New this week: 'Reasonable Doubt,' 'Blonde' and BjörkThis week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Björk and Broadway's "Into the Woods,” the reunion of Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy in “Hocus Pocus 2” and a Showtime documentary about Sinéad O’Connor.
'Into the Woods' returns to BroadwayA concert version of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods stars Sara Bareilles, Brian d'Arcy James, Joshua Henry and others.npr.org
With a perfect cast, Broadway has an ‘Into the Woods’ for the agesStephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s urbane musical twist on fairy-tale endings gets a priceless Broadway revival.washingtonpost.com
"Putting It Together": An ode to the art of making artMandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters and writer-director James Lapine connect the dots of how the classic Stephen Sondheim musical "Sunday in the Park with George" - inspired by a pointillist painting - broke new ground on Broadway.cbsnews.com
The Special Panic of Singing SondheimPerforming in the new revival of “Assassins,” I’ve become acquainted with the particular nerves that singing Stephen Sondheim’s complex songs can inspire.newyorker.com
Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen SondheimIn 2010, the year he turned 80, Stephen Sondheim had to endure a public fuss when a Broadway theater was being renamed in his honor.
