MUSIC 2TT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Bernadette Peters, James A. Garfield, James Goldman
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Music 2tt3 lecture 9 sunday in the park with george and assassins. Follies (1971) 522 performances: with bookwriter james goldman, producer director harold prince, choreographer. Michael bennet and set designer boris aronson: original show, based on a newspaper clipping. A little night music (1973) 601 performances: with bookwriter hugh wheeler, producer-director prince, choreographer. Patrician birch and set designer aronson: based on film smiles of a summer night by ingmar bergman (atypical source) Pacific overtures (1976) 193 performances: with bookwriter john weidman, producer-director prince and set designer. Aronson: based on a play by weidman. Sweeney todd (1979) 557 performances: with bookwriter hugh wheeler and director prince, based on a play by christopher bond. Merrily we roll along (1981) 16 performances: with bookwriter george furth (company) and producer director prince, based on a play by george kaufman and moss hart. Sondheim and prince worked together on 6 shows over 11 years.