Passion
by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti, James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim

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

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subtle, rhapsodic and full of emotional depth."

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

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

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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.