On Sondheim: An Opinionated Guide (42 page)

Lieberson, Goddard,
42

Liebeslieder Singers,
25
–
26
,
87
,
90
,
92

The
Lieutenant
,
123

Li’l Abner
,
99

Lincoln, Abraham,
131

Lincoln Center,
142
,
143

L’Invitation au Château
(Ring Round the Moon)
,
86
–
87
,
95

A
Little Night Music
,
86–95

cast recordings,
168
,
178
–
79
,
183
,
185

and characters of Sondheim,
68

and the concept musical,
25
–
26

and creative staging,
123

and evolution of Sondheim’s style,
10
–
11

and gay content in Sondheim works,
15

and “happy endings” in Sondheim works,
125

and Henrik’s “Later,”
93
n

and innovation in Sondheim musicals,
13

and
Sweeney Todd
,
104

Little Red Ridinghood
,
124

Littlewood, Joan,
74

Loesser, Frank,
34
,
58

Long Day’s Journey Into Night
,
81

Look, I Made a Hat
(Sondheim),
8
,
15
,
119
,
135

Lori-Parks, Suzan,
17

Los Angeles Times
,
143

Love Life
,
25

Luke, Keye,
101

Mackintosh, Cameron,
22
,
84

Mack & Mabel
,
122
–
23

MacRae, Heather,
115

Mako,
96
,
101

Mallory, Victoria,
90

Mame
,
63

Mamoulian, Rouben,
28
n

Mandel, Frank,
20

Mann, Terrence,
128

Manon
,
135

Manzoni, Alessandro,
132

Marie, Julienne,
64

Marker, Preshy,
49

Marlowe, Faye,
3

Marshall, Rob,
156

Martin, Andrea,
154

Martin, Mary,
5
,
48
,
61
,
150
n

Martin Beck Theatre,
127

Marx, Groucho,
51
,
132

Marx, Harpo,
113

Marx Brothers,
52

Massenet, Jules,
135

Massey, Daniel,
84

Maxwell, Elsa,
113

Mazzie, Marin,
115
,
132

McCarthy, Kevin,
153

McCarty, Mary,
82

McClintic, Guthrie,
113

McGillin, Howard,
144

McKechnie, Donna,
82

McKenzie, Julia,
82
,
84
,
125

McKinley, William,
129

McMartin, John,
77
,
83
,
151

McMillin, Scott,
121

McQueen, Steve,
101

Mendes, Sam,
130
–
31
,
144

Menier Chocolate Factory,
94
–
95
,
131

Merman, Ethel

and cast recordings,
169
–
70
,
179

and character humor,
148

and film musicals,
154

and
Gypsy
,
44
–
48

influence on Sondheim’s career,
7

popularity of,
5

and
Road Show
,
144
–
45

Merman: An Autobiography
(Merman),
47

Merrick, David,
56
,
104
,
145

Merrily We Roll Along
,
110–17

and cast recordings,
180

critical reviews of,
118

and evolution of Sondheim’s style,
10

and gay content in Sondheim works,
14

and
The Legendary Mizners
,
145

and
Road Show
,
146

Michell, Keith,
54
–
55

Midler, Bette,
154

Miller, Ann,
82

Miller, Arthur,
71

Miller, Marilyn,
8
,
45
,
135

Mizner, Wilson,
145

Modernism,
132
,
137

Moffo, Anna,
139

Monk, Debra,
128

Montgomery, Robert,
4

Montresor, Beni,
62

Moody, Ron,
82

Moore, Sara Jane,
128
–
30

Mordente, Tony,
40

Morgan, Helen,
8

Morrison, Ann,
110
,
115

Mostel, Zero,
49
,
52
–
53
,
155

The
Most Happy Fella
,
138

Mother Courage
,
29

Mourning Becomes Electra
(O’Neill),
113

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus,
87

multi-function unit sets,
50
n

Murphy, Donna,
132
,
137
,
138

The
Musical as Drama
(McMillin),
121

Music In My Heart
,
20

The
Music Man
,
25
,
121

My Fair Lady

Follies
compared to,
84

and integration in musicals,
121

and Mary Martin,
5

opening,
52

and production billing conflicts,
17

production costs,
13
n

and second act opening numbers,
107
–
8

Shaw’s libretto,
88

success of,
42

Naughty Marietta
,
99

Nelson, Gene,
77
,
83

Newman, Paul,
73
n

The
New Moon
,
20

Newsweek
,
83

New York Theatre Workshop,
146

New York Times
,
17
,
94
,
142

Night Must Fall
,
3

Niles, Richard,
112
–
13
,
117

Nixon, Richard,
128
–
29

No, No, Nanette
,
149

nonlinear narrative,
110
–
11

Norma
,
134
–
35

No Strings
(1962),
62

Nunn, Trevor,
94
–
95

Odets, Clifford,
1
,
73

off-Broadway shows,
15
,
35
,
102
,
110
,
119
,
131

O’Hara, John,
144

Oklahoma!

cast recordings,
172

and character interactions,
135

and
Company
’s characters,
76

and film musicals,
154