STEPHEN SONDHEIM ia ES cd ae STEPHEN SONDHEIM LOOK, | MADE 7M Finishing the Fat 2010, Knopf) ‘Te fst volume ofthis lng awaited two book st collects Sondheim's ‘ye tem seruraay ght (1959 to Mery We Rll Along (188). Sondheim sels outhis tee cial also ic wrlng:Cnteat provides omarlably clon oad eriiue: of his Hi, pls outpakon ‘ssessmantsof his fevorte ther Init Barin, Loeser, Port, Havre and least favorite (WS. Gilbert Lemer Ha), exlinig why DuBoseifeywar's Iris for Porgy and Bess are superior ora Gets’. There ae tantalizing photo: of his bandwritentyrc sheets, asthe readar car watch ‘Hoss Tur" and “Comedy Tonight” _radual tate shape, and ae pictues fomeach show. Andhis carer ‘ecolecion: might the closest we wil eer gettoa Sondheim Look, Made a Hat (2011, Knopf) ‘Yolume2 fertre Sondheim's vice from Send inthe Far with George (1864 to Roxd Show 2016) plus wrk fem TV (1966's Evening Primrose).movis (Dick Tracy rious productions ot Cana, Witams Cotege musicals, ttncaysongs fr mands ant ‘psc fem sbored project. Of parteler ier ase Senden fires (end commentary Eon four incarnations ofhat secume Ross Show 200), # ie smoniehingterushons evans hit ‘atestageinhis cares, Sondheim wes wing torewitethis wom ‘Hom the grand up 0 many times. In iu oflergthir discussions of “route ici, Sonehei oes apnion of etic, thastical ‘nezds and the prosand cons ofreval.Sonanetm and Lo. by Lraig Laan (1914, Macmuian) ; (1994, De Capo) MM ce sccss sntn:svan tens woke Ye nn. [Suitcaiimts Some ake ee ieeenn een Lewaiinen| Olle SS res ae iat Sans. setups eiecnsne aay athusne naan la {INN {nana ‘Stephen Sondheim: A Lifeby Meryle Secrest (1998, Knopf) Secrest, wit biographies of Sondheim's colaberatrs Leonard ‘Bernsen and ichard Fodgers, provides te firs ul engthbiography or me compose-ynast 2 Hogaphy by Dana Benedict sehen fora 2018 puicatin), Secest examines how Sondheln's nentoeing prepare hin ors creer insorgwting.Sendheimacknowiedges his fgeultrlstionchip wih his mother and sce Geese (albeit iy) and lleaguesdtallngSondhsim’s focus and éevlopment 2s 2 ‘writer and zpeion, occasional stumbling cving tom ore-t- one pares banveen Sondhein’s personal ifeandstage wes, Sondheim i Botbyin Company or his moter is alltheaggressie ‘wonen in his shows). Neverheless, Secests biographyisa wel rave overview of on ofthe unique Iverin Amatican a.