Once upon a time Stephen Sondheim (2/3): Audacity above all, from Follies to Sweeney Todd
From 1970, the lyricist and composer Stephen Sondheim created a daring musical comedy every two years, directed and produced by his friend Harold Prince. Bloody like “Sweeney Todd” or melancholic like “Follies”. They called him God on Broadway. He was best known as the lyricist of West Side Story. As a composer, he revolutionized the … Read more