Passion
by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti, James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim

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Readers have a strong appreciation for this musical, praising its beautiful score and emotional depth. Many find it essential to listen to the music while reading the script to fully grasp its complexity. While there are a few critiques regarding accessibility and understanding, the majority celebrate its artistry and Sondheim's genius.

Beautiful scoreEmotional depthMasterful storytellingA must for Sondheim fansChallenging to understand without the score

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Winner of the 1994 Tony Awards for Best Book, Best Music and Lyrics, and Best Musical "Easily among Sondheim's best

subtle, rhapsodic and full of emotional depth."

David Patrick Stearns, USA Today "Hypnotic, rigorous, very risky...a major work."

Vincent Canby, New York Times "Held me in its grip...had me sobbing uncontrollably...Sondheim's deepest, most powerful work."

Robert Brustein, New Republic Passion is the third original collaboration between Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.

Their first, Sunday in the Park with George

, earned them a Pulitzer Prize.

Their second, Into the Woods

, won Tony, Grammy, Drama Desk, and Drama Critics Circle awards.

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Year1994
BindingPaperback
EditionFirst Edition
Pages112
PlaceNew York, NY
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139781559360883
ISBN-101559360887
LCCN94026688
LCCML50.S705 P37 1994
DCC782.1/40268

Passion is a British play written by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti and published by Theatre Communications in New York, NY (1994).

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