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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA

BY RICK PENDER

“A wonderful encyclopedia on all things Sondheim that you will love reading.”— , Tony Award- winning actor and star of the original productions of Sunday in the Park with George as Dot and as the Witch

“The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia is impressive in its depth and detail and a fitting testament to Steve’s extraordinary work. It’s also a lot of fun for any musical theater fan to endlessly peruse.” — , playwright and director; bookwriter and director for Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and

“Anyone who's been touched by Stephen Sondheim's extraordinary body of work will be grateful for this bottomless well of facts, figures, anecdotes and insights. A remarkable and entertaining resource.”— , bookwriter for , , and

The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia is the first reference volume devoted to the works of this prolific and lyricist. The encyclopedia’s entries provide readers with detailed information about Sondheim’s work and key figures in his career, including his apprenticeship with Oscar Hammerstein II, his early work with , and his work on television.

Entries include all of his major works and key songs from such musicals as Assassins, , A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, , Into the Woods, , Sunday in the Park with George, , and . Additional entries focus on his key collaborators, from lyricists to directors.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rick Pender has been an award-winning theater critic since 1986. He has written for CityBeat, Cincinnati’s alternative newsweekly, since it was founded in 1994. From 1998 until 2006, he was the newspaper’s arts and entertainment editor and is currently a contributing editor, writing a theater column and reviewing local theater productions. In 2002, the Society of Professional Journalists named him Ohio’s best critic. Pender is a past chair of the American Theatre Critics Association. From 2015 to 2017 he served as executive editor and publisher of Everything Sondheim, a website and quarterly magazine. He was also the managing editor of The Sondheim Review, a quarterly magazine. SPECIAL OFFER 30% DISCOUNT OFFER OFF LIST PRICE PLEASE ORDER USING THIS CODE: RLFANDF30 Hardback • 978-1-5381-1586-2 • $135 list price (sale price $94.50) eBook • 978-1-5381-1587-9 • $128 list price (sale price $89.60) To order, visit www.rowman.com, call 800-462-6420, or print and mail our order form ORDER FORM (Billing in U.S. dollars) Please send me the following book right away: ISBN Title Price Qty. Cost Hardback: after discount: The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia 978-1-5381-1586-2 $94.50 Ebook: after discount: The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia eBooks can only be 978-1-5381-1587-9 $89.60 ordered online.* Promo Code* RLFANDF30 Shipping Costs (see below) CA, CO, CT, IL, MD, ME, NY, OH, PA, TN, TX residents, please add sales tax Total

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