Stephen Sondheim is at work on a new musical that he hopes to stage next season, the legendary Broadway composer told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show last night.
Few details were given – including whether the show is intended for Broadway or Off Broadway – but Sondheim did say the musical is being written with playwright David Ives and is titled Square One.
Sondheim and Ives most recently collaborated on a since-canceled Off Broadway musical production about Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel and was inspired by two Buñuel movies, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) and The Exterminating Angel (1962). Workshopped in 2016 with plans for a 2017 production at The Public Theater. The...
Few details were given – including whether the show is intended for Broadway or Off Broadway – but Sondheim did say the musical is being written with playwright David Ives and is titled Square One.
Sondheim and Ives most recently collaborated on a since-canceled Off Broadway musical production about Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel and was inspired by two Buñuel movies, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) and The Exterminating Angel (1962). Workshopped in 2016 with plans for a 2017 production at The Public Theater. The...
- 9/16/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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