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Putting It Together

This is a podcast about Stephen Sondheim's entire body of work show by show and song by song. Each week Kyle Marshall invites an expert to discuss a Sondheim song in-depth. Together they discover the humour, how the songs inform character, and any hidden meanings. Most importantly they try to understand the man behind the music, the Shakespeare of our time, as best they can.

West Side Story (2021) with Jennifer Sanford

55 mins; December 10, 2021

Somewhere – West Side Story Redux (with Christine Chen)

51 mins; December 08, 2021

I Feel Pretty – West Side Story Redux (with Christine Chen)

71 hours 19 mins; December 01, 2021

In Memoriam: Stephen Sondheim

12 mins; November 27, 2021

Tonight Quintet – West Side Story Redux (with Christine Chen)

54 mins; November 24, 2021

America – West Side Story Redux (with Christine Chen)

67 hours 7 mins; November 17, 2021

Maria – West Side Story Redux (with Christine Chen)

61 hours 48 mins; November 10, 2021

Four West Side Story recordings (with Zina Lee)

80 hours 53 mins; November 03, 2021

Evita – Sondheim Adjacent

23 mins; October 31, 2021

Liaisons – Sondheim Redux (with Colm Molloy)

50 mins; October 27, 2021

Being Alive – Sondheim Redux (with William C. White)

46 mins; October 20, 2021

Lovely – Sondheim Redux (with Zina Lee)

50 mins; October 13, 2021

Rose's Turn – Sondheim Redux (with Eric Matthew Richardson)

66 hours 51 mins; October 06, 2021

Me and My Town – Sondheim Redux (with Matt Steele)

59 mins; September 29, 2021

I Never Do Anything Twice – The Seven Per Cent Solution (with William C. White)

47 mins; September 22, 2021

Three Pacific Overtures recordings (with Colm Molloy)

61 hours 11 mins; September 15, 2021

Cut Songs from Pacific Overtures

24 mins; September 08, 2021

Next – Pacific Overtures (with Erik Stadnik)

56 mins; September 01, 2021

Pretty Lady – Pacific Overtures (with Ashley Pribyl)

59 mins; August 25, 2021

A Bowler Hat – Pacific Overtures (with Sam Simahk)

61 hours 14 mins; August 18, 2021

Please Hello – Pacific Overtures (with Donatella Galella)

68 hours 2 mins; August 11, 2021

Someone in a Tree – Pacific Overtures (with Thom Sesma)

82 hours 46 mins; August 04, 2021

Welcome to Kanagawa – Pacific Overtures (with Matt Koplik)

69 hours 32 mins; July 28, 2021

Poems – Pacific Overtures (with Christine Chen)

76 hours 2 mins; July 21, 2021

The Music of Pacific Overtures (with William C. White)

41 mins; July 14, 2021

Alvin Ing – An Interview

39 mins; July 07, 2021

Chrysanthemum Tea – Pacific Overtures (with Zina Lee)

73 hours 35 mins; June 30, 2021

Four Black Dragons – Pacific Overtures (with Danielle Breitstein)

50 mins; June 23, 2021

There Is No Other Way – Pacific Overtures (with Chris Dockum)

56 mins; June 16, 2021

The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea – Pacific Overtures (with Rob Urbinati)

80 hours 9 mins; June 09, 2021

Pacific Overtures trailer

2 mins; June 08, 2021

The Frogs: Act 2 (with Justin Havard)

69 hours 4 mins; June 02, 2021

The Frogs: Act 1 (with Jonathan Chisolm)

74 hours 4 mins; May 26, 2021

The 10 Best Sondheim Songs – 1970 to 1975

45 mins; May 19, 2021

Kurt Peterson – An Interview

45 mins; May 12, 2021

This World / Sheep Song – Candide (with Brendan Clifford)

50 mins; May 05, 2021

Life is Happiness Indeed / Auto-Da-Fé – Candide (with Philémon Heutte)

64 hours 5 mins; April 28, 2021

Stavisky (with William C. White)

48 mins; April 21, 2021

The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia (with Rick Pender)

50 mins; April 14, 2021

Ramona Mallory – An Interview

43 mins; April 07, 2021

A Little Night Music movie (1977) with David Youn

52 mins; March 31, 2021

A Little Night Music cut songs

43 mins; March 24, 2021

Four different A Little Night Music recordings (with Matt Steele)

72 hours 22 mins; March 17, 2021

Send in the Clowns – A Little Night Music (with Ashley Pribyl)

69 hours 1 min; March 10, 2021

The Miller's Son – A Little Night Music (with Jared O'Roark)

67 hours 10 mins; March 03, 2021

It Would Have Been Wonderful / Perpetual Anticipation – A Little Night Music (with Eric Matthew Richardson)

57 mins; February 24, 2021

Night Waltz 1 & Night Waltz 2 – A Little Night Music (with William C. White)

43 mins; February 17, 2021

Matthew Gardiner; director of Simply Sondheim

44 mins; February 10, 2021

Anyone Can Whistle: The First Complete Recording (with Joel DeCandio)

41 mins; February 03, 2021

A Weekend in the Country – A Little Night Music (with Colm Molloy)

87 hours 54 mins; January 27, 2021

Every Day a Little Death – A Little Night Music (with Karen Unland)

61 hours 21 mins; January 20, 2021

In Praise of Women – A Little Night Music (with Adrianna Boris)

50 mins; January 13, 2021

Liaisons – A Little Night Music (with Jackson Cooper)

62 hours 55 mins; January 06, 2021

You Must Meet My Wife – A Little Night Music (with Celina Reynes)

52 mins; December 30, 2020

Remember? – A Little Night Music (with Christine Chen)

55 mins; December 23, 2020

The Glamorous Life – A Little Night Music (with Brian Holcomb and Joel Perkin)

73 hours 36 mins; December 16, 2020

Now, Later, Soon – A Little Night Music (with Daniel Bund)

86 hours 11 mins; December 09, 2020

Overture and Night Waltz / Love Takes Time – A Little Night Music

33 mins; December 02, 2020

Smiles of a Summer Night (with David Youn)

44 mins; November 25, 2020

Season 8 Trailer – A Little Night Music

2 mins; November 18, 2020

The Last of Sheila (with Erik Stadnik)

44 mins; November 04, 2020

Which Follies album is the best?

35 mins; October 28, 2020

Follies – Songs That Didn't Make the Cut

44 mins; October 21, 2020

Live, Laugh, Love – Follies (with William C. White)

63 hours 17 mins; October 14, 2020

Make the Most of Your Music – Follies (with Colm Molloy)

54 mins; October 07, 2020

Ah, But Underneath – Follies (with Celina Reynes)

58 mins; September 30, 2020

The Story of Lucy and Jessie – Follies (with Victoria Gordon)

52 mins; September 23, 2020

Losing My Mind – Follies (with Ashley Pribyl)

61 hours 53 mins; September 16, 2020

Buddy's Blues (aka The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues) – Follies (with David Heineman)

54 mins; September 09, 2020

You're Gonna Love Tomorrow / Love Will See Us Through – Follies (with Matthew Sampson)

58 mins; September 02, 2020

Loveland – Follies (with Steve Johnson)

59 mins; August 26, 2020

Could I Leave You – Follies (with Darby Turnbull)

45 mins; August 19, 2020

One More Kiss – Follies (with Marco DeNinis)

41 mins; August 12, 2020

The Right Girl – Follies (with Isaac Bernier-Doyle)

58 mins; August 05, 2020

David Möschler – An Interview

50 mins; July 29, 2020

Too Many Mornings – Follies (with Mackenzie Horner, co-host of Before the Downbeat)

57 mins; July 22, 2020

I'm Still Here – Follies (with Alex Stuive)

75 hours 37 mins; July 15, 2020

Who's That Woman? – Follies (with Karen Unland)

54 mins; July 08, 2020

In Buddy's Eyes – Follies (with Christine Chen)

53 mins; July 01, 2020

Country House – Follies (with Adrianna Boris)

55 mins; June 24, 2020

The Road You Didn't Take – Follies (with Anna Hulkower & Tim Kov; hosts of My Little Tonys)

55 mins; June 17, 2020

Rain on the Roof / Ah, Paris! / Broadway Baby – Follies (with Jonathan Chisolm)

55 mins; June 10, 2020

Waiting For the Girls Upstairs – Follies (with Hugh Summers)

61 hours 59 mins; June 03, 2020

Don't Look At Me – Follies (with Bruno Apresentação)

42 mins; May 27, 2020

Prologue / Beautiful Girls – Follies (with William C. White)

56 mins; May 20, 2020

Season 7 Trailer – Follies

2 mins; May 13, 2020

Being Alive – Company (with Eric Matthew Richardson)

84 hours 13 mins; April 08, 2020

"Losing My Mind: A Sondheim Disco Fever Dream" *BONUS EPISODE* (with Joshua Hinck and Scott Wasserman)

39 mins; April 02, 2020

The Ballad of Buzz Cola (with Michael Price)

49 mins; April 01, 2020

The Ladies Who Lunch – Company (with Jonathan Chisolm)

88 hours 21 mins; March 25, 2020

Barcelona – Company (with Alex Luber)

54 mins; March 18, 2020

Poor Baby / Tick Tock – Company (with Adrianna Boris)

72 hours 42 mins; March 11, 2020

Side by Side by Side – Company (with Ashley Pribyl)

81 hours 42 mins; March 04, 2020

Victoria Gordon – An Interview

43 mins; February 26, 2020

Marry Me a Little – Company (with Darby Turnbull)

77 hours 14 mins; February 19, 2020

Getting Married Today – Company (with Hallie Casey)

58 mins; February 12, 2020

Another Hundred People – Company (with Matthew Sampson)

63 hours 44 mins; February 05, 2020

Someone Is Waiting – Company (with Federico Tedeschi)

70 hours 56 mins; January 29, 2020

Have I Got a Girl For You – Company (with Matt McClendon)

76 hours 25 mins; January 22, 2020

You Could Drive a Person Crazy – Company (with Christine Chen)

65 hours 42 mins; January 15, 2020

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