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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Theater Coming Soon: Sondheim and Rich

Posted by Brendan Kiley on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 2:43 PM

If you know what's good for you, this Monday will find your ass in Benaroya Hall, listening to Frank Rich (NYT critic turned political columnist) interview Stephen Sondheim (not to put too fine a point on it: one of the 20th century's artistic geniuses).

As a prelude, read this week's theater lead—Dan Savage interviewing Frank Rich about interviewing Stephen Sondheim. Also discussed: the intimacy of real Broadway theaters, the death of rock 'n' roll, the death of newspapers, AIDS, and gay civil rights.

It's an excellent, wide-ranging conversation between two very smart individuals. (And I don't say that just because Savage is my boss. I demonstrated my willingness to be an asshole to my boss in print many years ago.)

More information on the Rich-interviews-Sondheim event here.

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hahahahahahaha dan savage is smart? you must not get out much.

Posted by Swearengen on October 22, 2009 at 2:52 PM

You don't have any free tickets for this to give away, do you? I would die happy if I got to see these two on stage, but le budget does not allow...

Posted by a tidy pachyderm on October 22, 2009 at 3:26 PM

I have the most expensive ticket I could afford for this. So grateful you guys sponsored this here. I have a podcast of a public Sondheim-Rich "conversation" the NYT sponsored a couple years ago, and it's a treasure.

And how awesome that in his convo with Dan, Rich gave him props for his column being one of the resources he came to rely on to help keep his chin up through the Bush/Cheney nightmare years.

True for me too, I must admit.

Posted by gloomy gus on October 22, 2009 at 4:12 PM