Prof of Drama at Queen's University Belfast. Rep’d by @Inkwellmgmt Tweets mine alone. 🏳️🌈 'How Sondheim Can Change Your Life' @AtriaBooks @eburypublishing
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29 Feb 2024
Sondheim news! Here's the cover for my new book 'How Sondheim Can Change Your Life', out in November @AtriaBooks Pre-orders now available. #sondheim #writerslift
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“I was someone in a tree.”
We have a real treat for you today: our interview with James Dybas, the original “someone” in a tree.
50 years after PACIFIC OVERTURES, James reflects on the extraordinary show he is forever part of:
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Apr 12
A massively well-deserved win for ‘Into the Woods’ @_bridgetheatre … Last performance is 30 May. #sondheim #olivierawards @OlivierAwards
Apr 12
The winner of Best Musical Revival, supported by Piper-Heidsieck, is Into The Woods with music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim & book by James Lapine at @_bridgetheatre.
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ALT The winner of Best Musical Revival, supported by Piper-Heidsieck, is Into The Woods with music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim & book by James Lapine at the Bridge Theatre.
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Mar 22
A joy to celebrate @OlivierAwards nominees at a splendid afternoon tea at the Londoner Hotel. Thanks @cunardline for inviting me. London theatre is thriving!
#olivierawards #cunard #westend #theatre #london
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Mar 19
the best part of this follies documentary is when everyone is enraptured by barbara cook and then it cuts to elaine stritch and she's trying on shoes
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Mar 6
A joy to sign copies of SHAKESPEARE’S HOUSE at—you guessed it—Shakespeare’s house in Stratford upon Avon. Come visit Shakespeare’s birthplace and read about its surprising history. @ShakespeareBT @Ardenpublisher
#shakespeare #hamnet #stratforduponavon #books
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In the New York Times, I ponder Jonathan Groff's evolution into a bona fide matinee idol. A very rare example of a nice guy finishing first.
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Stephen Sondheim's friends Martin Milnes and Peter E. Jones launch LOVING YOU: THE UNTOLD SONDHEIM, a new podcast series
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Jonathan Groff to Lead All-Male 'As You Like It' as Royal Shakespeare Company Unveils 2026-27 Season variety.com/2026/theater/new…
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Feb 13
‘My Funny Valentine’ 🎥🍿🎶❤️
Feb 13
Blue Moon, Richard Linklater's portrait of Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart, will be available to stream on Netflix on Saturday, February 14.
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Jan 19
“I am not hiding behind my canvas. I am living in it.”
The real Georges Seurat WAS living in his canvas, hidden from view for more than a century.
The vase of flowers below was once Seurat himself, at his easel. It would have been his only self-portrait. He painted over it.
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Why, for centuries, have people kept turning up at Shakespeare’s Birthplace?
Richard Schoch @PRShakes reveals the 18th-century publicity stunt that turned the humble house where Shakespeare was born into the tourist attraction it is today.
Read now: bit.ly/44D4moD
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Jan 16
“I can’t talk about it without crying.”
Sondheim speaking about the painting at the heart of Sunday in the Park with George:
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18 Dec 2025
Everything’s Coming up Roses — origin of an iconic Broadway lyric. 👇Read more about it in HOW SONDHEIM CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE 📚📚now in paperback @AtriaBooks @EburyPublishing
#sondheim #books #Christmasgifts
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8 Dec 2025
Thanks @washingtonpost for including HOW SONDHEIM CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE in your recommended paperbacks list. Honored to be named alongside Cher! 😊 @AtriaBooks #sondheim #books
8 Dec 2025
@washingtonpost recommends @PRShakes's HOW SONDHEIM CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
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7 Dec 2025
A joy to sign copies of my Sondheim book @NationalTheatre shop. They tell me it's been their top-seller for 2025. Thank you, musical theatre fans! 📚🎶🎭
#sondheim #books #musicaltheatre
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28 Nov 2025
Hey, o⃥l⃥d⃥ new friends! 👋
We publish a new Sondheim essay & interview each week, free to all. 200 pieces to date. You’d be so welcome to join our community! (You get a crossword as a welcome gift, too.)
No account required - just an email address.
Link below 👇
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28 Nov 2025
‘Everything’s Coming up Roses’ in my Sondheim class!! 🎭🎶 I write about teaching his songs in HOW SONDHEIM CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE…now in paperback @AtriaBooks
#sondheim #books #Christmasgifts
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