Reminiscences of Stephen Sondheim, 1982
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- Name
- Sondheim, Stephen (Interviewee)
- Daum, Raymond L (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Stephen Sondheim, 1982
- Abstract
- Family life, boarding school, Williams College; Westport Playhouse, apprenticeship; influence and friendship of Oscar Hammerstein; ALLEGRO; composing music for film: STAVISKY, directorial control; writing and production of SWEENEY TODD, SATURDAY NIGHT, WEST SIDE STORY, SHIELD; reflections on publicity, critics, audiences; work with Dramatists' Guild; songwriters; impressions of Lemuel Ayers, Harold Prince, Alain Resnais
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Composers; Theater--Production and direction; Musicals; Composition (Music); Musical criticism; Popular music--Writing and publishing; Sondheim, Stephen; Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 172 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Composer; lyricist
- Note
- Interviewed by Raymond L. Daum
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 15308327
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ef0x-tc54
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.