On Sondheim: An Opinionated Guide (40 page)

Fiddler on the Roof
,
52

Field, Ron,
115

Fillmore, Millard,
96

Finian’s Rainbow
,
10
–
11
,
20

Finishing the Hat
(Sondheim),
58

Finn, Terry,
110

Fiorello!
,
47

Flower Drum Song
,
101
,
127

Follies
,
77–85

and
Beggar on Horseback
,
5
n

cast recordings,
168
,
175
–
78
,
180
–
82
,
184

and the concept musical,
25
,
28
,
29

and film musicals,
151
,
156

and gay content in Sondheim works,
15

and happy endings in Sondheim works,
125

and inspirations for Sondheim’s musicals,
112

and Lapine’s libretto,
16

A Little Night Music
compared to,
91
,
93
,
94

original form of,
70

and plot of
Passion
,
134
n

and power of narrative in musicals,
11

and Sondheim’s characters,
68
,
136
,
147

and Sondheim’s compositions,
36

and Sondheim’s style,
10

and Sondheim’s worldview,
23

and
Sweeney Todd
,
105

Ford, Gerald,
130

Fosca
,
132
–
34
,
137
–
39
,
137
n

Franchi, Sergio,
60
,
61
–
62
,
64

Freedley, Vinton,
11

free will theme,
22
–
23

Fritzhand, James,
14

The
Frogs
,
140–43
,
181
,
184

Fromme, Squeaky,
130

Front Porch in Flatbush
,
33

Fuller, Larry,
109

Funny Girl
,
5

A
Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum
,
49–53

cast recordings,
185

complex plot,
125

and film musicals,
155

and Sondheim’s creative control,
8
–
9

Furth, George

and
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
,
73
n

and collaborations with Sondheim,
88

and
Company
,
10
,
66
,
69
–
70
,
71
,
73

and film musicals,
153

and inspirations for Sondheim’s musicals,
104

and
Merrily We Roll Along
,
110
,
112
,
114
,
115
–
16

Garber, Victor,
128
,
144

Garfield, James,
128

Garland, Judy,
58

Gelbart, Larry,
49
,
52
–
53

Gemignani, Alexander,
144

Gennaro, Peter,
37
,
38
,
42
,
43

George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
,
6

Gershwin, George,
7
,
56
,
62
,
79
,
109

Gesamtkunstwerk
,
37
,
38
,
42

Getting Away With Murder
,
153

Gilford, Jack,
155

The
Gingham Girl
,
34

Gingold, Hermione,
86
,
91
,
92
n

Giraudeau, Bernard,
137

Gleason, Joanna,
124

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,
145
–
46

Golden, Annie,
128

Golden Age,
135

Goldman, James

and cast recordings,
176

and character interactions,
136

and collaborations with Sondheim,
88

and
Follies
,
10
,
77
,
80
–
81
,
83
–
84

and Sondheim’s film musicals,
150

Goldwyn, Samuel,
34

Good Boy
,
8

Goodman Theatre,
146

Good News!
,
35
–
36
,
136

Gould, Chester,
152

The
Grand Tour
,
122

Gray, Dolores,
55
n,
82
,
84

Greek tragedy,
22

Green, Adolph,
154

Green, Jesse,
142

Griffith, Robert E.,
37

Grimes, Tammy,
91
,
94

Grusin, Dave,
152

Guardino, Harry,
55
–
57
,
59

Guare, John,
9

Guiteau, Charles,
128
,
129

Guthrie, Tyrone,
8

Guys and Dolls
,
82

Gypsy
,
44–48

Anyone Can Whistle
compared to,
55

cast recordings,
169
–
70
,
179

and character humor,
148

and evolution of Sondheim’s style,
9

and film musicals,
154

London opening,
104

and Merman’s influence,
7

Robbins on,
41
n

scenery,
92

and Sondheim’s Big Broadway background,
119

and Sondheim’s characters,
68

Wanting Song of,
34
–
35

Hadary, Jonathan,
128

Hall, Michael C.,
144

Hammerstein, James,
2
–
3

Hammerstein, Oscar

and background of Sondheim,
1
–
3
,
4

and cast recordings,
171
n,
172
–
73
,
186

and character interactions,
135
,
136
,
138

and
Company
,
66
,
67
,
76

contrasted with Lapine,
16

and creative act-structures,
125

death,
62

and de Mille,
17

and evolution of Sondheim’s style,
10

and film musicals,
150

and
Flower Drum Song
,
101

and
Forum
,
50

and
Gypsy
,
45

influence on Sondheim,
7
–
8
,
23
–
25

and integration in musicals,
156

and
Merrily We Roll Along
,
116
–
17