You can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have corporate investment or a lot of rich people. Stephen Sondheim anymorecorporateexpensive Change image and share on social
When you know your cast well and their strengths and weaknesses, you can start writing for them, just the way Shakespeare wrote for his actors. Stephen Sondheim actorcastshakespeare Change image and share on social
The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't work. A lot of people would disagree with me. Stephen Sondheim adaptationdisagreeexception Change image and share on social
In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies. Stephen Sondheim generationhammersteinhit Change image and share on social
I don't find my life that interesting. The shows, maybe. But not me. Stephen Sondheim findinterestlife Change image and share on social
Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on. Stephen Sondheim castmoneynowadays Change image and share on social
My parents weren't around much, but I assumed everybody's family was the same. I didn't know people had mummies and daddies who would give them milk and cookies after school. I just thought everybody lived on Central Park West and they had a nanny to take care of them. Stephen Sondheim assumecarecentral share on social
On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that's the point. Stephen Sondheim audiencebackconvention Change image and share on social
If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song. Stephen Sondheim dealmusicalsong Change image and share on social
Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father during all those many days, and weeks and months when I didn't see my own father. Stephen Sondheim dayfatherhammerstein Change image and share on social
