Conducted during the last years of the iconic composer's life, a deeply personal collection of interviews highlights the legend's work and his opinions and thoughts on music, movies, family, New York, aging, and the creative process.
What The Reviewers Say
Charles McNulty,
The Los Angeles Times
Brazenly entertaining.
Chris Hewitt,
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune
D.T. Max seems like the wrong person for the New Yorker to have assigned to profile the late, legendary composer.
Jeremy McCarter,
The Wall Street Journal
A lot of what Sondheim said was familiar to people who know and love his work, but there were also some poignant new insights, like how much trouble he was having finding words and music for the Buñuel.
Publishers Weekly
Max...mixes his own commentary with the raw and revealing transcripts from his conversations with Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021) near the end of the composer’s life, conducted for what became a posthumous profile.