Stephen Sondheim and Jerry Herman both clearly love musical theatre. So what exactly did Jerry mean in his Tony Awards speech in 1984? Was he intentionally throwing shade at Stephen Sondheim? And what led up to that moment? They both were gay men who came of age in the same era. Both had a legendary author who encouraged them to keep writing (Oscar Hammerstein for Sondheim and Frank Loesser for Herman). And both loved writing for Angela Lansbury. Yet these two legendary composer/lyricists went i
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Stephen Sondheim and Jerry Herman both clearly love musical theatre. So what exactly did Jerry mean in his Tony Awards speech in 1984? Was he intentionally throwing shade at Stephen Sondheim? And what led up to that moment? They both were gay men who came of age in the same era. Both had a legendary author who encouraged them to keep writing (Oscar Hammerstein for Sondheim and Frank Loesser for Herman). And both loved writing for Angela Lansbury. Yet these two legendary composer/lyricists went i
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