{"product_id":"the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia-9781538115862","title":"The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e is the first reference volume devoted to the works of this prolific composer and lyricist. The encyclopedia's entries provide readers with detailed information about Sondheim's work and key figures in his career, including his apprenticeship, his early work with Leonard Bernstein, and his work on television. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRick Pender\u003c\/b\u003e has been an award-winning theater critic since 1986. He has written for \u003ci\u003eCityBeat\u003c\/i\u003e, Cincinnati's alternative newsweekly, since it was founded in 1994. He was the newspaper's arts and entertainment editor and is currently a contributing editor, reviewing local theater productions. In 2002 and again in 2017, the Society of Professional Journalists named him Ohio's best critic. Pender is past chair of the American Theatre Critics Association and was the executive editor and publisher of \u003ci\u003eEverything Sondheim\u003c\/i\u003e and managing editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Sondheim Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He was also heard regularly as a broadcast interviewer for WVXU, Cincinnati's National Public Radio affiliate. Pender has interviewed Stephen Sondheim, onstage and in the studio, several times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50529135198482,"sku":"9781538115862","price":175.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9c9db758-337c-41a8-8781-346d49d0fd0f.jpg?v=1731340926","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia-9781538115862","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}