More news about "Finishing the Hat"
Virgin editorial director Louisa Joyner has bought a two-volume memoir by giant of the musical theatre Stephen Sondheim. The deal was conducted with Sara Menguc, the British co-agent of Sondheim’s long-time agent Helen Brann, for an undisclosed sum. US rights went to Alfred A Knopf.
The first volume, Finishing the Hat - named after a song from Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George” - will be published in autumn 2010, when the composer and lyricist turns 80, and Sondheim will be in the UK for publication. A second volume, Look, I Made a Hat, will follow in 2011.
The publisher said: “These two beautifully produced companion volumes will be rich with history, gossip and delightful details, bringing us back to a time when theatre was truly one of the pillars of culture.” Virgin said there would be “many personal photographs of Sondheim with his contemporaries and collaborators.” (source)
“Look I Made a hat!” is from Lin Manuel Miranda’s Tony acceptance speech for Best Musical in 2008, right?
SO looking forward to these. Also, yes, it’s IN that speech, but that speech was quoting the song.
