[Buoso Donati]

By Michael Paulson
March 16, 2023
Stephen Sondheim’s long-in-the-works Luis Buñuel musical, which he described as unfinished just days before his death, will be staged in New York this fall, giving audiences the chance to see the final show by one of the most important artists in musical theater history.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/theater/sondheim-musical-bunuel-shed.html

 

[SanAntone]

By Michael Paulson
March 16, 2023
Stephen Sondheim’s long-in-the-works Luis Buñuel musical, which he described as unfinished just days before his death, will be staged in New York this fall, giving audiences the chance to see the final show by one of the most important artists in musical theater history.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/theater/sondheim-musical-bunuel-shed.html

I am going to cross post this in the Sondheim composer thread. Thanks for the update - someone else had mentioned it maybe already in the composer thread.

 

[Buoso Donati]

Thank you. I didn't realize there was a Sondheim composer thread started.

 

[Eva Yojimbo]

I feel like I'm more intrigued by this because it's about Luis Bunuel, one of the best filmmakers ever (and one of my personal favorites), than because it's by Sondhiem, but I've never been much for musicals. For anyone that can read the NYTimes link beyond the paywall, does it say what Bunuel films it's based on? He was quite prolific...

 

[Becca]

"The musical, now titled “Here We Are,” is inspired by two Buñuel films, “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie” and “The Exterminating Angel.”"

 

[Becca]

'In an interview days before his death in late 2021, Sondheim described it this way: “I don’t know if I should give the so-called plot away, but the first act is a group of people trying to find a place to have dinner, and they run into all kinds of strange and surreal things, and in the second act, they find a place to have dinner, but they can’t get out.”'

 

[Eva Yojimbo]

Never mind, saw the second post. Guess it makes sense how he could transition from one to the other. Wonder how much of Bunuel's surrealist touches he'll keep.