It's difficult to see the sense in an all-Stephen Sondheim revue being done in a Broadway theater by an all-British cast, and it was even more difficult after seeing "Side by Side by Sondheim."…

Sondheim is, of course, the most important composer and lyricist working in the American musical theater today. By "important" I mean that his contributions have gone beyond the creation of fine songs. He has added to the very structure of our musical theater, developing approaches and techniques that have expanded its possibilities.

In the process he has helped to make several landmark musicals and all of this is in addition to truly brilliant musical scores.

But true as that is, he has still written but six shows as a composer-lyricist and three as just a lyricist. That is not enough to establish him as a legendary figure as I'm sure he would be the...