Today we speak to Erin Rose Doyle, star of PARADE, THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA, and now SWEENEY TODD, about Johanna, Mary Phagan, and more: www.thesondheimhub.com/p/a-conversa...

Obsessed with these publicity photos for Cape Town Opera’s upcoming production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

NEW: James Lapine will receive one of three 2026 Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. 🎨🌲❤️

What sounds Sondheimian to you, without being written by Sondheim himself? 🎧 Last year, we asked Sondheim Hub readers that question. Today we’re proud to share the first in a series of curated guides & playlists we’re calling Nondheim. Happy listening! 👂 www.thesondheimhub.com/p/nondheim-a...

What sounds Sondheimian to you, without being written by Sondheim himself? 🎧 Last year, we asked Sondheim Hub readers that question. Today we’re proud to share the first in a series of curated guides & playlists we’re calling Nondheim. Happy listening! 👂 www.thesondheimhub.com/p/nondheim-a...

THIS WEEK ON THE SONDHEIM HUB: Later today: an essay on Freud and Sweeney Todd 🧠 Sunday: our first “Nondheim” feature. Music for Sondheim-trained ears… 🎧 Weds: an interview with a star of a major recent Broadway revival… 💫 Join us: www.thesondheimhub.com/subscribe

THIS WEEK ON THE SONDHEIM HUB: Later today: an essay on Freud and Sweeney Todd 🧠 Sunday: our first “Nondheim” feature. Music for Sondheim-trained ears… 🎧 Weds: an interview with a star of a major recent Broadway revival… 💫 Join us: www.thesondheimhub.com/subscribe

Today, SWEENEY TODD and private ritual. Todd, Turpin, Johanna, Lovett… Rehearsal, compulsion, repetition, ceremony… 🩸 www.thesondheimhub.com/p/sweeney-to...

Today, SWEENEY TODD and private ritual. Todd, Turpin, Johanna, Lovett… Rehearsal, compulsion, repetition, ceremony… 🩸 www.thesondheimhub.com/p/sweeney-to...

A privilege to welcome KATE FLEETWOOD, currently starring as the Witch in London’s utterly brilliant Into the Woods, to The Sondheim Hub this week! 🍃 On the Witch, the woods, and much more: www.thesondheimhub.com/p/a-conversa...

A privilege to welcome KATE FLEETWOOD, currently starring as the Witch in London’s utterly brilliant Into the Woods, to The Sondheim Hub this week! 🍃 On the Witch, the woods, and much more: www.thesondheimhub.com/p/a-conversa...

Wouldn’t you like to lease a beautiful little piece of chocolate? 🍫 Today our series on “Please Hello” continues, as we meet the Dutch Admiral and explore his country’s unique trading history with Japan prior to 1853! www.thesondheimhub.com/p/please-hel...

Wouldn’t you like to lease a beautiful little piece of chocolate? 🍫 Today our series on “Please Hello” continues, as we meet the Dutch Admiral and explore his country’s unique trading history with Japan prior to 1853! www.thesondheimhub.com/p/please-hel...

I still remember watching the DVD of this for the first time when I was 15 years old, knowing nothing about it before pressing play. Not an exaggeration to say it changed my life.

On this day in 1984, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE had its first preview at the Booth Theatre. A blank page or canvas…

Jamie and Cathy. George and Dot. Today, a look at the love stories at the heart of two towering pieces of theatre. Love and loss. Seeing and being seen. “Forever” as art and vow… www.thesondheimhub.com/p/sunday-and...

Jamie and Cathy. George and Dot. Today, a look at the love stories at the heart of two towering pieces of theatre. Love and loss. Seeing and being seen. “Forever” as art and vow… www.thesondheimhub.com/p/sunday-and...

Truly overcome to be included in @thesondheimhub.bsky.social's round-up piece celebrating what would have been Sondheim's 96th birthday - look at all the things he's done for me (and us all)! www.thesondheimhub.com/p/96-gifts-f...

New today, THE POSTERED WALLS. A closer look at 3 Billboards Not Outside Ebbing, Missouri — the iconic posters for Follies, Sweeney Todd, and Sunday —and the visual language of rupture that connects them! www.thesondheimhub.com/p/the-poster...

New today, THE POSTERED WALLS. A closer look at 3 Billboards Not Outside Ebbing, Missouri — the iconic posters for Follies, Sweeney Todd, and Sunday —and the visual language of rupture that connects them! www.thesondheimhub.com/p/the-poster...

Our latest is a piece about a British brand of patter song That, when it came to illustrating diplomatic matters long Ago in “Please Hello,” Steve Sondheim donned his bowler hat, along With making little upgrades to this British brand of patter song. www.thesondheimhub.com/p/the-very-m...

This was a magnificent essay, particularly if you’re a musical theater nerd.

This week, love beyond the boundary of death in PASSION, RENT, HAMILTON, and WEST SIDE STORY. 🖤 www.thesondheimhub.com/p/your-love-...

A look at the Shakespeare behind “One Hand, One Heart” Our latest: www.thesondheimhub.com/p/the-shakes...

New today! We speak to CLAYBOURNE ELDER about Company, The Gilded Age, Road Show, his new album, and more… www.thesondheimhub.com/p/a-conversa...

In a dress shop, Tony & Maria make a solemn, impossible vow. They rewrite “till death do us part” — *even* death, they say, won’t part them. Their love is doomed, & their vow might seem youthfully hyperbolic. But it is sincere. And it is *brave.* Our latest: www.thesondheimhub.com/p/even-death...

A Valentine playlist for your Sondheim-loving loved one (or, even better, you). 💞 1 song per Sondheim show, in show order: open.spotify.com/playlist/4VP...

New today! Judge Turpin, through the lens of Foucault & Mary Douglas. And a Valentine-themed Sondheim crossword... 💞 www.thesondheimhub.com/p/judge-turp...

New today! We speak to the brilliant Jacob Fowler about stepping into 3 roles in INTO THE WOODS at The Bridge, and much more: www.thesondheimhub.com/p/a-conversa...

Should Judge Turpin’s “Johanna” ever be cut from SWEENEY TODD? Our latest essay is a spirited argument for its inclusion. It’s uncomfortable, yes. But it is *essential* if we are serious about understanding the moral architecture of the show. www.thesondheimhub.com/p/the-judges...

New today: Sousa meets Sondheim in PACIFIC OVERTURES. Plus, our latest crossword and more… thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/sondheim-a...

New today: Sousa meets Sondheim in PACIFIC OVERTURES. Plus, our latest crossword and more… thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/sondheim-a...

Our essay series on “Please Hello” begins today. 🇺🇸 Meet the American Admiral: thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/please-hel...

Our essay series on “Please Hello” begins today. 🇺🇸 Meet the American Admiral: thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/please-hel...

Today we begin a 5-part essay series on Please Hello! We'll meet each national ambassador in turn, one essay per month (as part of our more varied diet). First up, 🇺🇸. Subscribe and they’ll drop into your inbox: thesondheimhub.substack.com

Remembering Hal Prince, born on this day in 1928. Here he is, side by side with Sondheim, in 1988.

Remembering Hal Prince, born on this day in 1928. Here he is, side by side with Sondheim, in 1988.

Our guest this week is Bella Brown! On playing Rapunzel in INTO THE WOODS, and the Mistress & alternate Eva Perón in Jamie Lloyd’s Rachel Zegler-led EVITA. Read our full conversation here: thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

Our guest this week is Bella Brown! On playing Rapunzel in INTO THE WOODS, and the Mistress & alternate Eva Perón in Jamie Lloyd’s Rachel Zegler-led EVITA. Read our full conversation here: thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

This was so good -- perfect Sunday read.

E.B. White and Stephen Sondheim both lived overlooking the same hidden garden in Manhattan, with a willow tree at its heart. Our essay this week is about attention, art, and a vanished view: thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/see-a-perf...

E.B. White and Stephen Sondheim both lived overlooking the same hidden garden in Manhattan, with a willow tree at its heart. Our essay this week is about attention, art, and a vanished view: thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/see-a-perf...

A look at the original PACIFIC OVERTURES set design, our latest crossword, and more… thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/boris-aron...

Congratulations to Robert Kaplow on his Oscar nomination for BLUE MOON! We spoke to him last week: thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

“I am not hiding behind my canvas. I am living in it.” The real Georges Seurat WAS living in his canvas, hidden from view for more than a century. The vase of flowers below was once Seurat himself, at his easel. It would have been his only self-portrait. He painted over it.

“I am not hiding behind my canvas. I am living in it.” The real Georges Seurat WAS living in his canvas, hidden from view for more than a century. The vase of flowers below was once Seurat himself, at his easel. It would have been his only self-portrait. He painted over it.

If you know SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, you know Dot. But how well do you know her real-life counterpart? Madeleine Knobloch was Georges Seurat’s mistress, mother of his children, the great secret of his short life. Today, we take a closer look: thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/the-real-d...

I would read a novel about Madeleine Knobloch so hard.

If you know SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, you know Dot. But how well do you know her real-life counterpart? Madeleine Knobloch was Georges Seurat’s mistress, mother of his children, the great secret of his short life. Today, we take a closer look: thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/the-real-d...

New today: an essay on COMPANY’s Bobby, a flower-themed Sondheim crossword, and more… thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/pacific-ov...