STEPHEN SONDHEIM:
Art Isn’t Easy
By Daniel Okrent
"A superb biography of the musical master. Packed with gossip and incident, this book is also a FASCINATING study in the gestation of genius.... THE ENTIRE BOOK IS SHEER DELIGHT."
—Emma Brockes, The Guardian
“A marvelous feast full of new insights….I COULDN’T HAVE LIKED IT MORE.”
—John McWhorter, New York Times
“A TERRIFIC BOOK, THE BEST THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT STEVE. It captures him from every angle, and I learned things about him I never knew.”
—James Lapine, librettist, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Passion
"Daniel Okrent’s SUPERB new biography, Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn’t Easy, is a tightly written, emotionally perceptive, and OFTEN EXHILARATING study of a Broadway giant.”
―Chip Brown, Air Mail
“Packed between the covers of this slim volume is THE STEPHEN SONDHEIM I KNEW, evoked with insight, empathy, and elegance. A powerful and compelling read.”
—John Weidman, librettist, Pacific Overtures, Assassins, and Road Show
“One of the BEST BIOGRAPHIES I’ve ever read.”
—Bill Goldstein, WNBC-TV
“Drawing on rich research, Okrent vividly captures a clever, sensitive, complicated, and sometimes abrasive artist, and sheds fresh light on even Sondheim’s most well-known productions. It’s A STELLAR PORTRAIT of an American theater giant.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)