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SSSSPOTY Finalist Lands Lead Role In Sister Act Tour
Cynthia Erivo, a finalist in 2009′s Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Competition, has been cast in the leading role of Deloris Van Cartier in the UK tour of Alan Menken’s...
View ArticleSondheim commentary on the new WSS blu ray released in November
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/152521-West-Side-Story-Film-Will-Be-Released-on-Blu-ray-in-November-Bonus-Features-Announced “West Side Story” Film Will Be Released on Blu-ray in November; Bonus...
View ArticleSondheim “Prom” at Royal Holloway University
We have received the following message, which will no doubt be of interest to any Sondheim enthusiasts who are near to Royal Holloway University (near Egham, Surrey) My name is Richard Robbins and I go...
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Applications invited for The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of...
The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year will take place on the afternoon of Sun May 27th at The Queens Theatre, with the heats held on Sun April 1st. We are pleased to invite...
View ArticleSweeney opening night and the first reviews (Guardian, Telegraph, Mail, Arts...
BBC News: “Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton have wowed theWest Endwith their murderous performances in Stephen Sondheim’s bloodthirsty musical Sweeney Todd. The pair won a standing ovation when the...
View ArticleBernadette Peters gets an award at the Tony Awards
Congratulations to Society Patron Bernadette Peters on receiving the Isabelle Stevenson Award at the 2012 Tony Awards. The Isabelle Stevenson Award is presented each year to an individual from the...
View ArticleWelcome Back Dress Circle!
Dress Circle, the much mourned, missed and indispensible London theatre shop has reopened for business; still in the old premises. Do go and support it.
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Into the Woods
New INTO THE WOODS US TV commercial! Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s celebrated fairy tale-themed musical INTO THE WOODS is coming to cinemas in the US on Christmas Day and a new TV commercial...
View ArticleNew London production of Into the Woods
All Star Productions are presenting Into the Woods from 7th – 31st October 2014 at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre. James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim take everyone’s favorite storybook characters and...
View ArticleThe ideal present
At this time of year why not give someone special the gift of membership of the Society? It only costs £22 a year and gives access to a wide range of benefits including: Subscription to our Quarterly...
View ArticleWin tickets to the Into The Woods UK Gala
On the evening of Wednesday January 7th there is to be a UK Gala showing of the new film of Into The Woods in central London. Attending will be Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Rob Marshall, and you too...
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Winner of Into the Woods ticket
The winner of the Society competition to attend the gala premier of Into the Woods was Stephen Bates (@thebeastpen) The red carpet premier had director Rob Marshall introduce the stars including Meryl...
View ArticleInto the Woods in the Archive
It is unsurprising that Kingston University holds a great deal on Into the Woods within the Society Archive. The Archive features numerous programmes, playbills and posters of performances of the...
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Student Performer Finalists Announced
The heats for the 9th Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Competition (SSSSPOTY) were held on 15th March at the Royal Academy of Music. Some 72 students auditioned for the judges Ed...
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Broadway stars honour Sondheim on his 85th Birthday
Why Stephen Sondheim is a genius, according to the Broadway stars who love him. Summing up Stephen Sondheim’s six decades in theater is a challenge. After all, this is the composer responsible for...
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Student Performer of the Year Press Release
The following Press Release has just been issued: The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year and The Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Prize 2015 Garrick Theatre, London – Sunday 17th...
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Student Performer winner announced
Erin Doherty, a 22-year-old from Crawley, Sussex, who is in her final term at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School after training for a year at the Guildford School of Acting, took the £1,000 top prize...
View ArticleHey, Old Friends! Gala Announced
To celebrate the 85th birthday of the greatest living composer/lyricist, The Stephen Sondheim Society, in association with Richard Douglas Productions, would like to honour their patron with a...
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Sondheim cabarets coming to the Phoenix
The Society is pleased to announced that we’ll be staging a series of evening cabarets at The Phoenix Artist Club beneath the Phoenix Theatre in Charing Cross Road. The Stephen Sondheim Society...
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