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Podcast: Putting It Together
Episode: Free – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (with Erik Stadnik)
Description: Is freedom the necessary essence of democracy? Maybe or maybe not. Erik Stadnik returns to discuss how Pseudolus not only desires freedom but also desires to be looked at as a man. Pseudolus wants to be a real person. Perhaps Sondheim was trying to give characterization to caricatures. Erik's Twitter: https://twitter.com/sjcAusteniteErik's Prague Blog: http://erikspragueblog.blogspot.comYou can purchase Stephen Sondheim's first book of lyrics, Finishing the Hat, by going here: https://amzn.to/2LB9ZJoWe are using three productions to frame our discussion of A...