#so

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. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#best #bring #different #live #makes

Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#every #feels #fraudulent #i #other

My personal life and my artistic life do not interfere with each other. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#each #interfere #life #other #personal

The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#crossword #doing #know #nice #puzzle

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#became #between #comedy #entertainments #hammerstein

I don't listen to recordings of my songs. I don't avoid it, I just don't go out of my way to do it. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#go #i #just #listen #out

If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#got #like #musical #same #song

This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance. ↗

— Cathy Freeman

#chance #hope #i #korea #meaningful

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

#cast #money #more #much #nowadays

On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that's the point. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#back #because #convention #enjoy #generally