** HUNTER COLLEGE MFA PLAYWRITING PROGRAM ***
The Hunter College MFA Playwriting Program is accepting applications through January 15th! The program is a highly selective, rigorous, and affordable two-year playwriting program located in the heart of NYC. We seek writers eager to develop their craft and challenge assumptions about what theater is and will become.
Students study with award-winning writers, working theatre professionals, and esteemed guest artists. The program offers workshop opportunities and fosters a collaborative, close-knit artistic community. Teaching Assistantships and tuition waivers are available.
Current and recent faculty include: David Adjmi, Clare Barron, Mia Chung, Lisa D'Amour, Maria Striar, Lloyd Suh, and Anne Washburn. Visiting artists for 2020-2021 include: Daniel Alexander Jones, Hansol Jung, Martyna Majok, and Lauren Yee.
For more information, visit: https://www.huntertheatre.net/mfa
*** OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAYWRIGHTS ***
Carlow Little Theater International Playwriting Competition 2022
The competition is open to all writers over 18 years old, both members and non-members, local and international. The play submitted must be in English and be an original work of the entrant that has not yet been published, nor performed on stage previously, nor received any awards previously. No entry fee is required.
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Creative Circuit Studios is gearing up for Volume three of the “In the Moment: One Act Series”. We want to feature talented playwrights from all walks of life.
One acts are not TV shows. Works should focus on the script (writing) and the acting. Your one act should be no longer than 30 minutes. Plays with extensive technical requirements will be considered but those with fewer demands will receive stronger consideration.
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Live & In Color is looking for playwrights, composers, and lyricists of color and/or other underrepresented communities interested in developing their new musical.
The selected musical submission will have a two-week workshop in the fall at The Bingham Camp in Salem, Connecticut culminating in a staged presentation to an invited audience.
*** FOR MORE INFORMATION about these and other opportunities see the web site at https://www.nycplaywrights.org ***
*** SONDHEIM ***
Stephen Sondheim, one of Broadway history’s songwriting titans, whose music and lyrics raised and reset the artistic standard for the American stage musical, died early Friday at his home in Roxbury, Conn. He was 91.
His lawyer and friend, F. Richard Pappas, announced the death. He said he did not know the cause but added that Mr. Sondheim had not been known to be ill and that the death was sudden. The day before, Mr. Sondheim had celebrated Thanksgiving with a dinner with friends in Roxbury, Mr. Pappas said.
An intellectually rigorous artist who perpetually sought new creative paths, Mr. Sondheim was the theater’s most revered and influential composer-lyricist of the last half of the 20th century, if not its most popular.
His work melded words and music in a way that enhanced them both. From his earliest successes in the late 1950s, when he wrote the lyrics for “West Side Story” and “Gypsy,” through the 1990s, when he wrote the music and lyrics for two audacious musicals, “Assassins,” giving voice to the men and women who killed or tried to kill American presidents, and “Passion,” an operatic probe into the nature of true love, he was a relentlessly innovative theatrical force.
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The Steven Sondheim Society
I guess this is goodbye, old pal
You've been a perfect friend...
It’s with great sadness that we report the death of our friend and patron Stephen Sondheim. He passed away at the age of 91 early on Friday morning at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut.
His friend and lawyer Richard Pappas announced his passing, which he described as “sudden”. Indeed, only the previous day Mr Sondheim had celebrated Thanksgiving Dinner with some friends locally.
Only an hour after this news was released the BBC News Channel included a five minute tribute which included excerpts of Millicent Martin singing ‘Send in the Clowns’ - “his only hit song”! - along with Adrian Lester in Company and Maria Friedman in the original NT production of Sunday. Also included was a live interview with Sierra Boggess in New York. Undoubtedly the lights on Broadway will be dimmed in his honour.
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Stephen Sondheim, the legendary Broadway composer, has died at 91. In 1988, Diane Sawyer profiled Sondheim for 60 Minutes.
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A COMPLETE ROUNDUP OF EVERY SONDHEIM MUSICAL
One of the most recognizable names in all of Broadway history, Stephen Sondheim is beloved by many for his extensive repertoire of musicals ranging from short-lived off-Broadway productions to best-selling, multi-revived Broadway hits. Throughout his career, Sondheim has written the music and lyrics for 16 full-length musicals and has written the lyrics for three more. In addition to his beloved full-length musicals, Sondheim has also contributed music and lyrics to other theatrical works, film and television projects, and several revues and anthologies. Over the course of his nearly 70-year career, Sondheim himself has been nominated for — and won many of — over ten Tony Awards, nearly 20 Grammy Awards, and an Academy Award, among dozens of other awards, with his musicals earning even dozens more. His body of work has left the theatrical community with an unforgettable legacy, and his repertoire is honored and adored by artists and audiences alike. We’ve rounded up a complete list of every full-length Sondheim musical — all 19.
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SWEENEY TODD - 1980 British documentary
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There are few things that remain constant in life, but for me one of them is this: Stephen Sondheim’s work has touched me for more than half a century. It did so when I was first listening to records as a child, when I didn’t know his name or much else, and it does so right this minute, as songs of middle-aged regret like “Too Many Mornings” and “You Must Meet My Wife” are randomly shuffled into my headphones by iTunes. It’s unusual to remain so loyal to a single artist. We tend to outgrow our early tastes and heroes. It’s even more unlikely to have that artist materialize in person and play a crucial role in one’s life—as Sondheim first did when I was 21 and he was 40. Since then, with some lengthy intermissions along the way, he’s been a mentor, an occasional antagonist, a friend, and even an unwitting surrogate parent.
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Original Cast Album - Company [1970] Documentary
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