10 Stephen Sondheim songs we'll never stop listening to
On the day of Stephen Sondheim's death, creating a list of his songs you will never stop playing is to invite an argument — and I do.
Sondheim died at 91, and I encourage you to read every obit, every snippet of historical context. I can offer only the fact that, almost always, on some level, there is Sondheim music in my head; it takes almost nothing to nudge it from sleep and get it tripping across my lips as I do the dishes or drive my car.
I wasn't so much a Sweeney Todd person — it freaked me out. I was very much a Company person. I watched a VHS tape of Into The Woods when I was babysitting in high school, and I never stopped loving it. A dear friend took me to Follies. I sent another friend a clip from Sunday In The Park With George after he had a professional disappointment.
I invite you to hear mine, but to love yours, however you first heard them.
