Mar 31, 2024
We're continuing our miniseries on Sondheim's conversation songs. This episode, we ask a very simple question: can a song simulataneously be about absolutely nothing and abosolutely everything? And we answer it with a resounding, "Yes," -- at least it can if the song is question is "Someone in a Tree" from Pacific Overtures. Join us as we try to pick apart the strands of this masterpiece and discuss Sondheim's favorite of his own songs.
All clips are from 1976's Pacific Overtures featuring
Mako as the Reciter, James Dybas as the Old Man, Gedde Watanabe as
the Boy, and Mary Hsu Syers as the Warrior and are protected by the
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