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the composer! Lionel Bart, who had a serious drug problem, initially wrote the music for La Strada.
James Lapine • Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George
And it comes right out of the scene. That’s the Rodgers and Hammerstein principle for carrying forward a dramatic moment. In this case, George is announcing that he has turned down a commission and that he doesn’t know what to do next.
James Lapine • Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George
each of the main characters is linked to a unique melodic phrase, each played by a different, easily recognizable instrument. A clarinet signifies the cat, the wolf is a French horn, the bassoon announces the grandfather.
David Rose • Enchanted Objects: Innovation, Design, and the Future of Technology
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open.spotify.comThe pair started building what would ultimately amount to a 15-song album that includes an amorous duet between the show’s leading couple, a comedic solo for the show’s nonconformist tomboy and an opening number that they wrote with a lavishly dressed Broadway ensemble flitting around the stage in their heads.
Julia Jacobs • TikTok to the Grammys: How a ‘Bridgerton’ Musical Beat Broadway (Published 2022)
Arlen kills me. He’s as inventive a composer as there ever was.
James Lapine • Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George
Abigail, what was it about “Bridgerton” that made you want to turn it into a musical?BARLOW The opening scene is so theatrical. I could just see each part of the stage lighting up in my brain. And then I kept writing down lines of dialogue that sounded like song titles. The phrase “ocean away” was the first one that made me run to my piano.