附註:Cover title: Stephen Sondheim.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-334) and index.
The musical comes of age -- Something familiar?: A funny thing happened on the way to the forum and Anyone can whistle -- No one is alone?: Company -- Through the unknown, remembered gate": Follies -- "We are such stuff as dreams are made on": A little night music -- Is beauty truth, truth beauty?: Pacific overtures -- Grander than Guignol: Sweeney Todd -- A bumpy ride: Merrily we roll along -- The musical stops singing and finds its voice: Sunday in the park with George -- Sondheim isn't Grim: Into the woods.
摘要:"Tracing Sondheim's career from his initial success as lyricist for West side Story and Gypsy to the opening of Into the Woods, [the author] demonstrates that the value of Sondheim's work obviously lies in its seriousness of theme coupled with its disturbing content."--Front flap.
