"Despite the emergence of the Brown-Lippa-LaChiusa triptych and younger, DIY voices like Lopez/Marx and Joe Iconis and in the post-Larson era, no one writing today even approaches the emotional depth, harmonic complexity and the spiritual clarity evident in the work of the still-living legend Stephen Sondheim. Maybe Adam Guettel, but he supports drilling."
Barack Obama on the late-period musical theatre.
Thanks to Alicia for this tidbit.
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Thanks for the shout out! Even though some researcher probably fed most of those names to Obama, the fact that he is discussing musical theatre at all is a ray of hope for me! :)
I would like to think that Obama has good taste in musicals. He probably doesn't, but the fact that he let this be publicized makes me happy. Hope for the future!! :-)
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