Putting It Together
This is a podcast about Stephen Sondheim's entire body of work show by show and song by song. Each week Kyle Marshall invites an expert to discuss a Sondheim song in-depth. Together they discover the humour, how the songs inform character, and any hidden meanings. Most importantly they try to understand the man behind the music, the Shakespeare of our time, as best they can.
Episodes
All Giorgio wanted to do was sit underneath a tree and read about how Clara is getting grey hairs. Instead he's being watch by Fosca and he must release all his pent up anger. Tyler Joseph Ellis returns to discuss this pivotal scene from the show.
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What's it like to watch Sweeney Todd in Portuguese? Gustavo Brunetti joins Kyle to discuss his experience seeing two different productions, and what the future of Sondheim looks like in Brazil.
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It's time to get some backstory! Shannon Migliore returns to pick apart the lengthly Flashback sequence from Passion which explains Fosca, and very well may explain Giorgio's choice at the end.
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Who hasn't forced the person they're obsessing over to write them a love letter? Jim Cullen returns to discuss the operatic (sorry, Sondheim) nature of Passion and how this song impacts the rest of the show.
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A devastating letter bookended by transitions. Will C. White returns to discuss rhapsodies, epistolary works, and trains.
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They hear drums, we hear music. Anne Slovin joins Kyle to discuss the meaning of that quote as well as the complicated nature of the entire Garden Sequence.
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The Liaisons Project, conceived by Anthony de Mare, is a landmark commissioning and concert project based on the songs of Stephen Sondheim. The original project brought together 36 of the world’s leading composers of classical, jazz, film, indie, pop and musical theater to re-imagine one of Sondheim’s songs as a solo piano piece. Now the sequel has been released adding 14 songs to the series.
This is the introduction of Fosca into the narrative. Eric Henwood-Greer joins Kyle to discuss how this song sets up a lot of the drama that will unfold throughout the rest of the musical, and how Sondheim used the language of the novel to craft his lyrics.
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How do you make letter writing interesting theatrically? Brain Holcomb returns to explain the importance of these notes and how they help inform the rest of the show.
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The show opens with a naked couple in bed singing about how happy they are. Obviously that means everything will turn out great. Christine Chen returns to discuss the opening number of Passion.
Christine's Blog: https://acrossthearch.wordpress.com
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Christine's podcast, Bottomless Broadway: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bottomless-broadway/id1457465060
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The Broadway musical as we know it would not exist without the generations of Jewish songwriters who brought not only their talent but their heritage and perspective to their art. With A Place for Us, Axelrod has gathered a collection of this cherished work through which he finds healing and a sense of home and community, echoing the refuge generations of Jews have sought in the American theater.
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Sondheim was inspired to create a musical because of this movie. Joel DeCandio returns to discuss the differences and many similarities between this and the eventual stage show.
Joel's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joeldecandio/
Watch The Sondheim Sessions here: https://www.youtube.com/@thesondheimsessions
Watch the full movie of Passione d'amore here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPjZFJwtQPM
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The story of Passion starts over a hundred years before the musical debuted on Broadway. In this episode Kyle talks with Michael Vecchio about what was going on in Italy at the time, the true story of the author, and why this story has persisted over the decades.
Michael Vecchio is co-host of the Italian radio program, Ciao Italia Edmonton, and a lover of history, and culture, and anything Italian. Also available on Soundc...
Alex Asp returns to discuss his Sondheim Database project, along with some data he's collected about the shows!
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Look at the Sondheim Database project here: https://www.sondheimdatabase.com/
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Gail Leondar-Wright joins Kyle to offer some further insight into the song Unworthy of Your Love.
Find out more at the Talking Sondheim website: https://www.talkingsondheim.com/
You can contact Gail at: TalkingSondheim@gmail.com
We are using three productions to frame our discussion of Assassins.
The original off-Broadway cast starring Victor Garber, Jonathan Hadary, and Terrence Mann (1990)
We've reached the end of Assassins. What does it say about America as a whole, not to mention the American Dream™? Luckily, Margaret Hall wrote her thesis on this very subject and joins the podcast to discuss it.
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We are using three productions to frame our discussion of Assassins.
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Feels appropriate doesn't it? Micah Mooney returns to discuss a song that was added to the show for the first London production, and has stayed ever since. Is it essential or extraneous?
Micah's website: https://micahmooney.com/
We are using three productions to frame our discussion of Assassins.
The original off-Broadway cast starring Victor Garber, Jonathan Hadary, and Terrence Mann (1990)
What do we think the other national anthem actually sounds like? Charlotte LeMay returns to offer opinions on why Samuel Byck should be the main character of this song, and the disillusionment of the American Dream.
We are using three productions to frame our discussion of Assassins.
The original off-Broadway cast starring Victor Garber, Jonathan Hadary, and Terrence Mann (1990)
You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://mu...
This week we don't talk about a song, but rather a scene. Reid Orphan joins the podcast to discuss how Samuel Byck has been depicted and how it can be destructive to those with mental health challenges if not pursued with proper intentions.
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We are using three productions to frame our discussion of Assassins.
The original off-Broadway cast starring Victor Garb...
Join us on our cakewalk up the gallows. Shannon Migliore joins the podcast to explain what the real Charles Guiteau was like and how Sondheim uses his actual words in this song.
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We are using three productions to frame our discussion of Assassins.
The original off-Broadway cast starring Victor Garber, Jonathan Hadary, and Terrence Mann (1990)
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