Editing Stephen Sondheim (section)

==={{anchor|Conversation with Frank Rich}}Conversations with Frank Rich and others===
The [[Kennedy Center]] staged a 15-week repertory festival of six Sondheim musicals—''Sweeney Todd'', ''Company'', ''Sunday in the Park with George'', ''Merrily We Roll Along'', ''Passion'', and ''A Little Night Music''—from May to August 2002.<ref name=kencen>{{cite web |url=http://www.sondheimguide.com/concerts3.html#Kennedy |title=Sondheim Guide listing for Kennedy Center Celebration, 2002 |publisher=Sondheimguide.com |access-date=October 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929024138/http://www.sondheimguide.com/concerts3.html#Kennedy |archive-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/its-a-hit-kennedy-centers-sondheim-celebration-is-already-half-sold-103944 'It's a Hit! Kennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration Is Already Half-Sold"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924195804/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/its-a-hit-kennedy-centers-sondheim-celebration-is-already-half-sold-103944 |date=September 24, 2015 }}, playbill.com, February 13, 2002.</ref><ref>[http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/newseason/sondheim/cast.html "Sondheim Cast"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016040946/http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/newseason/sondheim/cast.html |date=October 16, 2015 }}, kennedy-center.org. Retrieved May 17, 2015.</ref> The Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration also included ''Pacific Overtures'', a junior version of ''Into the Woods'', and [[Frank Rich]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' speaking with the composer for ''Sondheim on Sondheim'' on April 28, 2002.{{r|kencen}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/newseason/sondheim/ |title=Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration |publisher=Kennedy-center.org |access-date=October 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112210210/http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/newseason/sondheim/ |archive-date=January 12, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The two men took their discussion, dubbed "A Little Night Conversation with Stephen Sondheim", on a West Coast tour of different U.S. cities<ref>{{cite magazine |author=A. M. Homes |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/03/ontheroad200803 |title=On the Road: Rich evenings with Sondheim |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=February 22, 2008 |access-date=October 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129134330/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/03/ontheroad200803 |archive-date=November 29, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.com/news/2008/mar/06/stephen-sondheim-and-frank-rich-stage-em-little-ni/ |title=''Santa Barbara Independent'', Interview with Sondheim about the talks, March 6, 2008 |work=Santa Barbara Independent |date=March 6, 2008 |access-date=October 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227140511/http://www.independent.com/news/2008/mar/06/stephen-sondheim-and-frank-rich-stage-em-little-ni/ |archive-date=December 27, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> including Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Los Angeles,<ref>{{cite web |author=Student Affairs Information Systems, webmaster@sa.ucsb.edu |url=https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=889 |title=UCSB listing |publisher=Artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu |access-date=October 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009112315/https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=889 |archive-date=October 9, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/depts/happenings/stephen-sondheim/ |title=UCLA listing |work=UCLA Magazine |publisher=Magazine.ucla.edu |access-date=October 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807170054/http://magazine.ucla.edu/depts/happenings/stephen-sondheim/ |archive-date=August 7, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frankrich.com/schedule.htm |title=Rich schedule |publisher=Frankrich.com |access-date=October 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005051321/http://www.frankrich.com/schedule.htm |archive-date=October 5, 2011 }}</ref> and [[Portland, Oregon]] in March 2008,<ref>{{cite web |first=Rebecca |last=Webb |title=Stephen Sondheim |publisher=[[KINK]] |url=http://www.kink.fm/pages/1614757.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226204033/http://www.kink.fm/pages/1614757.php |archive-date=December 26, 2008}}</ref> then to [[Oberlin College]] in September. The ''[[Cleveland Jewish News]]'' reported on their Oberlin appearance: "Sondheim said: 'Movies are photographs; the stage is larger than life.' What musicals does Sondheim admire the most? ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' tops a list which includes ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'', ''[[She Loves Me]]'', and ''[[The Wiz]]'', which he saw six times. Sondheim took a dim view of today's musicals. What works now, he said, are musicals that are easy to take; audiences don't want to be challenged".<ref>[http://www.oberlin.edu/artsguide/convocation-series/1-sondheim-rich.shtml] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705114133/http://www.oberlin.edu/artsguide/convocation-series/1-sondheim-rich.shtml|date=July 5, 2009}}</ref><ref>Heller, Fran. [http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2008/10/10/features/arts/aarts1010.txt "Sondheim scores a hit at Oberlin College"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424071859/http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2008/10/10/features/arts/aarts1010.txt |date=April 24, 2009 }}. ''Cleveland Jewish News'', October 10, 2008</ref> Sondheim and Rich had additional conversations: January 18, 2009, at [[Avery Fisher Hall]];<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/123236.html "Sondheim and Rich Will Discuss A Life in the Theater in January 2009"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107163019/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/123236.html |date=January 7, 2009 }}. Playbill.com, November 11, 2008</ref> February 2 at the Landmark Theatre in [[Richmond, Virginia]];<ref>[http://modlin.richmond.edu/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/1708] {{dead link|date=September 2014}}</ref> February 21 at the [[Kimmel Center]] in [[Philadelphia]];<ref>[http://www.phillyfunguide.com/event.php?id=23642] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227000350/http://www.phillyfunguide.com/event.php?id=23642|date=December 27, 2008}}</ref> and April 20 at the [[University of Akron]] in [[Akron, Ohio|Ohio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ejthomashall.com/eventsearch/event_detail.php?id=544|title=Stephen Sondheim with Frank Rich listing|publisher=Ejthomashall.com|access-date=September 28, 2014}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The conversations were reprised at [[Tufts]] and [[Brown University]] in February 2010, at the [[University of Tulsa]] in April,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=272&articleid=20100418_272_D4_Thefre754390 |title=Sondheim conversation set for TU |newspaper=Tulsa World |date=April 18, 2010 |access-date=October 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119141448/http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=272&articleid=20100418_272_D4_Thefre754390 |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> and at [[Lafayette College]] in March 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lafayette.edu/about/news/2011/03/09/a-life-in-the-theater-broadway-legend-stephen-sondheim-visits-campus/ |title=A Life in the Theater: Broadway Legend Stephen Sondheim Visits Campus · About · Lafayette College |publisher=Lafayette.edu |date=March 9, 2011 |access-date=October 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308023022/http://www.lafayette.edu/about/news/2011/03/09/a-life-in-the-theater-broadway-legend-stephen-sondheim-visits-campus/ |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sondheim had another "conversation with" Sean Patrick Flahaven (associate editor of ''[[The Sondheim Review]]'') at the [[Kravis Center]] in [[West Palm Beach]] on February 4, 2009, in which he discussed many of his songs and shows: "On the perennial struggles of Broadway: 'I don't see any solution for Broadway's problems except subsidized theatre, as in most civilized countries of the world.'"<ref>Maupin, Elizabeth. [http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_stage_theat/2009/02/sondheim-talks-and-talks-and-talks.html "Sondheim talks. And talks. And talks."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826144038/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_stage_theat/2009/02/sondheim-talks-and-talks-and-talks.html |date=August 26, 2013 }} Orlandosentinel.com, February 5, 2009</ref>

On February 1, 2011, Sondheim joined former ''[[Salt Lake Tribune]]'' theater critic Nancy Melich before an audience of 1,200 at [[Kingsbury Hall]]. Melich described the evening:
<blockquote>He was visibly taken by the university choir, who sang two songs during the evening, "Children Will Listen" and "Sunday", and then returned to reprise "Sunday". During that final moment, Sondheim and I were standing, facing the choir of students from the [[University of Utah]]'s opera program, our backs to the audience, and I could see tears welling in his eyes as the voices rang out. Then, all of a sudden, he raised his arms and began conducting, urging the student singers to go full out, which they did, the crescendo building, their eyes locked with his, until the final "on an ordinary Sunday" was sung. It was thrilling, and a perfect conclusion to a remarkable evening—nothing ordinary about it.<ref>{{cite journal |year=2011 |title=More from Sondheim |journal=[[The Sondheim Review]]|volume=XVII |issue=4 |page=6}}</ref></blockquote>

On March 13, 2008, ''A Salon with Stephen Sondheim'' (which sold out in three minutes) was hosted by the [[Academy for New Musical Theatre]] in Hollywood.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-feb-07-et-quick7.s4-story.html |title=Sondheim salon is a hot ticket|work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 2, 2009 |access-date=July 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306120209/http://articles.latimes.com/2008/feb/07/entertainment/et-quick7.S4 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIR-olTvKjU&list=PLBB4D7F7A8D337EA6&index=4 |title=A Salon with Stephen Sondheim at ANMT |via=YouTube |date=June 20, 2008 |access-date=July 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523015109/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIR-olTvKjU&list=PLBB4D7F7A8D337EA6&index=4 |archive-date=May 23, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>