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49: Funny Lady (1975)
Roddy Flynn and Robbie Rozelle are here to kick off our year of sequels and biopics with a musical that is BOTH! Patrick is confused, Robbie has thoughts, and Roddy is deeply offended he's been on this show to talk about THREE different Barbra Streisand movies and none of them are one of the good ones (like Nuts).
48: Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened... (2016)
We close out the year of Sondheim with Kimberly Cooper Schmidt and this miraculous documentary about the last Sondheim/Prince Broadway show & the kids who were in it.
47: Into the Woods (2014)
Courtney Laine Self and Robert W. Schneider are here for this great Sondheim musical that probably should’ve been a better movie.
46.1: tick, tick...BOOM! (2021)
Serena Berman and Robbie Rozelle join Patrick for a discussion of the new Netflix film tick, tick . . . BOOM!. Is it as good as everyone says? Yes. And yes.
46: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Danielle Mohlman and Farrell Parker are here for Tim Burton’s vision of Sondheim’s vision of Christopher Bond’s vision of an old English gothic tale . . .
Sweeney Todd London 1980 - Sweeney Todd Rare 1980 South Bank Show Doc-London Cast
45: Camp (2003)
Stephen Sondheim as an Under 5. Featuring Michael Finke (Elegies) Robbie Rozelle (Mame, et al).
44: Gypsy (1993)
Fan-favorite Kari Ginsburg is here to talk about Gypsy again. But this time it’s Bette!
43: Dick Tracy (1990)
Stephen Sondheim took home one of this film’s 3 Oscars. None of those were for the screenplay. Roddy Flynn and Robert W Schneider join Patrick to break down this beautifully beautiful film.
42: A Little Night Music (1977)
Casey Erin Clark (Little Women) and Kevin David Thomas (Violet) join Patrick to talk about Hal Prince’s screen adaptation of this Sondheim classic that proves good movies are hard to make.
41: The Last of Sheila (1973)
Joanna McKee (Anastasia) and Chris Klimek (It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman) are here (or is it the other way ‘round) for the only screenplay Sondheim has (so far) penned. A murder mystery that plays so fair, the title is a clue.
40: Evening Primrose (1966)
Logan Culwell-Block (Little Shop of Horrors) and Sophie Schulman (Funny Girl) have come for the great, lost Sondheim mini-musical that maybe isn’t that great . . . or lost . . . but it is short!
39: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
James Finley (The Life) and Charlene V. Smith (Man of La Mancha - 1968) join Patrick for a .... comedy? We think. The song says it is. And there are jokes. But then why do we feel so icky?
38: West Side Story (1961)
Kenny Neal (Starlight Express) and Bryan Plofsky (Suessical!) join Patrick for what is certainly the most Academy Award-winning film in the Sondheim filmography: 10 Oscars, including “Best Picture” and “Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture” shared by 4 people (none of whom are named Bernstein or Sondheim).
37: Six by Sondheim (2013)
Tara & Stefania from the Off2Broadway podcast are here for James Lapine’s documentary about the life of Stephen Joshua Sondheim with a shaky framing device.
35: Enchanted (2007)
It’s the ultimate Disney movie that made Amy Adams a household name! With Beth Amann (Wicked) and Megan Bunn (The Band’s Visit).
34: The Apple (1980)
Mary Myers (Songs for a New World) and Chris Stinson (The Real Thing) are here for a dystopian musical about the dark future of 1994 made in 1980. Anything else I type here would make it make less sense.
33: A Star is Born (1976)
Barbra!
Fatigue is setting in.
Barbra!!
Will we make it?
Barbra!!!
This one really threw us.
BARBRA!!!!
32: Anastasia (1997)
Casey Erin Clark (Little Women) and Courtney Laine Self (Crazy for You) join us for a movie that is really two movies: the first is a historical fiction romance and the second is a horror comedy about a dead guy and his talking bat.
31: Can’t Stop the Music (1980)
Robbie Rozelle (Mame, et al.) and Robert W. Schneider (La Cage Aux Folles) are here for a wild one. Where to begin? Valerie Perrine? Steve Guttenberg? THE VILLAGE PEOPLE? BABY JUNE??? Anyway, it was funnier in Angels in America.