Stephen Sondheim Papers, 1946-1965

Contents List

Container Title
U.S. Mss 66AN
Series: Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   1
1949 June 21-1960 June 15
Series: Scripts
All That Glitters, 1949
Box   1
Folder   2
Lyrics manuscripts, script A
Box   1
Folder   2
Script B
Anyone Can Whistle, 1964
Box   1
Folder   3
Script A, entitled Side Show: annotated
Box   1
Folder   3
Script B, entitled Side Show, 1963 November 1
Box   1
Folder   3
Script C : rehearsal schedule and cast list, 1963 November 1
Box   1
Folder   3
Script portions
Act I, music and lyrics manuscripts
Box   2
Folder   1
“Opening-I'm Like the Bluebird,” “The Natives are Restless,” “Me and My Town”
Box   2
Folder   2
“Miracle Song,” “The Lame, the Halt, and the Blind,” “There Won't Be Trumpets,” “A Hero Is Coming”
Box   2
Folder   3
“Interrogation”
Act II, music and lyrics manuscripts
Box   2
Folder   4
“A-1 March,” “A Parade in Town,” “Come, Play Wiz Me,” “Anyone Can Whistle,” “Everybody Says Don't”
Act III, music and lyrics manuscripts
Box   2
Folder   5
“Cross Questions,” “I've Got you to Lean On,” “See What it Gets You”
Box   2
Folder   6
“See What It Gets You-reprise,” “Lock 'em Up,” “Cookie Chase Ballet”
Box   2
Folder   7
“There's Always a Woman,” “With so Little to be Sure of” (2 versions)
Act I, Piano-Conductor Parts
Box   3
Folder   1
“Prelude Act I,” “Overture,” “Stamping Music,” “Opening Act I,” “Bluebird Opening,” “Bluebird Reprise,” “Me and My Town,” “Cora's Play Off”
Box   3
Folder   2
“Miracle Song,” “Pumping Music,” “Fay's Monologue,” “There Won't Be Trumpets”
Box   3
Folder   3
“Hapgood's Entrance,” “Interrogation Lead In,” “Interrogation, Parts 1-6, 8”
Act II, Piano-Conductor Parts
Box   3
Folder   4
“Prelude Act II,” “A-1 March,” “A-1 March Incidental,” “Lady From Lourdes”
Box   3
Folder   5
“Come Play Wiz Me,” “Come Play Wiz Me-underscore,” “Come Play Wiz Me-playoff,” “Doctor-underscore,” “Anyone Can Whistle”
Box   3
Folder   6
“Pilgrim's March No. 1-2,” “Everybody Says Don't,” “Don't Ballet-Part I,” “Ballet Tag”
Act III, Piano-Conductor Parts
Box   3
Folder   7
“Corn's Triumphal March,” “I've Got to Lean on You,” “Lean on You-Incidental,” “Double Reprise,” “Cora Chase, Part 1-2”
Box   4
Folder   1
“Cora Chase, Part 3-6, 9, 12,” “Bluebird Incidental,” “With So Little to Be Sure Of,” “Sure of Incidental,” “Finale Ultimo,” “Exit Music”
Act I, Piano Parts
Box   4
Folder   2
“Opening-I'm Like the Bluebird,” “Me and My Town,” “Miracle Song”
Box   4
Folder   3
“Interrogation, Parts 1-8”
Act II, Piano Parts
Box   4
Folder   4
“A-1 March,” “Come Play Wiz Me,” “A Parade In Town,” “Anyone Can Whistle,” “Everybody Says Don't,” “Act II Ballet”
Act III, Piano Parts
Box   4
Folder   5
“I've Got You to Lean On,” “See What It Gets You-Anyone Can Whistle Reprise”
Box   4
Folder   6
“Cora Chase,” “There's Always A Woman,” “With So Little to Be Sure Of”
Box   4
Folder   7
Rejects and revisions
By George, 1946
Box   5
Folder   1
Script
Box   5
Folder   1
Songs: “The Reason Why,” “Senior Waltz,” “It Must Be Spring”
Climb High, 1950-1952
Box   5
Folder   2
Script A : annotated
Box   5
Folder   2
Script B : annotated
Box   5
Folder   2
Script C : annotated
Box   5
Folder   2
Script portions : annotated, and lyrics manuscripts
Box   5
Folder   2
Score
Box   5
Folder   2
Songs: “Chris and David”
Do I Hear A Waltz?, 1965
Box   5
Folder   3
Outline
Box   5
Folder   3
Script A
Box   5
Folder   3
Script B
Box   6
Folder   1
Script C : revised, 1964 September-December
Box   6
Folder   2
Act I, music and lyrics manuscripts: “Someone Woke Up,” “This Week Americans,” “What Do We Do? We Fly,” “Perhaps,” “Someone Like You,” “Piazza Promenade,” “Here We Are Again,” “Two by Two,” “Puccini,” “I No Understand,” “The Emperor's New Clothes,” “Let It Happen”
Box   6
Folder   3
Act II, music and lyrics manuscripts: “Moon In My Window,” “We're Gonna Be All Right,” “Do I Hear A Waltz?,” “Stay and Stay and Stay,” “Perfectly Lovely Couple,” “Everybody Loves Leona,” “Thank You So Much,” “Cuckoo,” “Philadelphia,” “Miscellaneous”
Act I, Piano-Conductor Parts
Box   6
Folder   4
“New York Overture,” “New Opening,” “This Week Americans,” “What Do We Do? We Fly,” “Someone Woke Up Reprise”
Box   6
Folder   5
“Shop-Cue,” “Someone Like You,” “Transition-Figaro to Promenade,” “Perhaps”
Box   6
Folder   6
“Perhaps-utility,” “New Promenade, Part 1-2”
Box   6
Folder   7
“Thinking,” “Emporor Incidental,” “No Understand,” “No Understand-underscore,” “Take the Moment”
Act II, Piano-Conductor Parts
Box   7
Folder   1
“New Entre' act,” “Moon In My Window,” “Window-utility,” “We're Gonna Be All Right,” “Leona Gets the Message,” “Do I Hear A Waltz?”
Box   7
Folder   2
“Waltz Dance Tag,” “Perfectly Lovely Couple,” “Everybody Loves Leona,” “Transition-Leona to Pensions,” “Last Week Americans,” “Final Scene Underscore,” “Thank You So Much”
Box   7
Folder   3
Act I, Piano Parts, “Opening-Someone Woke Up,” “This Week Americans,” “Someone Like You,” “Bargaining,” “Here We Are Again,” “Thinking,” “No Understand,” “Take the Moment”
Box   7
Folder   4
Act II, Piano Parts, “Moon In My Window,” “We're Gonna Be All Right,” “Do I Hear A Waltz?,” “Perfectly Lovely Couple,” “Thank You So Much”
Box   7
Folder   5
Rejects
Box   7
Folder   6
Miscellaneous
The Education of Mr. Blandings
Box   7
Folder   7
Pilot script
A Funny Coincidence
Box   7
Folder   8
Script and notes : annotated
A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to the Forum, 1962
Box   8
Folder   1
Script : master , 1958?
Box   8
Folder   2
Script : annotated , 1959?
Box   8
Folder   3
Script, 1959?
Box   8
Folder   4
Script, 1959 October
Box   8
Folder   5
Script, 1960 January 11
Box   8
Folder   6
Script, 1960?
Box   8
Folder   7
Script, 1961 March 1
Box   9
Folder   1
Script, 1961 June
Box   9
Folder   2
Script and revised script, 1961 November
Box   9
Folder   3
Script, 1962 March 1
Box   9
Folder   4
Script : TAB version, 1964 September
Box   9
Folder   5
Revised script portions, 1961
Box   9
Folder   6
Revised script portions, 1962
Box   9
Folder   7
Script, movie, 1965 February
Music and lyric manuscripts, Act I
Box   10
Folder   1
“Comedy Tonight,” “Love, I Hear,” “Free,” “House of Marcus Lycus”
Box   10
Folder   2
“You're Lovely,” “Pretty Little Picture,” “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid,” “I'm Calm,” “Impossible,” “Bring Me My Bride”
Music and lyric manuscripts, Act II
Box   10
Folder   3
“That Dirty Old Man,” “That'll Show Him,” “Funeral Sequence,” “Finale”
Box   10
Folder   4-5
Music and lyric manuscripts : unused
Piano-Conductor Parts
Box   11
Folder   1
“Overture,” “Comedy Tonight,” “Love, I Hear,” “Free”
Box   11
Folder   2
“House of Marcus Lycus,” “Lovely,” “Pretty Little Picture,” “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid,” “That'll Show Him,” “Bring Me My Bride”
Box   11
Folder   3
“Fanfare,” “Entre'acte,” “Opening-Act II,” “Love is Going Around - underscore,” “Back to the Plot,” “That Dirty Old Man,” “Lovely Reprise,” “Finale Act II”
Box   11
Folder   4
Piano-Conductor inserts
Box   11
Folder   5
Piano-Conductor parts - unused
Box   12
Folder   1
Piano Parts
Box   12
Folder   2
Piano-Conductor score - recording session
Gypsy, 1959
Box   12
Folder   3
Script A
Box   12
Folder   4
Script B
Box   13
Folder   1
Lyric manuscripts
Piano score
Box   13
Folder   2
“Everything's Coming Up Roses,” “Some People,” “If Mama Were Married,” “Little Lamb,” “Small World,” “Momma's Talking Soft,” “Cow Song,” “Some People,” “Together Wherever We Go,” “Daisies Won't Tell Much,” “Baby June and News Boys,” “Cow Recitation,” “Let Me Entertain You,” “Small World”
Box   13
Folder   3
“Farmdance,” “Let Me Entertain You - scene I,” “Toreadorables,” “Mama's Turn,” “If I Had Three Wishes for Christmas,” “All I Need Is the Girl,” “Farm Sequence,” “You'll Never Get Away From Me”
Box   13
Folder   4
Rejects and miscellaneous
Happily Ever After
Box   13
Folder   5
Outlines, notes, and script, 1959 July 5
I Believe In You, 1956
Box   13
Folder   6
Script A : annotated
Box   13
Folder   7
Script B, Act 1, 1956 August 15
In an Early Winter, 1958
Box   13
Folder   8
Script A : annotated
Box   13
Folder   9
Script B : revised, annotated, and shooting schedule
Invitation To A March, 1960
Box   13
Folder   10
Script : annotated
Box   14
Folder   1
Music manuscript and recording notes
The Jet Propelled Couch
Box   14
Folder   2
Outlines and script portions
Box   14
Folder   3
Music and lyrics manuscripts
Box   14
Folder   4
Script for Playhouse 90 : second draft / written by Stanley Roberts, 1957 October 21
The Lady Or the Tiger
Box   14
Folder   5
Original story and treatment : copy
Box   14
Folder   6
Script portions and lyrics manuscripts
Box   14
Folder   7
Script, Act I
Box   14
Folder   8
Music manuscripts
The Man With the Squeaky Shoes
Box   14
Folder   9
Script A : annotated, and synopsis, 1953 April 30
Box   14
Folder   10
Script B
Mary Poppins
Box   14
Folder   11
Treatment
Box   14
Folder   12
Script A, Act I, and script B, entitled Bad Tuesday
Box   14
Folder   13
Script manuscript, notes, music manuscript, script portion
Note: Added- music, “The Sun Is Blue” and notebook, volume 1.
Mizners
Box   15
Folder   1
Outline, music and lyrics manuscripts for a musical play, based on The Legendary Mizners (Alva Johnston)
Box   15
Folder   2
Script and synopsis for Sentimental Guy / by Sam Behrman, 1956 July 24
Note: This musical play, for which Irving Berlin wrote music and lyrics, was also based on The Legendary Mizners.
Mr. Blandings and the Tree Surgeon
Box   15
Folder   3
Script A : annotated, notes
Box   15
Folder   4
Script B
The Rats in the Walls
Box   15
Folder   5
Script
Saturday Night, 1954
M94-241
Folder   1
Script: early draft, copyright 1954 November 1
U.S. Mss 66AN
Box   15
Folder   6
Script
Box   15
Folder   7
Lyrics manuscripts
Box   15
Folder   8
Music and lyrics manuscripts
Box   15
Folder   9
Piano score
Box   15
Folder   10
Annotated songs
Teddy and the Magician
Box   16
Folder   1
Series outline, story outline and treatment, character descriptions
Box   16
Folder   2
Script A : annotated
Box   16
Folder   3
Script B
Topper, 1953
Box   16
Folder   4
Burglar Episode, 1953 September 2
Box   16
Folder   5
Burglar Episode : revised, 1953 September 9
Box   16
Folder   6
Car Episode, 1953 October 27
Box   16
Folder   7
Decorating Episode : unrevised, undated
Box   16
Folder   8
Decorating Episode : revised, undated
Box   16
Folder   9
Decorating Episode, 1953 October 14
Box   16
Folder   10
Economy, 1953 November 9
Box   16
Folder   11
George's Old Flame : original, undated
Box   16
Folder   12
George's Old Flame : revised, 1953 October 8
Box   16
Folder   13
Hiring the Maid : first draft, 1953 July 13
Box   16
Folder   14
Hiring the Maid : revised, undated
Box   16
Folder   15
Socialite Episode, undated
Box   16
Folder   16
Socialite Episode : revised, 1953 August 18
Box   16
Folder   17
Socialite Episode : revised, 1953 August 25
Box   16
Folder   18
Theatrical Episode, 1953 August 18
Box   16
Folder   19
Theatrical Episode : revised, 1953 October 22
Box   17
Folder   1
Trip to Lisbon : original, 1953 November 6
Box   17
Folder   2
Trip to Lisbon : revised, 1953 November 13
Box   17
Folder   3
Untitled script, undated
West Side Story, 1957
Box   17
Folder   4
Script, 1956 January
Box   17
Folder   5
Script, 1956 Spring
Box   17
Folder   6
Script, 1956 March 15
Box   17
Folder   7
Script, 1956 Winter
Box   17
Folder   8
Script : revised, 1957 April 15
Box   17
Folder   9
Script : revised, 1957 May 1
Box   17
Folder   10
Script, 1957 June 1
Box   17
Folder   11
Script, 1957 July 19
Box   17
Folder   12
Script portions
Box   18
Folder   1
Lyrics manuscripts
Box   18
Folder   2
Score: “Prologue,” “Jet Song,” “Something's Coming,” “Dance-Hall Sequence,” “Maria,” “America,” “Cool,” “Duet: One Hand, One Heart”
Box   18
Folder   3
Score: “Quintet (Tonight),” “Rumble,” “I Feel Pretty,” “Ballet Sequence (Somewhere),” “Gee, Officer Krupke,” “A Boy Like That,” “Finale”
Box   18
Folder   4
Unused and revised songs
World of Jules Feiffer, 1962
Box   18a
Folder   1
Scripts, untitled
Box   18a
Folder   2
“The Explainers,” Script A
Box   18a
Folder   3
“The Explainers,” Script B
Box   18a
Folder   4
“Passionella,“ script and notes
Box   18a
Folder   5
“Passionella,” music and lyrics manuscripts
Box   18a
Folder   6
“Passionella,” piano parts
Series: Songs
Box   19
Folder   1
Music and lyrics manuscripts: “Christmas Island At Christmas Time,” “The Girls of Summer,” “High Tor” (From High Tor, 1949)
Box   19
Folder   2
Music and lyrics manuscripts: “I'll Meet You at the Donut,” “List A While,” “Lady” (From High Tor, 1949, miscellaneous
Box   19
Folder   3
Music and lyrics manuscripts: “No Sad Songs for Me,” “Pour Le Sport” (from The Last Resort, 1956), “A Star is Born”
Box   19
Folder   4
Music and lyrics manuscripts: “Ten Years Old” (from “Fabulous Fifties,” a television special, 1960), “The Two of You,” Untitled song
Series: Other Writings
Box   19
Folder   5
Bequest, novel : annotated
Box   19
Folder   6
The Burglar, outline and notes; Comments of a Comedian; The Forty Million, notes
Box   19
Folder   7
The King of Diamonds, outline; The Last Resort, outline and lyrics manuscripts
Box   19
Folder   8
The Madwoman of Chaillot, notes; Notes and Comment on Aaron Copland With Special Reference to His Suite, “Music For the Theatre,” class paper; On the Waterfront, review
Box   19
Folder   9
Struggling Upward, outline; Two Piano Concertos From the Pen of Maurice Ravel, class paper