{"id":36529,"date":"2015-04-22T09:26:57","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T13:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=36529"},"modified":"2022-09-29T12:35:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T16:35:39","slug":"wright-stage-stages-sondheim-on-sondheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/04\/22\/wright-stage-stages-sondheim-on-sondheim\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright Stage stages \u2018Sondheim on Sondheim\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Excerpt<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sondheim, considered the greatest living composer of American musical theater, takes the spotlight in the multimedia musical revue \u201cSondheim on Sondheim.\u201d The regional premiere of this entertaining and captivating showcase continues through next Sunday inside Wright State University\u2019s intimate black box Herbst Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Conceived in 2010 by frequent Sondheim collaborator James Lapine (\u201cSunday in the Park with George,\u201d \u201cInto the Woods\u201d), \u201cSondheim on Sondheim\u201d incorporates roughly 100 video segments featuring the prolific composer\u2019s eye-opening testimonials on various aspects of his life and career. Although initially famous for writing the lyrics of \u201cWest Side Story\u201d and \u201cGypsy,\u201d Sondheim eventually revolutionized character, themes and music on Broadway, essentially giving birth to the \u201cadult musical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the article from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daytondailynews.com\/news\/entertainment\/arts-theater\/wright-stage-stages-sondheim-on-sondheim\/nktnK\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dayton Daily News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpt Sondheim, considered the greatest living composer of American musical theater, takes the spotlight in the multimedia musical revue \u201cSondheim on Sondheim.\u201d The regional premiere of this entertaining and captivating showcase continues through next Sunday inside Wright State University\u2019s intimate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/04\/22\/wright-stage-stages-sondheim-on-sondheim\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":36530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4859,715,730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fine-and-performing-arts","category-news","category-wright-state-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130491,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36529\/revisions\/130491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}