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  • Formaat: Hardback, 320 pages, kõrgus x laius: 210x146 mm, 17 b-w illus.
  • Sari: Jewish Lives
  • Ilmumisaeg: 26-May-2026
  • Kirjastus: Yale University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0300270216
  • ISBN-13: 9780300270211
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 320 pages, kõrgus x laius: 210x146 mm, 17 b-w illus.
  • Sari: Jewish Lives
  • Ilmumisaeg: 26-May-2026
  • Kirjastus: Yale University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0300270216
  • ISBN-13: 9780300270211
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A revelatory look at the complex inner world of one of the twentieth centurys most beloved theatrical composers

[ An] illuminating consideration of Sondheims long career. Without grandstanding in a game of biographical gotcha, Okrent takes up key themes of Sondheims life and links them persuasively to songs in his shows.David Hajdu, The Atlantic

A stellar portrait.Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Stephen Sondheim (19302021) was a towering figure in American musical theater. Celebrated for such iconic Broadway shows as Company, Sweeney Todd, and Into the Woods, his accolades include eight Tony Awards, multiple Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Pulitzer Prize. In this intimate biography, Daniel Okrent follows Sondheim through the tumult of his upbringing and his parents divorce, his life-changing relationship with Oscar Hammerstein II and subsequent immersion in musical theater, and his rise to fame as both a lyricist and composer.

Okrent shines new light on Sondheims complicated emotional life, wavering self-confidence, and alcoholism, drawing on the artists intimate correspondence with such notable figures as Hal Prince, Leonard Bernstein, and Arthur Laurents; exclusive interviews with his close friends and collaborators, including James Lapine and John Weidman; and Sondheims own oral history, which remained closed until his death. He also reveals a previously unknown (and crucial) aspect of the infamous letter from Sondheims mother that made him believe she regretted his birth. As Okrent explores the ways Sondheims music and lyrics express the inner man, he shows us a life that was defined by two parallel arcs: the movement from alienation to connection, and from ambivalence to resolution.

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Stephen Sondheim: Art Isnt Easy is a terrific book, the best that has been written about Steve. It captures him from every angle, and I learned things about him I never knew.James Lapine, librettist, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Passion

Packed between the covers of this slim volume is the Stephen Sondheim I knew, evoked with insight, empathy, and elegance. A powerful and compelling read.John Weidman, librettist, Pacific Overtures, Assassins, and Road Show

A marvelous feast of new insights.John McWhorter, New York Times

[ An] illuminating consideration of Sondheims long career. Without grandstanding in a game of biographical gotcha, Okrent takes up key themes of Sondheims life and links them persuasively to songs in his shows.David Hajdu, The Atlantic

One of the best biographies I have ever read.Bill Goldstein, NBC New York

Excellent. . . . Sondheim, whose work I adore, emerges as a monstre sacreFrench for a super-talented divaunder the pen of biographer Daniel Okrent.Alex Beam, Boston Globe

Drawing on rich research, Okrent vividly captures a clever, sensitive, complicated, and sometimes abrasive artist, and sheds fresh light on even Sondheims most well-known productions. Its a stellar portrait of an American theater great.Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A brisk, engaging read that avoids hagiography. Okrent highlights the emotional frailties that coexisted with the brilliance and generosity.Julia Klein, Los Angeles Times

[ A] short, shrewd biography of the legendary composer/lyricist. . . . An indispensable supplement to our understanding of a musical theater giant.Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Daniel Okrents superb new biography is a tightly written, emotionally perceptive, and often exhilarating study of a Broadway giant.Chip Brown, Air Mail

In this compact, densely pleasurable life of Stephen Sondheim, Daniel Okrent has achieved the remarkable feat of bringing to fresh life an endlessly chronicled subject in a compellingly readable and authoritative way.James Kaplan, author of Irving Berlin

An intricate, elegant tour through the life and psyche of an uneasy genius. Okrents book is stuffed with new matter and fascinating insights even for specialists like me whove been immersed in Sondheims biography and art for decades.Laurie Winer, author of Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical

Daniel Okrent had careers as a book and magazine editor and was the first public editor of the New York Times. He is the prize-winning author of six books, including The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America, and Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. He lives in New York City and on Cape Cod.