Editing Stephen Sondheim (section)

==== ''Sondheim on Sondheim'' and ''Six by Sondheim'' ====
Asked about writing new work, Sondheim replied in 2006: "No ... It's age. It's a diminution of energy and the worry that there are no new ideas. It's also an increasing lack of confidence. I'm not the only one. I've checked with other people. People expect more of you and you're aware of it and you shouldn't be."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Edwardes |first=Jane |date=May 9, 2006 |title=Stephen Sondheim: Interview |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/features/303.html |magazine=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228091937/http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/features/303.html |archive-date=December 28, 2008}}</ref> In December 2007, he said that in addition to continuing work on ''Bounce'', he was "nibbling at a couple of things with John Weidman and James Lapine".<ref>{{cite web |title=2007 Interview: Stephen Sondheim for "Sweeney Todd" |url=http://darkhorizons.com/news07/sondheim.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214180303/http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/sondheim.php |archive-date=December 14, 2007 |access-date=September 28, 2014 |publisher=Darkhorizons.com}}</ref>

Lapine prepared the multimedia production ''iSondheim: aMusical Revue'', which was scheduled to open in April 2009 at the [[Alliance Theatre]] in [[Atlanta]]; it was canceled due to "difficulties encountered by the commercial producers attached to the project&nbsp;... in raising the necessary funds".<ref>Hetrick, Adam. [https://playbill.com/article/lapine-to-create-isondheim-amusical-revue-for-alliance-theatre-com-153257 "Lapine to Create iSondheim: aMusical Revue for Alliance Theatre"] ''Playbill'', September 12, 2008.</ref><ref>Hetrick, Adam. [https://playbill.com/article/liz-callaway-cast-in-world-premiere-of-isondheim-amusical-revue-com-157672 "Liz Callaway Cast in World Premiere of iSondheim: aMusical Revue"] ''Playbill'', February 4, 2009.</ref><ref>Gans, Andrew and Hetrick, Adam. [https://www.playbill.com/article/atlantas-alliance-theatre-cancels-isondheim-revue-brel-will-play-instead-com-158415 "Atlanta's Alliance Theatre Cancels Sondheim Revue; Brel Will Play Instead"] ''Playbill'', February 26, 2009.</ref> Later revised as ''[[Sondheim on Sondheim]]'', the revue was produced at [[Studio 54]] by the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]; previews began on March 19, 2010, and ran from April 22 to June 13. The revue's cast included [[Barbara Cook]], [[Vanessa L. Williams]], [[Tom Wopat]], [[Norm Lewis]], and [[Leslie Kritzer]].<ref>Jones, Kenneth. [https://www.playbill.com/article/sondheim-on-sondheim-a-new-musical-reflection-of-a-life-in-art-begins-on-broadway-com-166910 "Sondheim on Sondheim, a New Musical Reflection of a Life in Art, Begins on Broadway"] ''Playbill'', March 19, 2010.</ref>

[[File:Danya Polykov and Stephen Sondheim, 04.2014, NYC (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Stephen Sondheim (2014)]]
In 2013, Lapine directed the HBO feature-length documentary ''[[Six by Sondheim]]'', which he executive produced with former ''New York Times'' theater critic [[Frank Rich]], a longtime champion of Sondheim's work.<ref name="Rooney2013">{{cite news |last1=Rooney |first1=David |title=Six by Sondheim: TV Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/six-by-sondheim-tv-review-660845/ |access-date=November 29, 2021 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129000729/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/six-by-sondheim-tv-review-660845/ |archive-date=November 29, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sondheim himself acts and sings in the documentary as Joe, the cynical theater producer in the song "Opening Doors".<ref name="Wontorek2013">{{cite web |last1=Wontorek |first1=Paul |title=James Lapine on Making Six by Sondheim, His Hollywood Dreams for Sunday in the Park and Getting Sondheim to Actually Sing on Screen |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/173143/james-lapine-on-making-six-by-sondheim-his-hollywood-dreams-for-sunday-in-the-park-and-getting-sondheim-to-actually-sing-on-screen/ |website=Broadway.com |access-date=November 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211043052/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/173143/james-lapine-on-making-six-by-sondheim-his-hollywood-dreams-for-sunday-in-the-park-and-getting-sondheim-to-actually-sing-on-screen/ |archive-date=December 11, 2013 |language=en |date=December 8, 2013}}</ref>

Sondheim collaborated with [[Wynton Marsalis]] on ''A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love Affair'', an [[Encores!]] concert on November 13–17, 2013, at [[New York City Center]]. Directed by [[John Doyle (director)|John Doyle]] with choreography by Parker Esse, it consisted of "more than two dozen Sondheim compositions, each piece newly reimagined by Marsalis".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/181139-Stephen-Sondheim-and-Wynton-Marsalis-Collaboration-for-City-Center-Has-New-Title-Parker-Esse-Will-Choreograph |title=Stephen Sondheim and Wynton Marsalis' Collaboration for City Center Has New Title; Parker Esse Will Choreograph |work=Playbill |access-date=September 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109192533/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/181139-Stephen-Sondheim-and-Wynton-Marsalis-Collaboration-for-City-Center-Has-New-Title-Parker-Esse-Will-Choreograph |archive-date=November 9, 2013}}</ref> The concert featured [[Bernadette Peters]], [[Jeremy Jordan (actor, born 1984)|Jeremy Jordan]], [[Norm Lewis]], [[Cyrille Aimée]], four dancers, and the [[Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra]] conducted by [[David Loud]].<ref>Champion, Lindsay. [http://www.broadway.com/buzz/172920/meet-the-jazzy-cast-of-sondheim-marsalis-a-bed-and-a-chair-starring-bernadette-peters-jeremy-jordan/ "Meet the Jazzy Cast of Sondheim & Marsalis' 'A Bed and a Chair', Starring Bernadette Peters & Jeremy Jordan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109052417/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/172920/meet-the-jazzy-cast-of-sondheim-marsalis-a-bed-and-a-chair-starring-bernadette-peters-jeremy-jordan/ |date=November 9, 2013 }} broadway.com, November 7, 2013</ref> In ''Playbill'', Steven Suskin called the concert "neither a new musical, a revival, nor a standard songbook revue; it is, rather, a staged-and-sung chamber jazz rendition of a string of songs&nbsp;... Half of the songs come from ''Company'' and ''Follies''; most of the other Sondheim musicals are represented, including the lesser-known ''Passion'' and ''Road Show''".<ref>Suskin, Steven. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/184418-Stephen-Sondheim-and-Wynton-Marsalis-Offer-a-Comfortable-Bed-and-a-Chair-at-City-Center?tsrc=hph "Stephen Sondheim and Wynton Marsalis Offer a Comfortable Bed and a Chair at City Center"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212104538/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/184418-Stephen-Sondheim-and-Wynton-Marsalis-Offer-a-Comfortable-Bed-and-a-Chair-at-City-Center?tsrc=hph |date=December 12, 2013 }} playbill.com, November 14, 2013</ref>

For the [[Into the Woods (film)|2014 film adaptation of ''Into the Woods'']], Sondheim wrote the new song "She'll Be Back", sung by The Witch, which was cut from the film.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Meryl-Streep-Performs-INTO-THE-WOODS-Deleted-Song-Shell-Be-Back-20150227|title = Video: Meryl Streep Performs ''Into the Woods'' Deleted Song 'She'll Be Back'!|work = [[BroadwayWorld]]|date = February 27, 2015|access-date = November 27, 2021|last = Robbins|first = Caryn}}</ref>