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Adam Gopnik talks about Stephen Sondheim throwing away four different endings for the musical A Company before he came up with Being Alive, which he said was a standard practice for Broadway writers.
But yes, every songwriting team and every Broadway songwriter will tell you that even Sondheim threw away four different endings for a company before he arrived at Being Alive.
— Episode: The Mystery of Mastery with Adam Gopnik
Episode: The Mystery of Mastery with Adam Gopnik
Adam Gopnik talks about Stephen Sondheim throwing away four different endings for the musical A Company before he came up with Being Alive, which he said was a standard practice for Broadway writers.
But yes, every songwriting team and every Broadway songwriter will tell you that even Sondheim threw away four different endings for a company before he arrived at Being Alive.
