Sondheim: Lyrics: Edited by Peter Gethers with Russell Perreault
- ISBN-10
- 1101908165
- ISBN-13
- 9781101908167
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Author
- Stephen Sondheim
Description
A beautiful Pocket Poets hardcover selection of the most memorable and beloved lyrics of Stephen Sondheim. Stephen Sondheim has won seven Tonys, an Academy Award, seven Grammys, a Pulitzer Prize, and the Kennedy Center Honors. His career has spanned more than half a century and his lyrics have become synonymous with musical theater and popular culture. Editor Peter Gethers, working with Sondheim, has selected for this volume lyrics from across his career, drawn from shows including West Side Story, Gypsy, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, and Into the Woods. The result is a delightful pocket-sized treasury of the best of Sondheim.
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