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Stephen Sondheim
Stephen
Sondheim, Michael Bennett, and Hal Prince: Company
Sondheim, Stephen. Company; a Musical Comedy. Libretto by George Furth.
First edition.
New York, Random House [c1970]
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Sondheim, Stephen. Vocal Selections from Company. Libretto by George Furth
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[New York] : Herald Square Music Co. and Rilting Music, c1970.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Company ushered in the era of "concept" musicals: a series
of vignettes exploring
relationships in contemporary urban society. The collaboration of Sondheim,
choreographer Michael Bennett and Hal Prince as producer and director won
the
show both the Drama Critics' Circle and the Tony for best musical. Notable
songs
include The Ladies Who Lunch and Side by Side by Side.
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Follies
Sondheim,
Stephen. Follies; a musical. Libretto by James Goldman.
First edition.
New York, Random House [1971].
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Sondheim, Stephen. Follies : vocal selections.
[New York] : Music of the Times Pub. Co., c1971.
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A second collaboration of Sondheim, Bennett, and Prince, Follies took
place
at a reunion of Ziegfeld-like showgirls in a theatre about to be torn down.
The past and the present of the characters are woven together and all their
"follies" examined.
Notable songs include Follies (Beautiful Girls) and
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A Chorus Line
Hamlisch,
Marvin. A Chorus Line. Conceived, choreographed, and directed
by
Michael Bennett; libretto by James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante; lyrics
by
Edward Kleban.
New York : Applause, 1995
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Hamlisch, Marvin. Vocal selections from the Joseph Papp production of
Michael
Bennett's A Chorus Line. Lyrics by Edward Kleban.
[New York] E. H. Morris; [C. Hansen, distributor, 1975]
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Choreographer Michael Bennett's tribute to the unheralded dancers of
the
chorus ran fifteen years on Broadway. It was "developed" over several
years at Joseph Papp's Public Theater before transferring to Broadway.
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