"Addison Mizner and Wilson Mizner were brothers who, although they
played only a minor role in the cultural history of this country, might
well be seen to represent two divergent aspects of American energy: the
builder and the squanderer."--Stephen Sondheim
"The score is full of delights, intelligence and tension . . . with a
tight, funny book."--New York Daily News
Road Show, Stephen Sondheim's first musical since his 1994 Tony
Award-winner Passion, is making its highly anticipated New York
premiere this season at the Public Theater. The show--with the book by
John Weidman, Sondheim's collaborator from Pacific Overtures and
Assassins--has been in development for several years with productions
in Chicago and Washington, DC, and grew from an idea that germinated in
Sondheim's mind some fifty years ago. The show dramatizes the real-life
Mizner brothers, following their fortunes from the 1890s Alaskan gold
rush to the 1920s Florida land boom: Addison as an architect and Wilson
as a con man, each brother seeking his own American dream.
Stephen Sondheim's career spans from his work as lyricist for West
Side Story and Gypsy, to composer/lyricist on such masterpieces as
Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, and
Sunday in the Park with George.
John Weidman wrote the books for Sondheim's Pacific Overtures and
Assassins, and he co-authored the books for America's Sweetheart and
the revival of Anything Goes. He also co-created, with Susan Stroman,
the Tony Award-winning Contact.
