Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Reynolds, Jonathan, 1942-
2. Ford, Nancy
3. Levine, Jeremy
4. Van Soest, Landon
5. Sondheim, Stephen
6. Guettel, Adam
7. Dramatists Guild Fund.
8. Transient Pictures (Firm)
9. Filmakers Library, inc.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (65 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Stephen Sondheim discusses his career with fellow composer/lyricist Adam Guettel. He describes his relationship with mentor Oscar Hammerstein, and speaks of other teachers who have influenced his work. The importance of collaboration is examined. In addition to discussing his songwriting process, Sondheim touches on a number of his shows as composer and/or lyricist, including West side story, Gypsy, Do I hear a waltz?, Company, Follies, Merrily we roll along, and Sunday in the park with George.

Series statement

1. Legacy Project: dramatists talk about their work

Alternative title

1. Legacy Project: dramatists talk about their work. Volume 1
2. Interview with Stephen Sondheim

Subject

1. Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
2. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 > Do I hear a waltz?
3. Sondheim, Stephen > Company
4. Lyricists > Interviews
5. Sondheim, Stephen > Follies
6. Composers > Interviews
7. Interviews
8. Composers > United States > Interviews
9. Sondheim, Stephen > Friends and associates
10. Styne, Jule, 1905-1994 > Gypsy
11. Lyricists > United States > Interviews
12. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 > West Side story
13. Sondheim, Stephen > Sunday in the park with George
14. Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960 > Friends and associates
15. Sondheim, Stephen > Interviews
16. Sondheim, Stephen > Merrily we roll along

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOX 2729

Note

1. Title from opening credits.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewed by Adam Guettel.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the home of Stephen Sondheim, New York, N.Y., September 2009.

Title

1. Stephen Sondheim in conversation with Adam Guettel [videorecording] / The Dramatists Guild Fund presents ; a production of Transient Pictures ; producers, Jonathan Reynolds and Nancy Ford ; directed by Jeremy Levine and Landon Van Soest.

Imprint

1. New York: Transient Pictures: Distributed by Filmakers Library, c2011.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videodisc

Series

1. Legacy Project: dramatists talk about their work

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Cast

1. Interviewed by Adam Guettel.

Event

1. Videotaped at the home of Stephen Sondheim, New York, N.Y., September 2009.

Local note

1. Gift of James Lapine.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Reynolds, Jonathan, 1942- producer.
2. Ford, Nancy, producer.
3. Levine, Jeremy, director.
4. Van Soest, Landon, director.
5. Sondheim, Stephen, interviewee.
6. Guettel, Adam, interviewer.
7. Dramatists Guild Fund.
8. Transient Pictures (Firm)
9. Filmakers Library, inc.
10. Lapine, James, donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 2729