Editing Stephen Sondheim (section)

==== ''Road Show'' ====
Sondheim and Weidman reunited during the late 1990s for ''Wise Guys'', a musical comedy based on the lives of colorful businessmen [[Addison Mizner|Addison]] and [[Wilson Mizner]]. A Broadway production starring [[Nathan Lane]] and [[Victor Garber]], directed by [[Sam Mendes]], and planned for spring 2000,<ref>{{cite news|last=Bahr|first=David|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_1999_Oct_12/ai_55983616|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807171726/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_1999_Oct_12/ai_55983616|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 7, 2013|title=Everything's coming up Sondheim|publisher=The Advocate|date=October 12, 1999 |access-date=March 19, 2007 }}</ref> was delayed. Renamed ''Bounce'' in 2003, the show premiered at the [[Goodman Theatre]] in Chicago and the [[Kennedy Center]] in Washington, D.C., in a production directed by Harold Prince, his first collaboration with Sondheim since 1981.<ref name="Jones">{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Kenneth |title=Sondheim and Prince Reunite for Musical Comedy, Bounce, Bowing in Chicago Prior to DC |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/sondheim-and-prince-reunite-for-musical-comedy-bounce-bowing-in-chicago-prior-to-dc-com-113869 |access-date=December 5, 2021 |work=Playbill |date=June 20, 2003}}</ref> Poor reviews prevented ''Bounce'' from reaching Broadway, but a revised version opened off-Broadway as ''[[Road Show (musical)|Road Show]]'' at [[the Public Theater]] on October 28, 2008. Directed by [[John Doyle (director)|John Doyle]], it closed December 28, 2008.<ref>{{cite news
|last=Jones |first=Kenneth |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/sondheim-weidmans-bounce-is-now-called-road-show-cast-announced-com-152408 |title=Sondheim & Weidman's ''Bounce'' Is Now Called ''Road Show''; Cast Announced |work=Playbill |date=August 12, 2008 |access-date=June 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.publictheater.org/content/view/145/153 |title=Public Theater 2008–09 listing |publisher=[[The Public Theater]] |access-date=August 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801000300/http://www.publictheater.org/content/view/145/153 |archive-date=August 1, 2008 |url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/sondheim-and-weidmans-road-show-pulls-into-the-public-oct-28-com-154657|title=Sondheim and Weidman's ''Road Show'' Pulls Into the Public Oct. 28 |work=Playbill |date=October 28, 2008}}</ref> The production won the 2009 [[Obie Award]] for Music and Lyrics<ref>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/groff-nottage-sondheim-cromer-pisoni-korins-among-2009-obie-award-winners-com-161006# |title=Groff, Nottage, Sondheim, Cromer, Pisoni, Korins Among 2009 OBIE Award Winners |work=Playbill |date=May 19, 2009 |access-date=June 24, 2019}}</ref> and the [[Drama Desk Award]] for Outstanding Lyrics.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gans |first=Andrew |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/ruined-and-billy-elliot-win-top-honors-at-drama-desk-awards-com-160988# |title=Ruined and Billy Elliot Win Top Honors at Drama Desk Awards |work=Playbill |date=May 18, 2009 |access-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref>