1. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Stephen Sondheim
Musical Composers

2. Andrew Lloyd Webber Born in 1948 in London
Parents were both very musically talented
Met music producer TIM RICE at college he became the lyricist for many of Webber’s musicals
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar
Famous for ROCK OPERAS
*Worksheet for Phantom of the Opera

3. “Memory” from Cats “Music of the Night” from Phantom
*Watch first half
*Watch entire video
Phantom main theme (entire video)

4. Stephen Sondheim Born in 1930 in NYC
Master lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II was his mentor
Sondheim's contributions to West Side Story and Gypsy in the 1950s brought him recognition as a rising star of Broadway
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park With George and Into the Woods
An acquaintance with director Arthur Laurents brought Sondheim into contact with composer Leonard Bernstein and choreographer Jerome Robbins, who were looking for a lyricist for a contemporary musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Writing the song lyrics for West Side Story, which opened in 1957, Sondheim thus became part of one of Broadway's most successful productions of all time.

5. “Tonight” and “America” from West Side Story
Watch Prologue from WSS
(Start at 1:25)
*Fill out West Side Story chart

6. “Prologue” from Into the Woods
*Fill out story chart for Into the Woods

7. Conversation with Sondheim
Candid conversation with Sondheim—7 minutes
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8. Backup plans! Entire plot of West Side Story
Entire plot of Into the Woods
Listen to music from all musicals, with no video
Jesus Christ Superstar, Into the Woods, West Side Story, Company, Cats, Phantom, etc.