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Stephen Sondheim wrote lyrics for the " Night Waltz " theme (" Love Takes Time ") and wrote an entirely new version of " The Glamorous Life ", which has been incorporated into several subsequent productions of the stage musical.
Steven Suskin wrote: The " fascinating extended musical scenes, with extended choral work, ... immediately marked Sondheim as the most distinctive theatre composer of his time.
Stephen Sondheim wrote the song " Comedy Tonight " for this new opening.
Later, Sondheim attended the New York Military Academy and George School, a private Quaker preparatory school in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he wrote his first musical (" By George !").
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?
It was at the opening of South Pacific, the musical Hammerstein wrote with Richard Rodgers, that Sondheim met Harold Prince, who would later direct many of Sondheim's shows.
While at George School, Sondheim wrote a comic musical based on the goings-on of his school, entitled By George.
In 1954, Sondheim wrote both music and lyrics for Saturday Night, which was never produced on Broadway and was shelved until a 1997 production at London's Bridewell Theatre.
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 credit mysteriously disappeared from the credits of West Side Story during the tryout, presumably as a trade-off.
Eventually Sondheim wrote both the music and lyrics for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
Sondheim stated that Goldman wrote one or two drafts of the script and Sondheim wrote six and a half songs, only to have director Rob Reiner lose interest in the project.
Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein wrote The Race to Urga, scheduled to play at the Lincoln Center in 1969, but when Jerome Robbins left the project, it went unproduced.
Sondheim also wrote some new songs for a proposed Into the Woods film, including one entitled Rainbows, which Sondheim said will be in his second book ( to be published in October 2011 ).
* I Know My Love ( 1951 ), play, Sondheim wrote a Christmas carol for it
* Twigs ( 1971 ), play by George Furth, wrote song Hollywood and Vine ( Music by Stephen Sondheim and lyrics by George Furth )
Sondheim also wrote new lyrics to " Night Waltz.
Megan McCarthy confirmed that Amy Rogers, who wrote those songs, is a huge Sondheim fan and would actually record her own scratch track on the piano for the songs.
Sondheim wrote the song specifically for the actress Glynis Johns, who created the role of Desirée on Broadway.
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.

Sondheim and book
A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler.
Anyone Can Whistle is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.
* Company ( musical ), music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth
Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman.
Sondheim worked closely with book writer Arthur Laurents to create the show.
Pacific Overtures ( 1976 ) had music and lyrics by Sondheim and a book by John Weidman.
Assassins ( 1990 ) with music and lyrics by Sondheim and a book by Weidman.
Gilbert consented and offered to write the book ; but Sondheim declined, having already had collaborator John Weidman in mind.
Weidman would also write the book for Road Show, with music and lyrics by Sondheim.
* Candide Second Version ( 1974 ) ( new lyrics by Sondheim ; original lyrics by Richard Wilbur ; music by Leonard Bernstein ; book by Hugh Wheeler )
In 1976 Sondheim appeared, together with theatre critic Frank Rich, John Weidman ( book for Pacific Overtures ) and members of the original cast of Pacific Overtures in a television program titled " Anatomy of a Song.
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.
Assassins is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman, based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr.
Gilbert consented and offered to write the book ; but Sondheim declined, having already had collaborator John Weidman in mind.
Weidman had written the book for Pacific Overtures and would work with Sondheim again on Road Show.
: Stephen Sondheim ’ s puzzles for New York Magazine have been collected in book form.
* " Ariadne " is a song in The Frogs, a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Burt Shevelove, revisions by Nathan Lane.
* Stephen Sondheim: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, book by Larry Gelbart ( 1962 )
In 1981, the play was adapted as a musical of the same name with a book by George Furth and lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim.
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 original book was edited by Sondheim, and there were new orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick.

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