Alter | 91 Jahre (verstorben) |
Beruf | Dramaturg, Drehbuchautor, Songschreiber |
Geburtsdatum | Samstag, 22. März 1930 |
Geburtsort | New York City, U.S. |
Todesdatum | Freitag, 26. November 2021 |
Todesort | Roxbury, Connecticut |
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Beschreibung | Stephen Joshua Sondheim war ein US-amerikanischer Musicalkomponist und -texter. Er war Preisträger eines Academy Awards, neun Tony Awards, acht Grammy Awards, des Pulitzer-Preises und der Presidential Medal of Freedom. Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Musicalautoren des 20. Jahrhunderts und als Legende des Broadways. |
In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.
Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.
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 there's no fourth wall.
I'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music.
All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.
