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Road Show Paperback – February 1, 2010

by Stephen Sondheim (Author), John Weidman (Contributor)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
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“Addison Mizner and Wilson Mizner were brothers who, although they played only a minor role in the cultural history of this country, might well be seen to represent two divergent aspects of American energy: the builder and the squanderer.”—Stephen Sondheim

“The score is full of delights, intelligence and tension . . . with a tight, funny book.”—New York Daily News

Road Show, Stephen Sondheim’s first musical since his 1994 Tony Award–winner Passion, is making its highly anticipated New York premiere this season at the Public Theater. The show—with the book by John Weidman, Sondheim’s collaborator from Pacific Overtures and Assassins—has been in development for several years with productions in Chicago and Washington, DC, and grew from an idea that germinated in Sondheim’s mind some fifty years ago. The show dramatizes the real-life Mizner brothers, following their fortunes from the 1890s Alaskan gold rush to the 1920s Florida land boom: Addison as an architect and Wilson as a con man, each brother seeking his own American dream.

Stephen Sondheim’s career spans from his work as lyricist for West Side Story and Gypsy, to composer/lyricist on such masterpieces as Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, and Sunday in the Park with George.

John Weidman wrote the books for Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures and Assassins, and he co-authored the books for America’s Sweetheart and the revival of Anything Goes. He also co-created, with Susan Stroman, the Tony Award–winning Contact.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Theatre Communications Group; 1st edition (February 1, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 155936341X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1559363419
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.25 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

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Stephen Sondheim

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Stephen Joshua Sondheim (/ˈsɒnd.haɪm/) (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to musical theatre. Sondheim has received an Academy Award; eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer, including a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre); eight Grammy Awards; a Pulitzer Prize, the Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom. He has been described by Frank Rich of The New York Times as "now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater." His best-known works as composer and lyricist include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods. He wrote the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy.

Sondheim has also written film music, contributing "Goodbye for Now" to Warren Beatty's 1981 Reds. He wrote five songs for 1990's Dick Tracy, including "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" by Madonna, which won the Academy Award for Best Song.

The composer was president of the Dramatists Guild from 1973 to 1981. To celebrate his 80th birthday, the former Henry Miller's Theatre was renamed the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on September 15, 2010, and the BBC Proms held a concert in his honor. Cameron Mackintosh has called Sondheim "possibly the greatest lyricist ever."

Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Unknown photographer (RR Auctions) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

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L Edwin Babbitt
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2013
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An underrated Musical Theater Classic! Beautiful story of two brothers.. Funny and Heartbreaking! This show needs to be seen and heard!
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Larry
4.0 out of 5 stars good, but I was hoping for some more backstory ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2016
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It was the script of the play. All the words to the songs ....good, but I was hoping for some more backstory to this...it's different versions, Bounc teal et al. But it was / is worth the orice.
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Monkfan
5.0 out of 5 stars A very neat job
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 31, 2010
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Great to read the libretto now I'm familiar with the cast recording. A cogent and punchy book by Weidman, with typically faultless lyric construction by Sondheim. (Such inventive rhymes!) And the theme of the play - wasted resources, human greed and opportunism - is as topical as ever. One might think of it as the third instalment of a Sondheim-Weidman collaborative trilogy (together with Pacific Overtures and Assassins.) Once again they are documenting the more destructive aspects of the American Dream/ human nature. It is a musical comedy though (albeit a dark one,) so nothing here is overly didactic or earnest.
Some critics have complained that the main two characters aren't sympathetic enough to be the focus of a musical. How sympathetic can opportunitic con men be, for heaven's sake? It really isn't that kind of a show, and I'm glad!
One quibble - as a musical biography of the Mizner Brothers I find it takes a tiny bit too much liberty with the truth. For intance, I was confused to read afterwards that Hollis Bessamer (Addison Mizner's love interest) is a fictional, composite character. If Hollis was really based on Paris Singer, then why isn't Singer a character in the play? Anybody know? Then again, those Presidential assassins were probably part-fictionalised too (as was Mama Rose, and the Von Trapp family too, no doubt!) It's a tradition of warping fact into convenient fiction that goes right through Broadway history.
Just a quibble. This is a great chamber musical.
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M. Jordan
5.0 out of 5 stars Roadshow
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 9, 2012
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Every Sondheim fan should have this relatively unknown musical in their collection. It is a joy to be able to get it at a resonable price, unlike the expensive book and score that generally costs a riduculous amount in Britain. So, unless you are desperate for the music, here is a wonderful copy of the 'book'.
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