Sondheim's Afterlives Symposium

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An artistic, scholarly, and personal celebration of composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, one of the most important figures in American musical theater. This event will include panel conversations with artists and scholars and musical performances by Princeton students. Curated by Stacy Wolf, Professor of Theater & Music Theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts and the Effron Center for the Study of America and the Director of the Princeton Arts Fellows, the symposium will be moderated and facilitated by students in Professor Wolf’s Fall 2026 seminar, “Sondheim’s Musicals and the Making of America.”

Sondheim’s Afterlives is supported by the Edward T. Cone ’39 *42 Fund in the Humanities Council.

Featured Guests

Guest speakers include Rob Berman, Jennifer Boesing, Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Michael Cerveris, Jane Cox, Victoria Davidjohn ’19, John Doyle (on Zoom), Nick Hrutkay, Tess James, Judy Kuhn, James Lapine, Lauren Molina, Cody Renard Richard, Ben Steinfeld, and John Weidman.