On Sondheim: An Opinionated Guide

by Ethan Mordden

Book Overview

In On Sondheim, renowned author Ethan Mordden takes the reader on a tour of Stephen Sondheim's work, arguing for the importance and appeal of the composer-lyricist in American theater and, even more, in American culture. Over the course of eighteen shows, Mordden demonstrates that Sondheim is a classical composer who happens to write musicals. Sondheim has intellectualized the musical by tackling serious content usually reserved for the spoken...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199394814
• ISBN13: 9780199394814
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.4"