Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Musicals are plays, but the last collaborator is your audience, so you've got to wait 'til the last collaborator comes in before… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I love the theater as much as music, and the whole idea of getting across to an audience and making them laugh,… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
In not-for-profit theater, you don't worry so much about how the audience is going to react. You want to make them absorb… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Musicals are — particularly musicals — plays also, but musicals particularly are… the last collaborator is your audience, and so you’ve got… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
It should be interesting to see two entirely different ways to treat a story, geared for two entirely different kinds of audience. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I'm a great audience. I cry very easily. I suspend disbelief in two seconds. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
The last collaborator is your audience ... when the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written. Things that… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
“They all deserve to die. Tell you why, Mrs. Lovett, tell you why. Because in all of the whole human race Mrs Lovett, there… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
It's not so hard to be married, I've done it three or four times. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I don't find my life that interesting. The shows, maybe. But not me. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
“Careful the things you say, Children will listen. Careful the things you do, Children will see. And learn. Children may not obey But children… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
“Because in all of the whole human race Mrs. Lovett, there are two kinds of men and only two There's the one staying put… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I love computers. I love writing on them. I love gadgetry. The thing is: I am a slow reader. So, if I am going… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I have inherited my father's sense of humour about myself. It's a lot more pleasant to make fun of yourself than when someone else… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
