On Sondheim: An Opinionated Guide (43 page)

and Hammerstein’s artistry,
24

and Hammerstein’s influence on Sondheim,
4

impact on performers’ careers,
8

and integration in musicals,
121

and Sondheim’s background,
2

and Sondheim scores,
148

Oland, Warner,
101

Oliver!
,
82

Oliver, Edna May,
40

“Ol’ Man River” genre,
20
,
21
n,
51
n

O’Neill, Eugene,
4
–
5
,
22
,
112
–
13
,
135

One Worlds
(Wilke),
23
n

On the Town
,
121

Oppenheimer, George,
5

Oresteia
(Aeschylus),
113

Original Story By
(Laurents),
45

Oswald, Lee Harvey,
16
,
129
,
131

Pacific Overtures
,
96–102

and Aronson’s retirement,
109

Assassins
compared to,
129

cast recordings,
179
,
180

and evolution of Sondheim’s style,
10

and gay content in Sondheim works,
15

historical setting of,
145

original form of,
70

and power of narrative in musicals,
11

and Prince-Sondheim collaboration,
25

and Sondheim’s characters,
68

and Sondheim scores,
64

and
Sunday in the Park With George
,
121

Pacino, Al,
152

The
Pajama Game
,
33
–
34

Parker, Dorothy,
8

Parsons, Estelle,
153

Pasatieri, Thomas,
153
n

Passion
,
132–39

cast recordings,
180
–
81
,
185

and Lapine’s influence,
16

Passione d’Amore
(1981),
132
–
34
,
138

Patinkin, Mandy,
118

Patrick, Leo,
5

Paulus, Diane,
17

Peer Gynt
(Ibsen),
156

Perkins, Anthony,
135
,
149
,
153

Perry, Matthew Calbraith,
96
–
100

Peter Pan
,
150
n

Peters, Bernadette,
91
,
118
,
124

Pinter, Harold,
71

Pitt, George Dibdin,
104

Playwrights Horizons,
128
,
129

Porgy
(Heyward),
17

Porgy and Bess
,
5
,
17
,
70
,
106
,
138

Porter, Cole

and
Anyone Can Whistle
,
56
,
58

and
Do I Hear a Waltz?
,
62

and film musicals,
150

and
Follies
,
80

influence on Sondheim,
7

and
Pacific Overtures
,
97

and
Saturday Night
,
33

sexual identity,
14

and Sondheim’s background,
1

Porter, Linda Lee,
14

A
Pray By Blecht
,
9

Prest, Thomas Peckett,
103
–
4

Preston, Robert,
135

Price, Lonny,
110

Prince, Hal

and cast recordings,
175

and Chaotic Age subject matter,
12

collaborations with Sondheim,
10
,
15
,
25
–
29
,
118
–
19
,
138

and
Company
,
66
–
67
,
69
–
70
,
74

and the concept musical,
25
,
27
–
29

and
Do I Hear a Waltz?
,
65

and
Follies
,
77
,
79
,
83

influence on Sondheim,
8
–
9
,
18

and innovation in Sondheim musicals,
13

and inspirations for Sondheim’s musicals,
104

and
A Little Night Music
,
86
–
88
,
91
,
93
–
95

and
Merrily We Roll Along
,
110
,
114
,
115

and
Pacific Overtures
,
96
,
98

and power of narrative in musicals,
11

and
Road Show
,
144

and
Saturday Night
,
34
–
35

and Sondheim’s film musicals,
150

and
Sunday in the Park With George
,
123

and
Sweeney Todd
,
103
,
109

and
West Side Story
,
37

Princess Theatre,
11

Public Theater,
146

Quilley, Denis,
82

Raft, George,
1

Raitt, John,
8

Rattigan, Terence,
63

Ravel, Maurice,
87

realism,
29

Reams, Lee Roy,
15

Redford, Robert,
73
n

Reds
(1981),
152

Reed, Florence,
113

Remick, Lee,
54
–
55
,
57
–
59
,
82

Renoir, Jean,
87

Rent
,
107
–
8

Resnais, Alain,
151
–
52

Rich, Frank,
98
–
99

Rickman, Alan,
155

Rigg, Diana,
84

Ring Round the Moon
,
86
–
87
,
95

Rivera, Chita,
37
,
38
,
40
–
41
,
43

Road Show
,
144–49

cast recordings,
182

and gay content,
15

and Lapine’s influence,
16

and
The Last Resorts
,
6

poker game scene,
147
n

Robbins, Jerome

and Brecht plays,
9

and cast recordings,
168
–
69

and conflict in productions,
13

critiques of musical numbers,
41
n

and
Do I Hear a Waltz?
,
65

and
Forum
,
51

and
Gypsy
,
44
–
48

influence on Sondheim,
7
–
8
,
18

and inspirations for Sondheim’s musicals,
104