Forbidden Broadway: Behind the Mylar Curtain (35 page)

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[SAILORS exit as PATTI shoos them off.]

[She returns to the mike and throws her arms up in the
Evita pose; lights dim to spot as she sings. ]

"Into the Words"

[Pulsating music. Lights up on a bearded man at the
side of the stage. He is STEPHEN SONDHEIM.]

STEPHEN

Once upon a time, there was a great songwriter called
Stephen Sondheim. He had many, many hit shows,
among which were Sunday in the Park with George.
I DOT enters. [

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[A SWEENEY TODD enters.[

STEPHEN

Sweeney Todd...

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STEPHEN

... and the fairy tale musical of 1988, Into the Woods.

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STEPHEN

All the characters in all the shows were very happy to
be in a prestigious Sondheim musical, except for a few
things ...

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