Six By Sondheim
''Six by Sondheim'' is an HBO television documentary which pays tribute to Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. The film was directed and co-produced by James Lapine, based on an idea by Frank Rich and "centers on the backstory of six great Sondheim songs". Film The film has performances of six of Sondheim's signature songs: # " Something's Coming" (''West Side Story''), # "Opening Doors" ('' Merrily We Roll Along''), # " Send in the Clowns" (''A Little Night Music''), # " I'm Still Here" (''Follies''), # "Being Alive" (''Company'') and # "Sunday" (''Sunday in the Park with George''). In the documentary, Sondheim himself performs along with Audra McDonald, Jeremy Jordan, Darren Criss, America Ferrera, Jackie Hoffman and Laura Osnes. The documentary contains archival footage as well as footage shot for a revue of Sondheim's music that played on Broadway in 2010 titled ''Sondheim on Sondheim''. The documentary consists of both original short films of several of the s ...
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