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Artist Feature: Musical Motifs of Stephen Sondheim

As someone who spent their formative years as a band kid, one of my favorite aspects of musical theater is the music. Nothing brings me more joy than a recurring musical theme or motif, especially with variation (theme changing as the plot rolls out—slower, faster, darker, lighter—depending on the story’s emotional arc). I love looking […]

Once Upon a Stage: Into the Woods Comes to Life at The Stage Door

“I wish…” is how it all begins and, as every fairy tale fan knows, that’s precisely where things start to go wrong. In Into the Woods, the deceptively simple wishes of beloved storybook characters lead them into a tangled forest of choices, consequences, and unexpected truths. The Stage Door’s production of James Lapine and Stephen

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