appearing in a 1995 benefit concert of Anyone Can Whistle, playing the role of Fay Apple.

LaMarr is playing Cowboy Curtis in the Broadway production of The Pee-wee Herman Show which begins performances Oct. 26th at the newly named Stephen Sondheim Theater.

He is best known for playing the lead role of the Baker in the original Broadway production of Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim.

" Codeworks " is a term coined by poietician Alan Sondheim to define the textual experiments of artists playing with faux-code and non-executable script or mark-up languages.

Connor starred in the revue One Over the Eight ( 1962 ), at the Duke of York's Theatre, the original London West End production with Frankie Howerd of the Stephen Sondheim musical A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum ( 1963 ), as Hysterium – and directed the show when it went on tour – The Four Musketeers ( 1967 ), with Harry Secombe at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, playing King Louis XIII, and the revue Carry On London ( 1973 ) at the Victoria Palace.

While at Pembroke, he played in numerous school productions, including playing the role of " Jack " in Into the Woods, by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim, and " Vyasa " in an adaptation of the Mahabharata, for which he was awarded a 100 % grade in his State assessment.

He appeared in the original Broadway production of the Hal Prince / Stephen Sondheim musical Follies, playing impresario Dimitri Weismann.

The AP reviewer of the musical ( with the two new leads ) wrote " Devotees of Stritch, who earned her Sondheim stripes singing, memorably, " The Ladies Who Lunch " in Company 40 years ago, will revel in how the actress, who earned a huge ovation before her very first line at a recent preview, brings her famously salty, acerbic style to the role of Madame Armfeldt.

He did notable solo singing work in productions including Much Ado About Nothing ( 1974 ), an episode of Rock Follies of ' 77 ( 1977 ), The Tempest ( 1978 – 1979 ), Piaf ( 1978 – 1980 ), Guys and Dolls ( 1982 ), A Royal Night of One Hundred Stars ( 1985 ), After Aida ( 1985 – 1986 ), Andrew Lloyd Webber's and Tim Rice's Cricket ( 1986 ), Sondheim: A Celebration ( 1988 benefit for Crusaid ), and Bent ( 1989 ).

In addition, Mr. Lippa produced the original cast recording of Bat Boy for RCA Victor and his singing voice can be heard on The Sondheim Album on Fynsworth Alley and If I Sing on PS Classics.

" Similarly, she participated in Sondheim Tonight live at London's Barbican Centre, singing " Losing My Mind " ( from Follies ) and " More " ( from the film Dick Tracy ).