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		<title>The Stephen Sondheim Society</title>
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		<description>This is the web presence of the British Stephen Sondheim Society. Our aim is to promote the works of Stephen Sondheim in the UK and elsewhere, and to create a greater interest and appreciation of them by means of circulating information and providing a focal point where those interested can share such interests.</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:20:15 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>George Furth</title>
			<link>http://www.sondheim.org/php/news.php?id=2434</link>
			<description><![CDATA[


George Furth, Sondheim collaborator, dies from Associated Press]]></description>
			<author>editor@sondheim.org</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Adrian Groves in Fly With the Stars</title>
			<link>http://www.sondheim.org/php/news.php?id=2431</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As part of the prize for The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performe of the Year 2008, the winner is to be part of the forthcoming Gala in aid of the Battle of Britain Memorial Trust, Fly With the Stars: A tribute to The Few. This is taking place on Sunday September 7th at The London Palladium. Further details and how to book can be found in the flyer above.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Bounce New York dates</title>
			<link>http://www.sondheim.org/php/news.php?id=2430</link>
			<description><![CDATA[John Weidman’s announcement  (see news of June 27th  2007) that Bounce would open at  the Public Theater in 2008 has been confirmed. At the time he said &quot;We're going to do it at the Public  Theater in a little over a year from now.&quot; 
  As already  announced, the show will be directed by John Doyle and the Musical Director  will be Mary-Mitchell Campbell, with whom he worked on Company. For this production there will be a separate orchestra.
  Rehearsals are  due to begin on September 16th. It seems likely that the show will run  from October 28th to November 30th with the option for  an extension to December 28th, but that has yet to be confirmed by  the Public Theater.
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			<author>editor@sondheim.org</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Musical Live</title>
			<link>http://www.sondheim.org/php/news.php?id=2432</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
MusicWorks  presents Musical Live: a three week  Festival of Musical Theatre in Nottingham
All events take place at The Bonington Theatre, High Street, Arnold,  Nottingham, NG5 7EE
Tel 0115 9670114 Fax 0115 9560731. Email info@bonington-theatre.co.uk

Events Diary

  
    
        Week One 
  
  
    Day
    Date
    Time
    Event
  
  
    Sun
    01.06.08
    9.30 am
    Musical Youth    Workshop 1
  
  
    Sun
    01.06.08
    12.45 pm
    Musical Youth    Workshop 1 Performance
  
  
    Thurs
    05.06.08
    8.00 pm
    The Last Five Years
  
  
    Fri
    06.06.08
    8.00 pm
    The Last Five Years
  
  
    Sat
    07.06.08
    10.00 am
    Little Shop of Horrors Creative Workshop
  
  
    Sat
    07.06.08
    8.00 pm
    Probably the best improvised Musical&amp;hellip;.ever!
  
  
    Week Two
  
  
    Day
    Date
    Time
    Event
  
  
    Sun
    08.06.08
    2.00 &amp;amp; 6.00    pm
    Zoe Tyler Masterclass
  
  
    Mon
    09.06.08
    7.30pm
    Joanna Russell
  
  
    Thurs
    12.06.08
    8.00 pm
    Blues in the Night 
  
  
    Fri
    13.06.08
    8.00 pm
    Blues in the Night 
  
  
    Sat
    14.06.08
    10.00 am
    Little Shop of Horrors Creative Workshop
  
  
    Sat
    14.06.08
    2.00 &amp;amp; 7.00    pm
    Jeff    Blumenkrantz Masterclass
  
  
    Week Three
  
  
    Day
    Date
    Time
    Event
  
  
    Sun
    15.06.08
    4.00 pm
    You&amp;rsquo;re The    Top! Afternoon Tea with Cole Porter
  
  
    Sun 
    15.06.08
    7.30 pm
    A Night at the Musicals - Nottingham    Youth Jazz Orchestra
  
  
    Thurs
    19.06.08
    7.30 pm
    tick, tick...BOOM!
  
  
    Fri
    20.06.08
    7.30 pm
    tick, tick...BOOM!
  
  
    Sat
    21.06.08
    10.00 am
    Little Shop of Horrors Creative Workshops
  
  
    Sat
    21.06.08
    7.30 pm
    John    Bucchino&amp;rsquo;s Grateful - A Gala    Concert
  

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			<author>editor@sondheim.org</author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Louis it is - the winner of The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2008</title>
			<link>http://www.sondheim.org/php/news.php?id=2428</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Winner Adrian Grove and highly commended runner-up Laura Kerr
Photograph &copy; Martyn Chapman June 2008]]></description>
			<author>editor@sondheim.org</author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Possible reprieve for Derby Playhouse?</title>
			<link>http://www.sondheim.org/php/news.php?id=2426</link>
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The Stage reports that &amp;quot;Derby Playhouse has four weeks to save itself, after a deal was reached   between Arts Council England and the theatre&amp;rsquo;s artistic director to prevent the   company&amp;rsquo;s immediate liquidation.
The theatre had been faced with permanent closure, following the arts   council&amp;rsquo;s decision to claim back more than &amp;pound;1 million of funding from the venue   after the company had gone into administration. ACE has now withdrawn that claim   and committed to only renewing it if Derby Playhouse Ltd goes into liquidation   or receivership.
. . .The playhouse first closed at the end of last year, after the company   encountered financial problems and the city council refused to advance the venue   its grant. Subsequently, Arts Council England removed the playhouse&amp;rsquo;s regular   funding. Derby Playhouse Limited was forced into administration and ACE   instigated a claim for more than &amp;pound;1 million of subsidy to be returned to it, as   a creditor of the theatre. 
Because it was owed more than all the theatre&amp;rsquo;s other creditors combined, it   was able to effectively veto a proposed rescue plan put forward by the company.   Following this action, Edwards, who was also a creditor of the theatre as well   as its artistic director, issued a legal challenge against ACE&amp;rsquo;s claims.
The arts council has said it has withdrawn its claim, while the company is in   administration, to avoid a &amp;ldquo;costly court process&amp;rdquo;.
Derby Playhouse chairman Jonathan Powers commented: &amp;ldquo;The board is grateful   for the courage and tenacity of Stephen Edwards in taking this action. Thanks to   him we are now back where we were in February. We have a plan to get the theatre   up and running in the autumn. It will be a leaner and battle-hardened   organisation. It will need support and commitment from the people of Derby and   Derbyshire and from the theatrical profession to ensure that world-class   professionally produced theatre can once again thrive in Derby, on our stage, in   our building, for the next 60 years.&amp;rdquo; &amp;quot; 
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			<author>editor@sondheim.org</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>The 2008 Tony  Award Nominations</title>
			<link>http://www.sondheim.org/php/news.php?id=2425</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to  Stephen Sondheim on being given the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement  in the Theatre. Plus there are &nbsp;nine Tony  nominations for Sunday in the Park with George (icluding one each for Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell),  and seven nominations for Gypsy.
  The awards will  be presented on Sunday June 15th and broadcast on CBS in the US.
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the  Theatre
    Stephen Sondheim
Best Revival of a Musical
    Gypsy
  Producers: Roger Berlind, The Routh-Frankel-Baruch-Viertel Group, Roy Furman,  Debra Black, Ted Hartley, Roger Horchow, David Ian, Scott Rudin, Jack Viertel
  Sunday  in the Park with George
  Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C.  Levy, Bob Boyett, Debra Black, Jam Theatricals, Stephanie P. McClelland,  Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley, Barbara Manocherian/Jennifer Manocherian, Ostar  Productions, The Menier Chocolate Factory/David Babani
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in  a Musical
  Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George
  
  Best  Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
  Patti LuPone, Gypsy
  Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park with George
Best Performance by a Featured Actor  in a Musical
  Boyd Gaines, Gypsy
Best Performance by a Featured Actress  in a Musical
  Laura Benanti, Gypsy
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
  David Farley and Timothy Bird &amp; The Knifedge Creative Network, Sunday in the  Park with George
Best Costume Design of a Musical
  David Farley, Sunday in the Park with George
  Martin Pakledinaz, Gypsy
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
  Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park with George
Best Sound Design of a Musical
  Sebastian Frost, Sunday in the Park with George
  Dan Moses Schreier, Gypsy
Best Direction of a Musical
  Sam Buntrock, Sunday in the Park with George
  Arthur Laurents, Gypsy
Best Orchestrations
  Jason Carr, Sunday in the Park with George
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			<author>editor@sondheim.org</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>New director for The Stephen Sondheim Society Performer of the Year</title>
			<link>http://www.sondheim.org/php/news.php?id=2424</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
Sadly, Bill  Deamer is now unable to direct The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer  of the Year, due to contractural obligations. We thank him for his input. In Bill&amp;rsquo;s  place, we welcome Marttn Connor who has kindly agreed to step in.
Martin  Connor's first directing experience was with Sir Ian McKellen&amp;rsquo;s Actors'  Company, which he helped to run for four years. His many productions include the  critically acclaimed 50th anniversary production of Sandy Wilson&amp;rsquo;s The Boy Friend, Iolanthe at the Savoy Theatre in London, the West End  revival of Wonderful Town,  starring Maureen Lipman, the London premiere of  Alan Ayckbourn's Incidental Music,  the West End revival of Stepping Out and Iolanthe which played at the Savoy  Theatre. His international productions include an Australian tour of HMS Pinafore, in the USA, Mister Cinders, Madame Sherry and Gershwin's Oh, Kay! at the Goodspeed Opera House in  Connecticut, also Victor Herbert's operetta Babes  in Toyland at Houston Grand Opera in Texas and in Japan, a tour of  Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical version of Cinderella.
&amp;nbsp;Other  productions include a tour of the stage version of Alfred Hitchcock&amp;rsquo;s The Lady Vanishes; You Can't Take It With You and Rough Crossing at the King's Head  Theatre. He also directed Something  Wonderful, a celebration of the work of Rodgers and Hammerstein,  for the Covent Garden Festival followed by a national tour.
&amp;nbsp;He has  had a long association with Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has  directed numerous musicals there, including Babes  in Arms, My Favourite Year, Grand Hotel and Rags. He was director for the Vivian  Ellis Musical Workshop from 1985 until 2000.
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			<author>editor@sondheim.org</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2008</title>
			<link>http://www.sondheim.org/php/news.php?id=2423</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you would like to download the flyer, please click here:Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2008 Flyer (PDF)]]></description>
			<author>editor@sondheim.org</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Maria Friedman on Elaine Paige chooses all Sondheim as her essential musicals</title>
			<link>http://www.sondheim.org/php/news.php?id=2422</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Elaine Paige on Sunday 27th April on BBC Radio 2 at 1.00 pm (BST))
Elaine's guest is Maria Friedman, who has appeared in many West End musicals, including Chicago, The Witches of Eastwick and The Woman in White. She chats to Elaine about her close friendship with the composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim, her latest revue Re-arranged, and the reasons why she has no plans to return to the West End. Maria's Essential Musicals are Gypsy (Broadway 1959), Sunday in the Park With George (Broadway 1984), Sweeney Todd (Broadway 1979), Merrily We Roll Along (Broadway 1982) and Passion (Broadway 1994).]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Sondheim at the Performance on Stage and Screen Fair</title>
			<link>http://www.sondheim.org/php/news.php?id=2421</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
Society member Peter Wood recently acquired a small collection of Stephen Sondheim memorabilia and will be offering for sale some surplus posters, programmes, souvenir brochures and other material, some signed, at the following event:
Performance on Stage and Screen is the new banner heading for the Performing Arts Fair, still running after 26 successful years, in the Olivier Foyer at the National Theatre, Southbank, London. The first of two fairs in 2008 is on Saturday April 12, when 15 specialist dealers will display for sale books &amp;amp; ephemera including playbills, posters, autographs, programmes, prints and photographs, at prices ranging from a few to several hundred pounds. Items will feature personalities from the world of entertainment, especially those from cinema, music and theatre, and on the history and technique of all performing arts.
The Performance on Stage and Screen Fair is unique and attracts collectors from all over the U.K. It is organised by the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association and the Ephemera Society. 
Admission to the fair is free and it will be open from 10.30am until 7.30pm on Saturday April 12th. 
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			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Sondheim questions on Counterpoint</title>
			<link>http://www.sondheim.org/php/news.php?id=2420</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
Although sadly lacking Edward Seckerson's sure hand and style this series, Counterpoint did have one bright spot this week - a round on Bernstein and Sondheim. You can hear the programme via Listen Again for the rest of this week.  The eagle-eyed amongst you will spot in this link that, according to the BBC, this is a comedy programme! 
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			<author>editor@sondheim.org</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Elaine Stritch at Liberty comes back to London</title>
			<link>http://www.sondheim.org/php/news.php?id=2419</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
Elaine Stritch is bringing her one-woman show, Elaine Stritch at Liberty, back to London six years after  its sell-out run at the Old Vic. It is to have a limited season from July 31st  to August 10th 2008 at the Shaw Theatre.
  The Broadway legend took London&amp;rsquo;s  Old Vic theatre by storm in 2003 &amp;ndash; the show had already triumphed in New York, where it won a  Tony Award. It triumphed again at the 2004 Emmy Awards, winning two top  honours.
  The riveting one-woman show is sensational, poignant and incredibly funny.  Stritch talks and sings her way through 50 years in American theatre and tells  her story. &amp;ldquo;You&amp;rsquo;ve got to be real to be funny,&amp;rdquo; she says early on in the show  and she is. Her comic timing is impeccable and her anecdotes are priceless &amp;ndash;  from a disastrous date with Marlon Brando while they were at drama school  together, to failing to get the star role in The Golden Girls because she insulted the writer.
  Stritch is also uncompromisingly honest. She admits  to having missed most of her life because of her struggle with drink. When she  sums herself up as &amp;ldquo;an existential problem in tights&amp;rdquo; it is impossible not have  huge admiration for a woman who, at the age of&amp;nbsp;82, can appear on stage in  white shirt and tights and knock an audience dead. Elaine Stritch at Liberty was broadcast in the UK on BBC4.
  Tickets are available from the box office: 0870 033 2600 or&amp;nbsp;online
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			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Evening Primrose soundtrack</title>
			<link>http://www.sondheim.org/php/news.php?id=2418</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
Kritzerland is proud to present its newest limited edition CD release Evening Primrose The Original Television Soundtrack Recording 
Music and Lyrics by   Stephen Sondheim 
Starring Anthony Perkins and Charmian Carr
Kritzerland is proud to announce   its latest release - the original television soundtrack to Stephen Sondheim's   Evening Primrose. Originally aired only once on the ABC Stage 67 television   series, Evening Primrose was an original musical written especially for   television by Mr. Sondheim and James Goldman, from the short story by John   Collier. The score features some of Sondheim's most beautiful writing as well as   his entire background score for the film. Anthony Perkins stars as a poet who   has renounced the world and who has decided to live in a department store and   write poetry, He soon discovers he is not alone, that there is a secret society   which has lived in the department store for years. Charmian Carr co-stars as the   girl he falls in love with. The score features the songs &amp;quot;If You Can Find Me,   I'm Here&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;I Remember&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;When&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Take Me To The World&amp;quot;, as well as some   reprises and all of the background score, fourteen tracks in all.
Norman Paris conducts, and the musical associate is David Shire. This is the   first commercial release of the soundtrack and itwill be released in early May.
The Society is hoping to organise a buying copies of the CD from America for members. 
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			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Jerry Kravat</title>
			<link>http://www.sondheim.org/php/news.php?id=2416</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Broadway World reports that Jerry Kravat, Barbara Cook's long-time manager, died yesterday. We send Miss Cook and Mr Kravat's family our condolences.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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