Six by Sondheim

Q&A director James Lapine moderated by JBFC Board Member Dori Berinstein

2013. 86 m. James Lapine. HBO Documentary Films. US. English. Rated NR.

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Directed by Tony Award-winner and frequent Sondheim collaborator James Lapine, Six by Sondheim is a highly personal profile of a great American artist as revealed through the creation and performance of six of his iconic songs. Told primarily in Sondheim’s own words, this feature documentary weaves together dozens of interviews with the composer, rarely seen archival material spanning more than half a century (including newly discovered footage of Ethel Merman performing Gypsy) and re-stagings of three songs produced especially for the film.

Copies of James Lapine’s newest book, Putting it Together, will be available for purchase courtesy of The Village Bookstore.

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Q&A director James Lapine moderated by JBFC Board Member Dori Berinstein

Monday, May. 2 2022, 7:00

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Director James Lapine has collaborated with Stephen Sondheim on several acclaimed shows, writing the book for and directing Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, Passion and Sondheim on Sondheim. He has received three Tony Awards, five Drama Desk Awards and the Pulitzer Prize. Lapine executive produced Six by Sondheim along with New York magazine’s Frank Rich, a former chief theatre critic for the New York Times and currently an executive producer of the Emmy-winning HBO comedy series Veep. Lapine recently authored the book, Putting it Together about the making of Sunday in the Park with George.

Dori Berinstein is a four-time Tony-winning Broadway producer, an Emmy-award-winning director, producer and writer of film and television. Dori’s most recent Broadway production is The Prom (Best Musical – Drama Desk Award), for which she partnered with Ryan Murphy on the Netflix adaptation. Dori is the Co-Founder and CEO of Broadway Podcast Network, the digital headquarters for top theatre podcasts, musical podcasts and plays, and virtual theatre-related programming.