Cool – West Side Story (with Ben Zuk)

Show Notes

What's considered cool nowadays? Stephen Sondheim definitely didn't create the word cool, but he used it to great effect in West Side Story. While this may not be his most lyrically complex song it certainly has a purpose. Ben Zuk joins the podcast with his thoughts on the song and why it is so physically demanding to the performers.

Ben mentions his email which is: [e-mail] 

What a fugue is:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAFETgpt9PA&t

Cool being performed on The Ed Sullivan Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_IvknEFZGs

Ansel Elgort has apparently been cast as Tony in Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story: https://variety.com/2018/film/news/ansel-elgort-west-side-story-steven-spielberg-1202964116/

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What is Putting It Together?

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.