{"product_id":"the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia-paperback","title":"The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRick Pender\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise from Jesse Green, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Chief Theater Critic, Arts, in the 2023 Holiday Gift Guide: \"From A (the director George Abbott) to Y ('You Could Drive a Person Crazy'), \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, by Rick Pender, offers an astonishingly comprehensive look, in more than 130 entries, at the late master's colleagues, songs, shows and methods.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia \u003c\/i\u003eis a wonderfully detailed and comprehensive reference devoted to musical theater's most prolific and admired composer and lyricist. Entries cover Sondheim's numerous collaborators, from composers and directors to designers and orchestras; key songs, such as his Academy Award winner \"Sooner or Later\" (\u003ci\u003eDick Tracy\u003c\/i\u003e); and major works, including \u003ci\u003eAssassins\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCompany, Follies, Sweeney Todd, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWest Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e. The encyclopedia also profiles the actors who originated roles and sang Sondheim's songs for the first time, including Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury, Mandy Patinkin, and Bernadette Peters.\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing a detailed biographical entry for Sondheim, a chronology of his career, a listing of his many awards, and discussions of his opinions on movies, opera, and more, this wide-ranging resource will attract musical theater enthusiasts again and again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRick Pender\u003c\/b\u003e has been an award-winning theater critic since 1986. He has written for \u003ci\u003eCityBeat\u003c\/i\u003e, Cincinnati's alternative newsweekly, since it was founded in 1994. He was the newspaper's arts and entertainment editor and is currently a contributing editor, reviewing local theater productions. In 2002 and again in 2017, the Society of Professional Journalists named him Ohio's best critic. Pender is past chair of the American Theatre Critics Association and was the executive editor and publisher of \u003ci\u003eEverything Sondheim\u003c\/i\u003e and managing editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Sondheim Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He was also heard regularly as a broadcast interviewer for WVXU, Cincinnati's National Public Radio affiliate. Pender has interviewed Stephen Sondheim, onstage and in the studio, several times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 652\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.31 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50344686715117,"sku":"9781538184189","price":104.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/VoCl70gFVW9781538184189.webp?v=1785190954","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}