![]() ![]() These landed well, with either chuckles or gasps from the audience. Sondheim’s skill as a storyteller-evidenced in the musical selections-was emphasized by footage of interviews that were projected on a screen: the way he introduced an idea, the pauses, the glint in his eye as he set up the crux of an anecdote with a one-two punch. ![]() Long time Sondheim-collaborator director James Lapine conceived the original production. His career had started in earnest in the 1950s, just a few years before he teamed up with Jerome Robbins and Leondard Bernstein as the lyricist for “West Side Story,” which premiered in 1957. (“Sondheim on Sondheim” premiered on Broadway in 2010, when Sondheim was 80. ![]() The show, a mix of video elements and live performance, delved into Sondheim’s life and work, covering his 60+ year career. Lyric Opera’s presentation was an enjoyable musical evening, despite some lusterless production values. Rounding out an eclectic season, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City finished the year with “Sondheim on Sondheim.” It’s a musical revue of Stephen Sondheim’s career as composer and lyricist, his development as an artist woven into a tapestry of some of his best loved works and others less well known. ![]() Daniel Lopez and Rachel Bay Jones perform in Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s “Sondheim on Sondheim,” backed by the Kansas City Symphony. ![]()
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