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Sunday In The Park With George (Applause Musical Library)

Stephen Sondheim

(Applause Books). Book by James Lapine Introduction by Andre Bishop Winner of the 1995 Pulitzer Prize! " Sunday is itself a modernist creation, perhaps the first truly modernist work of musical theatre that Broadway has produced ... a watershed event that demands nothing less than a retrospective, e...

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Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

Henry was inspired by Larry Owens performing Sunday in the Park with George at a piano bar. It inspired him to explore Sondheim's work more.

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This guy named Larry Owens, who I had never met, came in and sang Sunday in the Park with George.

— Episode: "Die Zauberflöte (He Makes Us Sing)" (w/...

Episode: "Die Zauberflöte (He Makes Us Sing)" (w/ Henry Kop...

Henry was inspired by Larry Owens performing Sunday in the Park with George at a piano bar. It inspired him to explore Sondheim's work more.

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This guy named Larry Owens, who I had never met, came in and sang Sunday in the Park with George.

Episode: "I Put One Finger Up and said YES!" (w/ Michael Ha...

Matt Rogers and his partner were carrying their new cat home and the song 'Finishing the Hat' came on, which inspired them to name the cat George after the musical.

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we just got a new cat and he's named after, um, Finishing the Hat, his name is George, George, Sunday in the Park with George, because we were carrying him home and trying to figure out names and Finishing the Hat weirdly came on, wow

and I think this is Mandy Patinkin, he's like, this, how do you know this stuff? And I'm like, common knowledge to us, yeah

Episode: "Die Zauberflöte (He Makes Us Sing)" (w/ Henry Kop...

Bowen Yang noted his appreciation for Stephen Sondheim's work growing from Henry's piano bar events, and that he subsequently watched the entire production of Sunday in the Park with George on Youtube.

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after the new year I watched All of Sunday in the Park with George it's all on YouTube

this guy named Larry Owens who I had never met came in and sang Sunday in the Park with George which you wouldn't think the opening number which you wouldn't think is like a showstopper yeah everyone left out of their season amazing

Watch What Crappens

The book title came up when discussing a possible mispronunciation of the name Mandy Patinkin.

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No, Potemkin is the Potemkin village, which is a different thing entirely. Gaslighting Potemkin's, the sweet envelope. Though that's what you should have said, Ron. You should have said no, his name i...

— Episode: Below Deck Sailing: SpaghettieWoes

Episode: Below Deck Sailing: SpaghettieWoes

The book title came up when discussing a possible mispronunciation of the name Mandy Patinkin.

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No, Potemkin is the Potemkin village, which is a different thing entirely. Gaslighting Potemkin's, the sweet envelope. Though that's what you should have said, Ron. You should have said no, his name is Mandy Potemkin. That would have been a gaslighting Potemkin moment.

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