Tick Tock syllabus

Zoom link:

https://tinyurl.com/TalkSSwithGail

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Session #1 – Monday, January 6

Time Stops, Time Flows: How and when Sondheim’s songs stop time (rarely and intentionally.)

How Sondheim’s scores solve problems of time inherent in the books.

Company

Session #2 – Monday, January 13

Follies, Pacific Overtures, Merrily We Roll Along

No class on January 20 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Session #3 - Monday, January 27

Assassins, Sunday in the Park with George

Preparation:

You do not have to do a thing to prepare. But please note that this is not an introductory class. It is a look at a particular recurring them in Sondheim’s work – time – across several musicals. If you are not already familiar with the musicals we will be exploring, you might enjoy class more if you watch full length videos ahead of time. Here are just a few of several available on YouTube.

Company (NY Phil concert version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhCA5EmgPwk

Follies (National Theatre)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oe5Ebc9XXY

Pacific Overtures (original Broadway Production)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv6_med0tFM

Merrily We Roll Along (Menier Chocolate Factory production)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3gNXy5-lHc

Assassins (Encores! (2017)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qFpgOm37q4&t=3s

Sunday in the Park with George (original Broadway production)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFQGkm2VFy4