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On Sondheim: An Opinionated Guide
Well, I got panned in The New York Times. SONDHEIM: Oh. Well, I knew I was right. (laughter) LAPINE: That was a first for me. It’s funny, because I went home after reading that review, and I thought, Oh, Stephen Sondheim’s never going to work with me now. I thought, Why would he? SONDHEIM: Gee, thanks. You had a lot of faith in my character. LAPINE
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always said that Bernie didn’t bet on the horses, he bet on the jockeys. Michael Bennett comes up with a musical. Mike Nichols comes up with a play, Neil Simon with a play. You try to get their shows in your theaters. So Sondheim comes up with a musical—you say yes. William Goldman used to say, “Nobody knows anything. Every time out, it’s a guess.”
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