Prof of Drama at Queen's University Belfast. Rep’d by @Inkwellmgmt Tweets mine alone. 🏳️‍🌈 'How Sondheim Can Change Your Life' @AtriaBooks @eburypublishing

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Joined March 2017
Sondheim news! Here's the cover for my new book 'How Sondheim Can Change Your Life', out in November @AtriaBooks Pre-orders now available. #sondheim #writerslift
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Angela Lansbury and Julie Andrews having a Merman-off…this is what the inside of my head looks like in case you were wondering
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Every single person on and off stage and connected to @sigtheatre #MerrilyWeRollAlong fully understood the assignment. This is a well nigh perfect revival of one of Sondheim’s trickiest yet most rewarding shows. If you’re in the DC/Arlington area this is an absolute must-see.
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I asked James Lapine this week about his working relationship with Stephen Sondheim, and what it means to see their work together still flourishing: “I always feel like he’s sitting next to me. When he used to sit next to me at a show, he touched me sometimes when something was bad, or when something was good. He kind of grabbed me in those moments. We’re very different people. I’m very understated, and he was very passionate. I don’t know how else to put it. Not that I’m not passionate… But he was voluble, I would say. It really is a marriage when you collaborate, particularly when it’s just two people. I think we were successful because we came from such different worlds. Twenty years’ difference in age. And Steve was always very brilliant and — how can I put it — methodical. And I’m a throw-up person. I just throw up and then I clean up my mess. So we were a good combo because I was more improvisational, and I think we pulled each other together in the middle, if that makes sense. We met in a central place, and we each had the things that we did well that maybe the other one didn’t. But I still feel like he’s sitting next to me. He’s sitting with me today.”
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“I always feel like he’s sitting next to me.” This week, it is an honor to welcome JAMES LAPINE to The Sondheim Hub. Ahead of Into the Woods returning to the West End, we discussed how the show has changed for him over the years, the freedom he gives other artists to make it their own, and the continuing presence of Stephen Sondheim in his life… Read our full conversation below:
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New today, our interview with Co-Artistic Director of @TheRSC Daniel Evans. On his years of Sondheim experience, finding is own George in SUNDAY, and directing Jonathan Groff in AS YOU LIKE IT. Full conversation below…
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Something special for you today. An extended conversation with SWEENEY TODD’s original barber, and A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC’s original Fredrik, Len Cariou. Link below 👇
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“I was someone in a tree.” We have a real treat for you today: our interview with James Dybas, the original “someone” in a tree. 50 years after PACIFIC OVERTURES, James reflects on the extraordinary show he is forever part of: thesondheimhub.com/p/a-conve…
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A massively well-deserved win for ‘Into the Woods’ @_bridgetheatre … Last performance is 30 May. #sondheim #olivierawards @OlivierAwards
The winner of Best Musical Revival, supported by Piper-Heidsieck, is Into The Woods with music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim & book by James Lapine at @_bridgetheatre. #OlivierAwards
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A joy to celebrate @OlivierAwards nominees at a splendid afternoon tea at the Londoner Hotel. Thanks @cunardline for inviting me. London theatre is thriving! #olivierawards #cunard #westend #theatre #london
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the best part of this follies documentary is when everyone is enraptured by barbara cook and then it cuts to elaine stritch and she's trying on shoes
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A joy to sign copies of SHAKESPEARE’S HOUSE at—you guessed it—Shakespeare’s house in Stratford upon Avon. Come visit Shakespeare’s birthplace and read about its surprising history. @ShakespeareBT @Ardenpublisher #shakespeare #hamnet #stratforduponavon #books
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In the New York Times, I ponder Jonathan Groff's evolution into a bona fide matinee idol. A very rare example of a nice guy finishing first. nytimes.com/2026/03/05/theat…
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