[Previous posts for March 22nd may be found here: Stephen Sondheim & Andrew Lloyd Webber and Gerard Hoffning.
Other items concerning Sondheim are found here: "Send in the Clowns" and tribute limerick.]
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Stephen Sondheim (b. 22 March 1930) is an American composer and lyricist primarily for the Broadway theater.
There are six limericks; phone users will need to scroll down to see them all.
Mixed Metaphor (A Funny thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)
Among the Sondheimian scores
This frolic with virgins and whores
Evinces that farce is
A kind of catharsis,
When comedy reigns ‘til it pours.
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Sex in the City (Company)
“Should Company’s plot be updated?”
Is a question that’s hotly debated.
There are those who would lobby
For re-gendering Bobby,
With the couples more modernly mated.
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Picture Perfect (Sunday in the Park with George)
If you’re out in the park with Seurat
And he suddenly bellows, “Aha!”,
It’s then that you’ll know
That he’s seen a tableau
Of the picturesque petty bourgeois.
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I Wish (Into the Woods)
If you’re weighing the bads and the goods
In the story of Into the Woods,
You will find before long
There’s no right, there’s no wrong,
But plenty of woulds, shoulds, and coulds.
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What’s on the Menu (Sweeney Todd)
Though the sight of cadavers is gruesome,
Mrs. Lovett decided to use some.
She fashioned meat tarts
From the tastiest parts --
I’m sure she would love to serve you some.
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Amateur Theatricals (Director’s Dilemma)
When they’re planning the season, and you
Are in charge of amateur crew,
There’s always a pest
Who is quick to suggest,
“Let’s do a Steve Sondheim revue!”
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