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“Everybody has problems. Nobody goes through life unscathed, and I think if you write about those things, you’re going to touch people,” says Stephen Sondheim in SIX BY SONDHEIM, an intimate and candid look at the life and art of the legendary composer-lyricist. Since his Broadway debut at age 27 as the lyricist for “West Side Story,” Sondheim has redefined musical theatre over the course of a six-decade career through such groundbreaking works as “Company,” “Sweeney Todd” and “Sunday in the Park with George.”
Directed by Tony Award-winner and frequent Sondheim collaborator James Lapine, SIX BY SONDHEIM is a highly personal profile of a great American artist as revealed through the creation and performance of six of his iconic songs. Told primarily in Sondheim’s own words, this feature documentary weaves together dozens of interviews with the composer, rarely seen archival material spanning more than half a century (including newly discovered footage of Ethel Merman performing “Gypsy”) and re-stagings of three songs produced especially for the film.
Original Release
12/09/2013
US Release
12/09/2013
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Barbara Barrie | Herself (archive footage) / Self |
Jack Bashkow | Club Musician |
Charles Braswell | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Susan Browning | Herself (archive footage) / Self |
Glenn Close | Herself (archive footage) / Self |
Jarvis Cocker | Crooner |
George Coe | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Darren Criss | Frank |
John Cunningham | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Yvonne De Carlo | Herself (archive footage) / Self |
Directors
Autumn de Wilde, Todd Haynes, James Lapine
Cast
Name | Character |
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Barbara Barrie | Herself (archive footage) / Self |
Jack Bashkow | Club Musician |
Charles Braswell | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Susan Browning | Herself (archive footage) / Self |
Glenn Close | Herself (archive footage) / Self |
Jarvis Cocker | Crooner |
George Coe | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Darren Criss | Frank |
John Cunningham | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Yvonne De Carlo | Herself (archive footage) / Self |
Judi Dench | Herself (archive footage) / Self |
Steve Elmore | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
America Ferrera | Mary / Herself / Self |
George Hearn | Sweeney Todd (archive footage) / Sweeney Todd |
Jackie Hoffman | Singer #17 |
Hugh Jackman | Curly (archive footage) / Curly |
Glynis Johns | Herself (archive footage) / Self |
Dean Jones | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Jeremy Jordan | Charley |
Larry Kert | Tony (archive footage) / Tony |
Producers
Name | Role |
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James Lapine | Executive Producer |
Susan Benaroya | Executive Producer |
Sheila Nevins | Executive Producer |
Frank Rich | Executive Producer |
Nancy Abraham | Producer |
Gwen Bialic | Producer |
Pamela Koffler | Producer |
Robin Seidon | Producer |
Liz Stanton | Producer |
Jett Steiger | Producer |
Christine Vachon | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2014 | Emmy | Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special | Nominated |