{"product_id":"the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia-9781538115862","title":"The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise from Jesse Green  New York Times Chief Theater Critic  Arts  in the 2023 Holiday Gift Guide: From A (the director George Abbott) to Y (You Could Drive a Person Crazy)  The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia  by Rick Pender  offers an astonishingly comprehensive look  in more than 130 entries  at the late masters colleagues  songs  shows and methods.\" The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia is a wonderfully detailed and comprehensive reference devoted to musical theaters most prolific and admired composer and lyricist. Entries cover Sondheims numerous collaborators  from composers and directors to designers and orchestras; key songs  such as his Academy Award winner Sooner or Later (Dick Tracy); and major works  including Assassins  Company  Follies  Sweeney Todd  and West Side Story. The encyclopedia also profiles the actors who originated roles and sang Sondheims songs for the first time  including Ethel Merman  Angela Lansbury  Mandy Patinkin  and Bernadette Peters. Featuring a detailed biographical entry for Sondheim  a chronology of his career  a listing of his many awards  and discussions of his opinions on movies  opera  and more  this wide-ranging resource will attract musical theater enthusiasts again and again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67868433645621,"sku":"ByrdShop_1538115867","price":134.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781538115862.jpg?v=1793547124","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia-9781538115862","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}