Sondheim on Sondheim

Conceived & Directed by James Lapine
Featuring the Music & Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim

Sondheim on Sondheim is a musical revue conceived and directed by James Lapine. Through the use of exclusive interview footage, audiences get an inside look at Sondheim's personal life and artistic process. A cast of Broadway's best, perform brand-new arrangements of over two dozen Sondheim tunes, ranging from the beloved to the obscure, including songs from nineteen Sondheim shows produced over a 62-year period.

Sondheim on Sondheim

54 Below, Roundabout Theatre
April 22, 2010 - June 27, 2010

Photos by Richard Termine, Sara Krulwich & others

  • Opening Night Production Credits:

    Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

    Conceived and Directed by James Lapine

    Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes Artistic Director, Harold Wolpert Managing Director, Julia C. Levy Executive Director

    Music Orchestrated by Michael Starobin

    Musical Director: David Loud

    Musical Staging: Dan Knechtges

    Music Coordinator: John Miller

    Conductor: Andy Einhorn

    Set Design: Beowulf Boritt

    Costume Design: Susan Hilferty

    Lighting Design: Ken Billington

    Sound Desing: Dan Moses Schreier

    Video & Projection Design: Peter Flaherty

    Production Stage Manager: Peter Hanson

    Casting: Jim Carnahan, C.S.A & Stephen Kopel

    Technical Supervisor: Steve Beers

    Executive Producer: Sydney Beers

    Assistant Director: Sarna Lapine

    Stage Manager: Shawn Pennington

    Assistant Stage Manager: Jon Krause

    Production Assistant: Emmy Frank

    Press Representative: Boneau/Bryan-Brown

    Director of Marketing & Sales Promotion: David B. Steffen

  • Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams, Tom Wopat, Leslie Kritzer, Norm Lewis, Euan Morton, Erin Mackey, and Matthew Scott

    Understudies: Lewis Cleale, Kyle Harris, Dee Hoty, and N’Kenge

Awards, Reviews & Features

2010 Drama Desk Awards

Winner of Outstanding Musical Revue

2010 Outer Critics Circle Awards

Nominated for four awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical

2010 Tony Awards

Nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Barbara Cook) and Best Sound Design (Dan Moses Schreier)

2010 Drama League Awards

Winner of Outstanding New Broadway Musical and Outstanding Production of a Musical


"A genial, multimedia commemorative scrapbook on the life, times and career” of Sondheim with "a polished and likable eight-member cast."

Ben Brantley for The New York Times, 2010