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Six by Sondheim / HBO Documentary Films ; directed by James Lapine ; produced by Liz Stanton.

[New York, New York] : HBO Documentary Films, [2014]

1 videodisc (approximately 86 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

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An intimate and candid look at the life and art of legendary composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim, as revealed through the creation and performance of six of his songs. Told primarily in Sondheim's own words from dozens of interviews, the film includes archival performance footage and original staged productions created for the film. The documentary reveals how art and life have been intertwined for Sondheim since childhood, when his mother's friendship with the family of librettist and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II would introduce the young Sondheim to a surrogate father and artistic mentor, ultimately starting him on the path to a career in the theater.

Rating: TV-14.

Sondheim, Stephen.

Sondheim, Stephen -- Interviews.

Composers -- United States -- Biography.

Musicals -- Excerpts.

Documentary television programs.

Television interviews.

Concert television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Sondheim, Stephen, interviewee.

Lapine, James, television director.

Stanton, Liz, television producer.

Container of (work): Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. West Side story. Something's coming.

Container of (work): Sondheim, Stephen. Musicals. Selections.

HBO Documentary Films, production company, film distributor.

Originally broadcast in 2013.

Editor, Miky Wolf.

DVD; aspect ratio 16:9; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Close captioned.

West Side story : 1957. Something's coming / music by Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (Larry Kert) Merrily we roll along : 1981. Opening doors / a Sabella Entertainment Inc. production, 2013 (Darren Criss, Jeremy Jordan, America Ferrera, Laura Osnes, Stephen Sondheim, Jackie Hoffman) -- A little music : 1973. Send in the clowns / a Ways & Means production, 2013 (Audra McDonald, Will Swenson) -- Company : 1970. Being alive / a film by D.A. Pennebaker (Dean Jones) Follies : 1971. I'm still here / a Killer Moxie production, 2013 (Jarvis Cocker) -- Sunday in the park with George : 1984. Sunday (Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, and the original Broadway cast)

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