Reminiscences of Stephen Sondheim : oral history, 1982.

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Reminiscences of Stephen Sondheim : oral history, 1982.

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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.

Transcript: 172 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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