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Mays, Cecil and Sondheim

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Marc Myers
Jul 24, 2012
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Our greatest living Broadway composer is Stephen Sondheim. All you have to do is sit through A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sunday in the Park with George or Into the Woods to be smitten by his wordplay and bitten by his melodies. The songs win you over because they are like the couple in Two for the Road—at odds and in love. Sondheim's…

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