"The Ladies Who Lunch"
Song
By: Stephen Sondheim
Date: 1970
Source: Sondheim, Stephen. "The Ladies Who Lunch." Company: A Musical Comedy. Winona, Minn.: Hal Leonard, 1970.
About the Artist: Stephen Sondheim (1930–) established his career as a lyricist with the musical West Side Story. He met Oscar Hammerstein, who became a mentor, when he was a child. Sondheim graduated from Williams College, where he studied music. He also studied with Milton Babbitt, an avantgarde composer. Sondheim's musicals include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Sweeney Todd (1979), and Into the Woods (1989).
Introduction
Through the 1960s, audiences generally expected musicals to present linear stories of young lovers who overcame difficulty and ended up happily ever after. Company changed that formula. Instead of a linear story, writer George...
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