Look I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981-2011) with Attendant Comments Amplifications Dogmas Harangues Digressions Anecdotes and Miscellany

About this book

The second volume of Sondheims collected lyrics is both a remarkable glimpse into the brilliant mind of a legend and a continuation of the acclaimed and best-selling Finishing the Hat. Picking up where he left off in Finishing the Hat Sondheim gives us all the lyrics along with excluded songs and early drafts of the Pulitzer Prizewinning Sunday in the Park with George Into the Woods Assassins and Passion. Here too is an in-depth look at the evolution of Wise Guys which subsequently was transformed into Bounce and eventually became Road Show. Sondheim takes us through his contributions to both television and film some of which may surprise you and covers plenty of never-before-seen material from unproduced projects as well. There are abundant anecdotes about his many collaborations and readers are treated to rare personal material in this volume as Sondheim includes songs culled from commissions parodies and personal special occasionssuch as a hilarious song for Leonard Bernsteins seventieth birthday. As he did in the previous volume Sondheim richly annotates his lyrics with invaluable advice on songwriting discussions of theater history and the state of the industry today and exacting dissections of his work both the successes and the failures. Filled with even more behind-the-scenes photographs and illustrations from Sondheims original manuscripts Look I Made a Hat is fascinating devourable and essential reading for any fan of the theater or this great mans work.