Words [and music] by Stephen Sondheim

press release: Four Seasons Theatre is working with the Beyond the Page program in 2018 to bring an outreach program called Words [and music] by Stephen Sondheim to area libraries. This free program focuses on Stephen Sondheim as the master lyricist—or as Lin-Manuel Miranda put it in a recent interview with Sondheim, Sondheim as “musical theater’s greatest lyricist, full stop.” Audiences will learn about Sondheim as a lyricist from Sondheim himself, as our singers bring not only a great selection of Sondheim songs, but readings from Sondheim’s essays and interviews about the craft of lyric writing.

Support for our 2018 library outreach programs is provided by Beyond the Page, the Madison Community Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.