https://www.broadwayblack.com/stephen-sondheim-theatres-original-rap-lyricist/ When Theatre Goes Dark Mon, 25 Jan 2016 17:48:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.broadwayblack.com/stephen-sondheim-theatres-original-rap-lyricist/#comment-2008 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 17:48:51 +0000 http://broadwayblack.com/?p=9519#comment-2008 […] to 49:05, including interesting history about Cabin in the Sky. Harnick attributes the impact of Stephen Sondheim, while Tesori demands challenging […]

]]> https://www.broadwayblack.com/stephen-sondheim-theatres-original-rap-lyricist/#comment-2007 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 18:35:00 +0000 http://broadwayblack.com/?p=9519#comment-2007 I stumbled on your post because I’ve been listening to HAMILTON non-stop since it came out – I was lucky to catch it in previews. And I re-watched and listened to INTO THE WOODS this week (the Hollywood version). It occurred to me awhile ago that a lot of Sondheim’s work is made up of so much word play and rhythmic technique that it’s pretty much rap. I wondered if anyone had addressed that since HAMILTON has become so popular. Yay google! It’s cool to learn that Sondheim has straight up credited rap. And I love what LMM has said about the verbosity of Alexander Hamilton himself lending to hip hop. That’s a great circle of creation: Wordy people => rap/spoken word => Theater (is life)!! Anyway, excellent piece! P.S. I hope someone revisits HOLLA because I missed it the first time around.

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