Ep 197: Matching Minds With Sondheim with author Barry Joseph

Ep 197: Matching Minds With Sondheim with author Barry Joseph

My guest this week is Barry Joseph, the author of the recent book, Matching Minds with Sondheim. Since his death,  there have been so many books about Stephen Sondheim and various aspects of his life and his career, including an amazing number of really terrific books, and I have had the honor of having many of the authors of those books as guests on this podcast. And Barry Joseph’s book is right up there with the best of them, but it is also a completely unique and original way of looking at Sondheim. As Barry describes it, Matching Minds with Sondheim is “an exploration into the barely understood, hardly known, side-aspect of who Steven Sondheim was when he was not writing lyrics and composing music. Puzzles and games were a side hobby of his that he had a passion for throughout his life — from when he was very young until he passed away. And throughout those many decades, through parlor games, board games, treasure hunts, word puzzles, mechanical puzzles and video games, his passion, interest and creativity was expressed in a whole other way than we get to see when it's on the stage.” The book also serves as a sort of “alternate biography” of Sondheim and explores how his life, Broadway career, and gaming hobby were intricately intertwined. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Episode 38: 100 Years of Shuffle Along, Part 2

Episode 38: 100 Years of Shuffle Along, Part 2

This week I continue my conversation with author Cassen Gaines whose fascinating new book Footnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way tells the story of how in 1921 four ...

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Episode 37: 100 Years of SHUFFLE ALONG!, Part 1

Episode 37: 100 Years of SHUFFLE ALONG!, Part 1

This year marks the 100th Anniversary of Shuffle Along! The groundbreaking musical that kicked off a decade of vibrant black musical theatre on Broadway which included more than a dozen shows created ...

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Episode 36: Everything Sondheim: Inside the Creation of The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia with author Rick Pender

Episode 36: Everything Sondheim: Inside the Creation of The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia with author Rick Pender

Author Rick Pender takes us inside the creation of The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia.  Rick Pender is a longtime member and former chair of the American Theater Critics Association. He first began rev...

9 Syys 202141min

Episode 35: "Sensory Abundance!": or, Why We Are Hooked On Musicals

Episode 35: "Sensory Abundance!": or, Why We Are Hooked On Musicals

Why are the great Musicals so unforgettable? Why do musicals have so much power and impact? How is it that they are able to live in our hearts and memories for a lifetime? Musicals are experiences tha...

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Episode 34: Community: The Major Themes Of The Broadway Musical, part 3

Episode 34: Community: The Major Themes Of The Broadway Musical, part 3

Over the past two episode we’ve explored the principal themes that underly the greatest number of Broadway Musicals. Two weeks ago we looked at “Transgressive Women”, last week it was “Equity, Justice...

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Episode 33: Equity, Justice & Inclusion: The Major Themes of the Broadway Musical, part 2

Episode 33: Equity, Justice & Inclusion: The Major Themes of the Broadway Musical, part 2

At the beginning of each episode of this podcast I state that the Broadway Musical was invented by various marginalized and disenfranchised people, and that in the process of creating it, they transfo...

7 Tammi 202137min

Special Bonus Episode: "White Christmas": The Story Behind The World's Most Popular Song, Part 2

Special Bonus Episode: "White Christmas": The Story Behind The World's Most Popular Song, Part 2

This is the second of two special holiday bonus episodes of Broadway Nation. Just like the first, this is an audio version of a Broadway Nation Live! performance that was given in December of 2019 at ...

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Special Bonus Episode: "White Christmas": The Story Behind The World's Most Popular Song, Part 1

Special Bonus Episode: "White Christmas": The Story Behind The World's Most Popular Song, Part 1

This special holiday bonus episode of Broadway Nation is an audio version of a Broadway Nation Live! performance that was presented in December of 2019 at the Vashon Center For The Performing Arts on ...

24 Joulu 202032min

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