Both a remarkable glimpse into the brilliant mind of a living legend, and a continuation of the acclaimed and best-selling Finishing the Hat (named one of the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2010), Stephen Sondheim returns with the second volume of his collected lyrics, Look, I Made a Hat. Picking up where he left off in Finishing the Hat, Sondheim gives us all the lyrics, along with excluded songs and early drafts, of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, Assassins and Passion. Here, too, is an in-depth look at the evolution of Wise Guys, which subsequently was transformed into Bounce and eventually became Road Show. Sondheim takes us through his contributions to both television and film, some of which may surprise you, and covers plenty of never-before-seen material from unproduced projects as well. There are abundant anecdotes about his many collaborations, and readers are treated to rare personal material in this volume, as Sondheim includes songs culled from commissions, parodies and personal special occasions—such as a hilarious song for Leonard Bernstein’s seventieth birthday. As he did in the previous volume, Sondheim richly annotates his lyrics with invaluable advice on songwriting, discussions of theater history and the state of the industry today, and exacting dissections of his work, both the successes and the failures. Filled with even more behind-the-scenes photographs and illustrations from Sondheim’s original manuscripts, Look, I Made a Hat is fascinating, devourable and essential reading for any fan of the theater or this great man’s work.

Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981-2011) with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes and Miscellany

Arts & Photography

Sondheim, Stephen

Music

KNOPF

The complete collected lyrics from the acclaimed Finishing the Hat and Look, I Made a Hat; this box set is essential reading for theater fans or devotees of this living legend’s work. Hat Box is a handsomely designed package that includes lyrics from Stephen Sondheim’s most popular shows like West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, and Into the Woods, richly annotated with anecdotes, pointed observations, and invaluable advice from one of the greatest songwriters of our time.

Hat Box: The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim: A Box Set

Titles include: Night Waltz * Now * Later * Soon * The Glamorous Life * A Little Night Music * Remember? * You Must Meet My Wife * Liaisons * Every Day a Little Death * Send in the Clowns * The Miller's Son * A Weekend in the Country * It Would Have Been Wonderful * Perpetual Anticipation and many others.

A little night music;: A new musical comedy

Performing Arts

Dodd, Mead

Pacific Overtures

"Priceless and peerless...a thrilling work of theatricality."--Wayman Wong, San Francisco Examiner

Pacific overtures

Titles include: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd * No Place Like London * Poor Thing * My Friends * Green Finch and Linnet Bird * Ah, Miss * Johanna * Kiss Me * Pretty Women * A Little Priest * God, That's Good * By the Sea * The Judge's Return * City on Fire! and more.

Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Presents the complete scripts, including song lyrics, for two Broadway musicals based on Roman and Greek plays

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum/the Frogs

Literature & Fiction

Gelbart, Larry

Shevelove, Burt

Dramas & Plays

Highlights from the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, and NY Drama Critics' Circle Award-winning musical. Titles include: Sunday * Finishing the Hat * Beautiful * Children and Art * Move On.

Sunday in the park with George: A musical

"The further we get in time from when West Side Story was written, the more the musical's mythic dimensions come into focus. . . . The show continues to seduce in a theatrical language that remains universal."defined a theatrical generation and launched the career of its lyricist Stephen Sondheim. A much-heralded revival is currently playing on Broadway, directed by Arthur Laurents with a score by Leonard Bernstein. While the opening line of the original 1957 New York Times review declared "the material is horrifying," the test of time has proven the endurance of the story of star-crossed lovers Tony and Maria, told against the backdrop of the feuding Sharks and Jets. This volume will be published alongside Sondheim's nine other titles from TCG, offering a more complete portrait of his celebrated career in the musical theater.Arthur Laurents is a playwright, librettist, director, and screenwriter. His credits include Gypsy, in collaboration with Stephen Sondheim, and the film The Way We Were.Stephen Sondheim is the composer and lyricist on such masterpieces as Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park with George, and Sweeney Todd.

West Side Story

Bernstein, Leonard

Laurents, Arthur

Robbins, Jerome

Heinemann Educational Publishers

A book made "after the fact" from the greatly popular 1987 Broadway musical of the same name, which weaves characters from several classic fairy tales into a parable about the joys and sorrows of adulthood.

Into the Woods

Children's Books

Crown

The winner of seven Tonys, an Academy Award, seven Grammys, a Pulitzer Prize and more—Stephen Sondheim’s career has spanned more than half a century; his lyrics have become synonymous with musical theater and popular culture. In Finishing the Hat—titled after perhaps his most autobiographical song, from Sunday in the Park with George—Sondheim has not only collected his lyrics for the first time, he is giving readers a rare personal look into his life as well as his remarkable productions. Along with the lyrics for all of his musicals from 1954 to 1981—including West Side Story, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music and Sweeney Todd—Sondheim treats us to never-before-published songs from each show, songs that were cut or discarded before seeing the light of day. He discusses his relationship with his mentor, Oscar Hammerstein II, and his collaborations with extraordinary talents such as Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, Ethel Merman, Richard Rodgers, Angela Lansbury, Harold Prince and a panoply of others. The anecdotes—filled with history, pointed observations and intimate details—transport us back to a time when theater was a major pillar of American culture. Best of all, Sondheim appraises his work and dissects his lyrics, as well as those of others, offering unparalleled insights into songwriting that will be studied by fans and aspiring songwriters for years to come. Accompanying Sondheim’s sparkling writing are behind-the-scenes photographs from each production, along with handwritten music and lyrics from the songwriter’s personal collection. Penetrating and surprising, poignant, funny and sometimes provocative, Finishing the Hat is not only an informative look at the art and craft of lyric writing, it is a history of the theater that belongs on the same literary shelf as Moss Hart’s Act One and Arthur Miller’s Timebends. It is also a book that will leave you humming the final bars of Merrily We Roll Along, while eagerly anticipating the next volume.

Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes

Humor & Entertainment

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