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And He's Into Making Movies | Sondheim: Director, Actor, Screenwriter, Composer
Description
Join Steve’s chum Martin Milnes and first love Peter E. Jones to explore Sondheim’s life both behind – and in front – of the camera. From directing Leonard Bernstein’s family in home movies and acting in his own work on screen, through to writing screenplays, his Oscar-win, and investigating the abandoned Hollywood movie of a cult Sondheim musical.
‘I've got a treatment of Anyone Can Whistle, set in the Swiss Alps, called Anyone Can Yodel. If you know anyone who might be interested in producing, give me a call.' – Sondheim's email to Lin-Manuel Miranda
How did Madonna react to Warren Beatty choosing Steve’s songs over hers? What did Steve feel about the Oscar-winning movie versions of his shows? And just what exactly happened that memorable night between Katharine Hepburn, Michael Jackson, Tom Stoppard and Steve?
‘Mr. Sondheim – you are a sombre fellow. Couldn't you put a ray of hope into your show by having a ballerina in white coming down from the flies – and dancing across the stage - in such a dark piece as the one you've written?’ – Katharine Hepburn on Assassins
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Jamie Bernstein: Steve The Director
04:03 - James Lapine: Sondheim Acts in ‘Opening Doors’
06:53 - Tom Fitzsimmons: Sondheim Acts in June Moon
11:05 - Steve & Martin: Movie Wordplay Puzzles
18:33 - Katharine Hepburn: The Prickly Next-Door-Neighbour
25:44 - Anthony Perkins: Co-writing The Last of Sheila
27:18 - Madonna & The Oscar: ‘Sooner Or Later’
31:25 - Lin-Manuel Miranda: Movie Versions of Steve’s Shows
35:30 - Exploring The Sondheim Movie-That-Never-Was
44:37 - Follies: 1974
50:50 - Steve & Martin: ‘A Beautiful Friendship’
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CREDITS
Hosts and Producers: Martin Milnes and Peter E. Jones
Executive Producer: Jason Caffrey
Produced in partnership with: Creative Kin
Mixing and Mastering: Phoebe Murdoch, Chris Traves
Directed, Devised and Written by Martin Milnes
CAST AND VOICE ACTORS
Alistair McGowan, Charlotte Page, Eddie Andrews, James Gower-Smith, Rebecca Ridout, Daniel Cane and Mehran James McCullough. With Special Appearances by Tom Fitzsimmons, Gary Raymond – and – Elizabeth Seal.
DRAMATIC RE-ENACTMENTS
Written by: Martin Milnes
Produced by: Peter E. Jones
Follies Screenplay by: Hugh Wheeler (with thanks to the Estate of Hugh Wheeler)
MUSIC AND SCORE
Original Score Composed by: Peter E. Jones
Music and Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim: Courtesy of The Stephen Sondheim Trust
Sondheim and Bernste