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Six by Sondheim

Summary Newly filmed performances from Darren Criss, Jarvis Cocker, America Ferrera, Jackie Hoffman, Jeremy Jordan, Audra McDonald, Laura Osnes, and Will Swenson, are featured in the documentary directed by James Lapine that focuses on six of Stephen Sondheim's songs: "I’m Still Here" from The Follies, “Something’s Coming” from West Side Story; ...

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Six by Sondheim

Season 1 Premiere: Dec 9, 2013
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 12 Critic Reviews
85
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Summary Newly filmed performances from Darren Criss, Jarvis Cocker, America Ferrera, Jackie Hoffman, Jeremy Jordan, Audra McDonald, Laura Osnes, and Will Swenson, are featured in the documentary directed by James Lapine that focuses on six of Stephen Sondheim's songs: "I’m Still Here" from The Follies, “Something’s Coming” from West Side Story; ...

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 12 Critic Reviews
85
92% Positive
11 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 12 Critic Reviews
85
92% Positive
11 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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100
Dec 9, 2013
This is one of the best movies about the artistic process I've seen--a film that can engross and illuminate even if you know nothing of Sondheim.
By Matt Zoller Seitz FULL REVIEW
100
Dec 9, 2013
Riveting, important and lots of fun.
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90
Dec 9, 2013
Lapine uses a half-dozen of Sondheim's most notable songs as a springboard for a biographical study that's contemplative, analytical and transcendentally emotional.
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 5, 2013
Despite the music in James Lapine's documentary, Six By Sondheim, it is archival clips of Mr. Sondheim describing how he writes that make the film a treasure.
By Nancy DeWolf Smith FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 3, 2013
Sondheim’s frequent collaborator James Lapine directs, and he does an excellent job of stitching together interviews from more than four decades, including ones with Mike Douglas and Diane Sawyer, to form a portrait of the composer as both a young and an old man.
By Emily Nussbaum FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 6, 2013
Six By Sondheim is just barely more than the sum of its parts, but when it finally adds up, it feels like many of the master’s best songs and shows: a puzzle that assembles itself right in front of your eyes.
By Emily VanDerWerff FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 9, 2013
Sondheim comes off as distant and a bit cool here, reluctant to make eye contact and often speaking with a professorial air even when he’s talking about himself. But what most people want in Sondheim isn’t a drinking buddy. It’s a musical composer, and in that he qualifies on all counts.
By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • Sabella Entertainment
Initial Release Date: Dec 9, 2013
Number of seasons: 0 Seasons
Rating: Not Rated
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Awards

Peabody Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Nomination
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Nomination

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