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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

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