RIP Stephen Sondheim
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Space geneious and inventer of the grunges
Sunday, November 28, 2021 1:48 PM
One of the greats has passed.
I remember this time when the great Sondheim replied to a letter from an aspiring composer/songwriter named Doctor Phil (yours truly, not the bozo on the TV)
I had sent him a synopsis of a libretto I was working on that was called “Cats 2: Even Cattier”. It starts off as a dark and gritty tale of Rum Tum Tugger in the throes of heroin addiction. But then fate slaps that cat upside the head when aliens from Uranus attack and it turns out the only thing that can gum up the alien death rays is cat hair.
So bingo bango bongo ol’ Rum Tum becomes a general and saves all life on Earth. But he sacrifices himself to do so. Then God descends from heaven and tells everybody that Rum Tum is actually a Devine being and instructs them to venerate Rum Tum, who rises from the pet cemetery as a being of light. Then it ends with a nice dance number.
Do any of you weirdos want to guess what Mr. Sondheim said when he replied?
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