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This page holds primary source interviews with Sondheim, in print and in audio format, as well as articles written by Sondheim, interesting anecdotal information, and organizations that focus on Sondheim the artist.

Primary Sources

Interview with Sondheim on NPR's Fresh Air. Original broadcast: 11/10/88; rebroadcasts: 8/5/93, 3/22/00.

"An Evening With Sondheim." Museum of Television and Radio; videotaped on 10/27/93 and available at the Museum. (Audio of video interview, broadcast on NPR's Fresh Air on 5/9/94.)

"The New Season/Theater; A Musical Isn't Built in a Day, But This Took 47 Years." By Stephen Sondheim, New York Times: Arts and Leisure, 9/12/99.

"Side by Side with Sondheim." Web interview conducted by Bruce Janiga for Sondheim Stage, http://www.sondheim.com/features/stephen_sondheim.html.

"Stephen Sondheim: Anatomy of a Song." Video interview and performance conducted in his home, 1976. (Order through Facets Multimedia.)

"Conversations with Sondheim." Interview by Frank Rich, New York Times Magazine, 3/12/00. http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20000312mag-sondheim.html.

Image of a short letter from Sondheim to Leonard Bernstein, http://www.leonardbernstein.com/studio/element.asp?id=94.

Real Audio clip of Shirley Bernstein speaking of her brother Leonard's first meeting with Sondheim: http://www.leonardbernstein.com/studio/element.asp?id=104.

Periodicals/Organizations

The Sondheim Review – (quarterly publication)
Dept. INMH
P.O. Box 11213
Chicago, IL 60611-0213
1-800-584-1020
http://www.sondheimreview.com/
info@sondheimreview.com

The Stephen Sondheim Society Newsletter – (quarterly publication)
265 Wollaton Vale
Wollaton
Nottingham
NG8 2PX
United Kingdom
http://www.sondheim.org
sondheimsociety@yahoo.com

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