Robert Gordon is Professor of Drama and Director the Pinter Centre for Performance and Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London . He is an actor, playwright, critic and director who has written on acting theory, post-war British theatre, South African theatre, Oscar Wilde, Pirandello, Pinter, Stoppard, Osborne and Arthur Miller.

• Introduction ; Intertexuality and authorship: toward non-linear forms ; Chapter 1. Sondheim's genius by Stephen Banfield ; Chapter 2. Sondheim and postmodernism by Robert McLaughlin ; Chapter 3. "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught": Oscar Hammerstein's influence on Sondheim by Dominic Symonds ; Chapter 4. "Old situations, new complications": tradition and experiment in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Robert Gordon ; Chapter 5. Anyone Can Whistle as experimental theatre by David Savran ; The art of making art ; Chapter 6. The Prince-Sondheim legacy by Miranda Lundskaer-Nielsen ; Chapter 7. "Growing pains": revising Merrily We Roll Along by Andrew Buchman ; Chapter 8. "Give Us More to See": the visual world of Stephen Sondheim's musicals by Bud Coleman ; Chapter 9. Orchestrators in their own words: the sound of Sondheim in the 21st century by Nathan Matthews ; Chapter 10. "Nothing More than Just a Game": the American Dream goes bust in Road Show by Garret Eisler ; Sondheim in performance ; Chapter 11. "It Takes Two": the doubling of actors and roles in Sunday in the Park with George by Olaf Jubin ; Chapter 12. "Something Just Broke": Assassins after the Iraq War - a production and its reception by Joanne Gordon ; Chapter 13. Sondheim on the London stage by Matt Wolf ; Chapter 14. "And One for Mahler": an opera director's reflections on Sondheim in the subsidized theatre by Keith Warner ; Sondheim across the media ; Chapter 15. Evening Primrose: Sondheim and Goldman's television musical by Robynn J. Stilwell ; Chapter 16. From screen to stage: A Little Night Music and Passion by Geoffrey Block ; Chapter 17. More Sondheim: original music for movies by Roger Hickman ; Chapter 18. Attending the tale of Sweeney Todd: the stage musical and Tim Burton's film version by David Thomson ; Sondheim across genres ; Chapter 19. A Little Night Music: the cynical operetta by Joseph Swain ; Chapter 20. into song: Sondheim tackles Greek Frogs by Marianne McDonald ; Chapter 21. Sweeney Todd: From melodrama to musical tragedy by Millie Taylor ; Chapter 22. "Careful the Spell You Cast": Into the Woods and the uses of disenchantment by Ben Francis ; Sondheim, identity and society ; Chapter 23. Keeping company with Sondheim's women by Stacy Ellen Wolf ; Chapter 24. Follies: musical pastiche and cultural archaeology by Robert Lawson-Peebles ; Chapter 25. Narratives of progress and tragedy in Pacific Overtures by Paul Filmer ; Chapter 26. Queer Sondheim by Scott F. Stoddart ; Chapter 27. Sondheim's America; America's Sondheim by Raymond Knapp ; Bibliography ; Index

"You'll be glad you did all those bicep curls when you pick up The Oxford Handbook of Sondheim Studies...fascinating, revealing, provocative."--The Bay Area Reporter

Robert Gordon is Professor of Drama and Director the Pinter Centre for Performance and Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London . He is an actor, playwright, critic and director who has written on acting theory, post-war British theatre, South African theatre, Oscar Wilde, Pirandello, Pinter, Stoppard, Osborne and Arthur Miller.

• Introduction ; Intertexuality and authorship: toward non-linear forms ; Chapter 1. Sondheim's genius by Stephen Banfield ; Chapter 2. Sondheim and postmodernism by Robert McLaughlin ; Chapter 3. "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught": Oscar Hammerstein's influence on Sondheim by Dominic Symonds ; Chapter 4. "Old situations, new complications": tradition and experiment in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Robert Gordon ; Chapter 5. Anyone Can Whistle as experimental theatre by David Savran ; The art of making art ; Chapter 6. The Prince-Sondheim legacy by Miranda Lundskaer-Nielsen ; Chapter 7. "Growing pains": revising Merrily We Roll Along by Andrew Buchman ; Chapter 8. "Give Us More to See": the visual world of Stephen Sondheim's musicals by Bud Coleman ; Chapter 9. Orchestrators in their own words: the sound of Sondheim in the 21st century by Nathan Matthews ; Chapter 10. "Nothing More than Just a Game": the American Dream goes bust in Road Show by Garret Eisler ; Sondheim in performance ; Chapter 11. "It Takes Two": the doubling of actors and roles in Sunday in the Park with George by Olaf Jubin ; Chapter 12. "Something Just Broke": Assassins after the Iraq War - a production and its reception by Joanne Gordon ; Chapter 13. Sondheim on the London stage by Matt Wolf ; Chapter 14. "And One for Mahler": an opera director's reflections on Sondheim in the subsidized theatre by Keith Warner ; Sondheim across the media ; Chapter 15. Evening Primrose: Sondheim and Goldman's television musical by Robynn J. Stilwell ; Chapter 16. From screen to stage: A Little Night Music and Passion by Geoffrey Block ; Chapter 17. More Sondheim: original music for movies by Roger Hickman ; Chapter 18. Attending the tale of Sweeney Todd: the stage musical and Tim Burton's film version by David Thomson ; Sondheim across genres ; Chapter 19. A Little Night Music: the cynical operetta by Joseph Swain ; Chapter 20. into song: Sondheim tackles Greek Frogs by Marianne McDonald ; Chapter 21. Sweeney Todd: From melodrama to musical tragedy by Millie Taylor ; Chapter 22. "Careful the Spell You Cast": Into the Woods and the uses of disenchantment by Ben Francis ; Sondheim, identity and society ; Chapter 23. Keeping company with Sondheim's women by Stacy Ellen Wolf ; Chapter 24. Follies: musical pastiche and cultural archaeology by Robert Lawson-Peebles ; Chapter 25. Narratives of progress and tragedy in Pacific Overtures by Paul Filmer ; Chapter 26. Queer Sondheim by Scott F. Stoddart ; Chapter 27. Sondheim's America; America's Sondheim by Raymond Knapp ; Bibliography ; Index

"You'll be glad you did all those bicep curls when you pick up The Oxford Handbook of Sondheim Studies...fascinating, revealing, provocative."--The Bay Area Reporter

Robert Gordon is Professor of Drama and Director the Pinter Centre for Performance and Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London . He is an actor, playwright, critic and director who has written on acting theory, post-war British theatre, South African theatre, Oscar Wilde, Pirandello, Pinter, Stoppard, Osborne and Arthur Miller.

• Introduction ; Intertexuality and authorship: toward non-linear forms ; Chapter 1. Sondheim's genius by Stephen Banfield ; Chapter 2. Sondheim and postmodernism by Robert McLaughlin ; Chapter 3. "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught": Oscar Hammerstein's influence on Sondheim by Dominic Symonds ; Chapter 4. "Old situations, new complications": tradition and experiment in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Robert Gordon ; Chapter 5. Anyone Can Whistle as experimental theatre by David Savran ; The art of making art ; Chapter 6. The Prince-Sondheim legacy by Miranda Lundskaer-Nielsen ; Chapter 7. "Growing pains": revising Merrily We Roll Along by Andrew Buchman ; Chapter 8. "Give Us More to See": the visual world of Stephen Sondheim's musicals by Bud Coleman ; Chapter 9. Orchestrators in their own words: the sound of Sondheim in the 21st century by Nathan Matthews ; Chapter 10. "Nothing More than Just a Game": the American Dream goes bust in Road Show by Garret Eisler ; Sondheim in performance ; Chapter 11. "It Takes Two": the doubling of actors and roles in Sunday in the Park with George by Olaf Jubin ; Chapter 12. "Something Just Broke": Assassins after the Iraq War - a production and its reception by Joanne Gordon ; Chapter 13. Sondheim on the London stage by Matt Wolf ; Chapter 14. "And One for Mahler": an opera director's reflections on Sondheim in the subsidized theatre by Keith Warner ; Sondheim across the media ; Chapter 15. Evening Primrose: Sondheim and Goldman's television musical by Robynn J. Stilwell ; Chapter 16. From screen to stage: A Little Night Music and Passion by Geoffrey Block ; Chapter 17. More Sondheim: original music for movies by Roger Hickman ; Chapter 18. Attending the tale of Sweeney Todd: the stage musical and Tim Burton's film version by David Thomson ; Sondheim across genres ; Chapter 19. A Little Night Music: the cynical operetta by Joseph Swain ; Chapter 20. into song: Sondheim tackles Greek Frogs by Marianne McDonald ; Chapter 21. Sweeney Todd: From melodrama to musical tragedy by Millie Taylor ; Chapter 22. "Careful the Spell You Cast": Into the Woods and the uses of disenchantment by Ben Francis ; Sondheim, identity and society ; Chapter 23. Keeping company with Sondheim's women by Stacy Ellen Wolf ; Chapter 24. Follies: musical pastiche and cultural archaeology by Robert Lawson-Peebles ; Chapter 25. Narratives of progress and tragedy in Pacific Overtures by Paul Filmer ; Chapter 26. Queer Sondheim by Scott F. Stoddart ; Chapter 27. Sondheim's America; America's Sondheim by Raymond Knapp ; Bibliography ; Index

"You'll be glad you did all those bicep curls when you pick up The Oxford Handbook of Sondheim Studies...fascinating, revealing, provocative."--The Bay Area Reporter