Stephen Sondheim by Daniel Okrent review – a superb biography of the musical master The literary world has been abuzz with Daniel Okrent's biography of Stephen Sondheim.
This book is a rich and detailed account of Sondheim's life, revealing as much about the milieu of mid 20th century New York as it does about its subject.
What resonates most in this biography, however, is not just the story of Sondheim's life but the corrosive environment in which he created his art.