Stephen Sondheim Archives

Here is a great, new version of ‘Company’

In lesser hands, Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” would have come out as little more than a comedy about relationships, with single man Bobby (OJ Mariano) spending

Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Passion’: An operetta of raw emotions and a ménage à trois

“Passion” the musical play “is about how the force of somebody’s feelings can crack you open and how it is the life force in a

Stephen Sondheim is coming to Manila—three times

Not the man himself, of course, who turns 90 in March and whose theater pieces have long endured a reputation for being technically difficult. The critic Richard Corliss said it best in Time magazine: “His melodies [are] meant to challenge the ear, not soothe it,” and “his lyrics are often so complex, they have to be heard twice.”

Say ‘hola!’ to ‘West Side Story’s’ fiery pair Bernardo and Anita

Waldemar Quinones-Villanueva is Puerto Rican, Keely Beirne is half-Irish, half-Panamanian

Silence and shadow and smallness in a stunning ‘West Side Story’

Finally, a well-written musical! That is not a judgment on the overall quality of the musical theater productions of the past seven months. But

How a show of ‘hatefulness and ugliness’ became the peerless ‘West Side Story’

The idea of a musical which would eventually be the blockbuster “West Side Story” had been percolating in the mind of composer Leonard Bernstein

‘Into the Woods’: A fairytale of missed opportunities

But it was as magical as theater could get watching Lorenz Martinez sing the Baker’s big number ‘No More’ a cappella

‘Into the Woods’ in a real woods

Bonifacio Global City’s lush Kasalikasan Gardens serve as the all-too-real stage–not just the backdrop–for Joel Trinidad’s production of the Stephen Sondheim musical.

Modern musical fairy-tale mash-up

By now and pretty much by itself, the Walt Disney Company has made a cottage industry out of the idea of adding modern sensibilities to traditional fairy tales with the release of films like 2010’s “Tangled,” 2007’s “Enchanted,” 2014’s “Maleficent,” and, of course, 2013’s “Frozen”—not to mention the television series “Once Upon a Time,” which puts together several fairy tales in one location.

Michael Williams: Life is a cabaret

In the event Michael Williams decides to retire from acting, he can open a jazz club and take to the stage every night, seven days a week, singing Stephen Sondheim and Richard Rodgers, telling anecdotes from his colorful career, and engaging his male staff in flirtatious banter.