Cost and Registration Information
Early Registration Price (January 8 at 9 am** – January 25 at 4 pm): $220
Regular Registration Price (January 25 at 4 pm – first day of class): $242
** Registration opens online at 9 am. Phone registration will be accepted starting at 10 am.
Members, seniors, and students get a 10% discount.
Seminar Description
Stephen Sondheim is widely considered to be the most accomplished composer and lyricist ever to write for the American musical theater stage. A firm believer in the collaborative process and the power of the perfect rhyme, Sondheim has created a series of daring and indelible scores for Broadway. This seminar will focus on songs from six of Sondheim’s masterpieces, including Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd, and Sunday in the Park with George.
Six sessions. E - $220, L - $242
Douglas Post is an award-winning playwright whose works have been produced around the world. He has taught at Northwestern University, DePaul University, and Victory Gardens Theater. He currently teaches playwriting at Chicago Dramatists and serves on the Council of the Dramatists Guild of America.
Materials List
Required:
- Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, Company, TGC Books, 1996. ISBN: 978-1559361088
- James Goldman and Stephen Sonheim, Follies, TGC Books, 2001. ISBN: 978-1559364171
- Hugh Wheeler and Stephen Sondheim, A Little Night Music, Applause Books, 1991. ISBN: 978-1557830708
- Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, Pacific Overtures, TGC Books, 1991. ISBN: 978-1559360661
- Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, Sweeney Todd, Applause Books, 1991. ISBN: 978-1557830661
- Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, Sunday in the Park with George, Applause Books, 1991. ISBN: 978-1557830685
First Reading:
- For the first class, please read Company by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth.
This class is part of the Newberry’s Adult Education Seminars Program. Learn more about our registration procedures.