# sondheim (blogs) — RSS Amplifier

Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover sondheim.

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## [Mind Rhymes: Lyrics for Naughty Brains on Alert](https://thebroadwaymaven.substack.com/p/mind-rhymes-lyrics-for-naughty-brains)

_2026-08-19 · David Benkof · MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast_

Examples from Shrek to South Park to Sondheim

## [Rick Pender's New "Sweeney Todd" Study Is Smooth but Has a Few Nicks](https://thebroadwaymaven.substack.com/p/rick-penders-new-sweeney-todd-study)

_2026-08-12 · David Benkof · MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast_

Quasi-biography of Sondheim's masterpiece may be too good, at least

## [Sunrise, Sunset, Silence: The sound of Tevye's "other hand" clapping](https://thebroadwaymaven.substack.com/p/sunrise-sunset-silence-the-sound)

_2026-08-05 · David Benkof · MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast_

Does Fiddler's patriarch become the God he's been wrestling with?

## [Choosing a what? Why Bobby's friends keep speaking in metaphors](https://thebroadwaymaven.substack.com/p/choosing-a-what-why-bobbys-friends)

_2026-07-29 · David Benkof · MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast_

Company's vivid images are an argument: Get off your rump

## [GUEST ESSAY: Do I hear a waltz? If it's a Richard Rodgers show, the answer is likely yes](https://thebroadwaymaven.substack.com/p/guest-essay-do-i-hear-a-waltz-if)

_2026-07-22 · David Benkof · MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast_

For six decades, the legendary composer turned a relic of operetta into Broadway drama

## [HEADLINE: Extra! Extra! How "Gypsy" Is Built](https://thebroadwaymaven.substack.com/p/headline-extra-extra-how-gypsy-is)

_2026-07-15 · David Benkof · MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast_

Broadway's best book is also its most carefully constructed. Read it.

## [Special Episode of "Broadway Jeopardy!" (BONUS issue)](https://thebroadwaymaven.substack.com/p/special-episode-of-broadway-jeopardy)

_2026-07-12 · David Benkof · MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast_

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## [Please look after this bear: Paddington looms large over next season's new musicals](https://thebroadwaymaven.substack.com/p/please-look-after-this-bear-paddington)

_2026-07-08 · David Benkof · MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast_

A cuddly four-foot stowaway could help Broadway rebound from a grisly year

## [The Preamble: Lynn Ahrens Celebrated America Long Before Ragtime](https://thebroadwaymaven.substack.com/p/the-preamble-lynn-ahrens-celebrated)

_2026-07-01 · David Benkof · MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast_

"I Feel Like Everything I Know I Learned on Schoolhouse Rock"

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## [What's the point? Five "Sunday" blasts](https://thebroadwaymaven.substack.com/p/whats-the-point-five-sunday-blasts)

_2026-06-24 · David Benkof · MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast_

A quintet of fresh perspectives on the Sondheim-Lapine masterwork