Signature Theatre

1. Who played the Witch in the original Broadway cast of Into the Woods?

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Bernadette Peters slayed in the role of the Witch, and she came back to the role for the celebrated PBS American Playhouse recording of the show.

2. Finish the Sondheim lyric: Come on something, come on in, don’t be shy, meet a guy…

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Tony sings this line in "Something's Coming" from West Side Story – it's a perfect song about the optimism and anticipation of youth.

3. With which of these famous Broadway writers has Stephen Sondheim NEVER collaborated?

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Jerome Kern is best known for writing Show Boat, along with dozens of other plays and musicals in the early days of Broadway. He passed away when Sondheim was 15.

4. Which Sondheim show was not inspired by a movie or a play?

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Book writer George Furth initially conceived of Company as a series of eleven one-act plays examining upper-middle-class New York marriages. He connected with Sondheim to turn the show into a musical, and now we can cry every time we hear "Being Alive."

5. Sondheim is well known for his love of puzzles and word games, and he published three puzzles in NY Magazine in the 60s. What is the name of the type of puzzle he loves to create?

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Cryptic crosswords are essentially crossword puzzles on extra-hard mode - each clue is a puzzle in and of itself. Try the three puzzles that he published in New York Magazine.

6. Finish the Sondheim lyric: Loving you is…

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Fosca sings "Loving You" as she describes the depth of her feelings for Giorgio in Passion in a beautiful, heart wrenching scene that makes us cry almost as much as "Being Alive."

7. The documentary “The Best Worst Thing that Ever Could Have Happened” follows the Broadway production of which Sondheim show?

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The Best Worst Thing... is a 2016 documentary that follows the creation and tragically short run of Merrily We Roll Along. The filmmakers interviewed actors, producers, designers, and the man himself – if you haven't seen it, check it out!

8. Which major Sondheim role has Bernadette Peters never played on Broadway?

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Bernadette Peters has been called "the premier interpreter of Sondheim's work," but she's never played Fosca in Passion.

9. For which show did Sondheim win the Pulitzer Prize?

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Sondheim won the Pulitzer Prize for Sunday in the Park with George in 1985, and we are all happy that he finished the hat.

10. What is the name of the made-for-TV musical that Sondheim wrote in 1966, set in a department store?

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Evening Primrose follows a young poet who spends the night in a department store and meets a community of people who live there secretly in the dark. Several of the songs (including "Take Me to the World") have been recorded on Sondheim compilation albums, and the movie is available on DVD for you to check off your Sondheim bucket list.