315 episodes

This is a podcast about Stephen Sondheim's entire body of work show by show and song by song. Each week Kyle Marshall invites an expert to discuss a Sondheim song in-depth. Together they discover the humour, how the songs inform character, and any hidden meanings. Most importantly they try to understand the man behind the music, the Shakespeare of our time, as best they can.

Putting It Together Kyle Marshall

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    • 4.9 • 113 Ratings

This is a podcast about Stephen Sondheim's entire body of work show by show and song by song. Each week Kyle Marshall invites an expert to discuss a Sondheim song in-depth. Together they discover the humour, how the songs inform character, and any hidden meanings. Most importantly they try to understand the man behind the music, the Shakespeare of our time, as best they can.

    Children Will Listen and Finale – Into the Woods (with Ben Malone)

    Children Will Listen and Finale – Into the Woods (with Ben Malone)

    While "Children Will Listen" has been used as a standalone song since the original production premiered, it's part of the entire finale of Into the Woods. Ben Malone joins Kyle to discuss how the musical concludes.
    You can follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/benmmaloneOr on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benmmalone
    We are using four productions to frame our discussion of Into the Woods.
    The Original Broadway Cast (1987) starring Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, and Chip Zien.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/46hBVdX
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/48HHfsE
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/3ZEDtMF

    The Broadway Revival (2002) starring Vanessa Williams, Kerry O’Malley, and Stephen DeRosa.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/3RL3rwb
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3rISQHd
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/3rzQg6z

    The film adaptation (2014) starring Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and James Corden.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/3PPFPE6
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/48C44y2
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/46hu14r

    The Broadway Revival (2022) starring Patina Miller, Sara Bareilles, and Brian d’Arcy James.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/3F13gVZ
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3ZKqd9u
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/3LMvs2w
    Send feedback to puttingittogetherpodcast@gmail.com
    Keep up to date with Putting It Together by following its social media channels.
    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/puttingittogetherpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/sondheimpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sondheimpodcast


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    • 1 hr 5 min
    No One is Alone – Into the Woods (with Charlotte LeMay)

    No One is Alone – Into the Woods (with Charlotte LeMay)

    How can a song whose message is "no one is alone" feel so lonely? Charlotte LeMay returns to dig into the complicated emotions that run through this song.
    You can contact Charlotte here: charlottelemay1@icloud.com
    We are using four productions to frame our discussion of Into the Woods.
    The Original Broadway Cast (1987) starring Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, and Chip Zien.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/46hBVdX
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/48HHfsE
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/3ZEDtMF

    The Broadway Revival (2002) starring Vanessa Williams, Kerry O’Malley, and Stephen DeRosa.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/3RL3rwb
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3rISQHd
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/3rzQg6z

    The film adaptation (2014) starring Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and James Corden.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/3PPFPE6
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/48C44y2
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/46hu14r

    The Broadway Revival (2022) starring Patina Miller, Sara Bareilles, and Brian d’Arcy James.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/3F13gVZ
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3ZKqd9u
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/3LMvs2w
    Send feedback to puttingittogetherpodcast@gmail.com
    Keep up to date with Putting It Together by following its social media channels.
    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/puttingittogetherpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/sondheimpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sondheimpodcast


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    • 50 min
    Pennies From Heaven (movie) with Will C. White – Sondheim Adjacent

    Pennies From Heaven (movie) with Will C. White – Sondheim Adjacent

    Bernadette Peters co-starred in the movie Pennies From Heaven. In this Sondheim Adjacent episode Will C. White returns to discuss if this is a successful musical and the lost art of movie choreography.
    William's website: http://www.willcwhite.comWilliam's Twitter: https://twitter.com/willcwhiteWilliam's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/willcwhite
    Send feedback to puttingittogetherpodcast@gmail.com
    Keep up to date with Putting It Together by following its social media channels.
    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/puttingittogetherpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/sondheimpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sondheimpodcast


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    • 36 min
    No More – Into the Woods (with Ryan Mardesich)

    No More – Into the Woods (with Ryan Mardesich)

    Is the Baker going to run away from his problems or stay and face them? Ryan Mardesich returns to discuss how this song contains some good fatherly advice from an unlikely source.
    Find out more about Ryan Mardesich on his website: https://www.ryanmardesich.com/welcomeAnd follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanmarrrr/
    We are using four productions to frame our discussion of Into the Woods.
    The Original Broadway Cast (1987) starring Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, and Chip Zien.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/46hBVdX
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/48HHfsE
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/3ZEDtMF

    The Broadway Revival (2002) starring Vanessa Williams, Kerry O’Malley, and Stephen DeRosa.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/3RL3rwb
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3rISQHd
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/3rzQg6z

    The film adaptation (2014) starring Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and James Corden.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/3PPFPE6
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/48C44y2
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/46hu14r

    The Broadway Revival (2022) starring Patina Miller, Sara Bareilles, and Brian d’Arcy James.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/3F13gVZ
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3ZKqd9u
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/3LMvs2w
    Send feedback to puttingittogetherpodcast@gmail.com
    Keep up to date with Putting It Together by following its social media channels.
    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/puttingittogetherpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/sondheimpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sondheimpodcast


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    • 47 min
    Witch's Lament – Into the Woods (with Shoshana Greenberg)

    Witch's Lament – Into the Woods (with Shoshana Greenberg)

    The Witch is very upset and expresses her raw nerves through song. Shoshana Greenberg returns to discuss how this song is a prelude to "Children Will Listen" and the interesting acting choices you can make while performing it.
    Listen and subscribe to the musical theater podcast Scene to Song here: https://scenetosong.podbean.com/
    Visit Shoshana's website here: shoshanagreenberg.comYou can follow her on Twitter at @vmarshmellow
    Or on Instagram at @shoshanacreates
    We are using four productions to frame our discussion of Into the Woods.
    The Original Broadway Cast (1987) starring Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, and Chip Zien.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/46hBVdX
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/48HHfsE
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/3ZEDtMF

    The Broadway Revival (2002) starring Vanessa Williams, Kerry O’Malley, and Stephen DeRosa.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/3RL3rwb
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3rISQHd
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/3rzQg6z

    The film adaptation (2014) starring Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and James Corden.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/3PPFPE6
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/48C44y2
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/46hu14r

    The Broadway Revival (2022) starring Patina Miller, Sara Bareilles, and Brian d’Arcy James.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/3F13gVZ
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3ZKqd9u
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/3LMvs2w
    Send feedback to puttingittogetherpodcast@gmail.com
    Keep up to date with Putting It Together by following its social media channels.
    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/puttingittogetherpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/sondheimpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sondheimpodcast


    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    • 56 min
    Your Fault / Last Midnight – Into the Woods (with Matt Koplik)

    Your Fault / Last Midnight – Into the Woods (with Matt Koplik)

    So whose fault is it? Matt Koplik returns to discuss how the idea of blame is explored in the two songs "Your Fault" and "Last Midnight." Plus they get into detail about what makes a good witch.
    You can listen to Broadway Breakdown here: https://podtail.com/en/podcast/broadway-breakdown-1/And you can follow Matt on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/mattkoplik/
    Get tickets for My First Sondheim here: https://54below.org/events/my-first-sondheim/#:~:text=In%20honor%20of%20the%20late,impactful%20catalogue%20of%20Stephen%20Sondheim.
    We are using four productions to frame our discussion of Into the Woods.
    The Original Broadway Cast (1987) starring Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, and Chip Zien.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/46hBVdX
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/48HHfsE
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/3ZEDtMF

    The Broadway Revival (2002) starring Vanessa Williams, Kerry O’Malley, and Stephen DeRosa.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/3RL3rwb
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3rISQHd
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/3rzQg6z

    The film adaptation (2014) starring Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and James Corden.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/3PPFPE6
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/48C44y2
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/46hu14r

    The Broadway Revival (2022) starring Patina Miller, Sara Bareilles, and Brian d’Arcy James.
    You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://bit.ly/3F13gVZ
    Or listen to it on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3ZKqd9u
    Or buy it on Amazon: https://bit.ly/3LMvs2w
    Send feedback to puttingittogetherpodcast@gmail.com
    Keep up to date with Putting It Together by following its social media channels.
    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/puttingittogetherpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/sondheimpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sondheimpodcast


    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    • 1 hr 44 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
113 Ratings

113 Ratings

Pete from Princeton ,

God is in the details…

…and this podcast does not miss a single one of them. I am so glad I’ve discovered Kyle when he was a guest on Broadway Breakdown with Matt Koplik. Kyle’s podcast is so detailed and meticulous—every lyric, every word of Sondheim scores are explored and examined with an array of terrific guests. Bravo! Sidebar: The timbre of Kyle’s voice is engaging, a joy to listen to.

Beth (not March) ,

Required Listening

This is the podcast I’ve been looking for my whole life (or at least as long as podcasts have existed). Even as a Sondheim mega-fan, I come away from each episode with new info or a new perspective on the brilliance of his lyrics.

Nativenewyorker123 ,

Gold. Brilliant. THANK YOU

If you are Sondheim addicted, this is your fix. Such a good podcast. So thorough.

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