Nominated for 10 Tony Awards and Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Sondheim’s innovative score explores pointillism in sound before opening out into one of the most glorious choral finales in the repertory.
There is no astronomical reason to begin the calendar year in January. The custom dates back to the Romans, who set the New Year to begin in the month of January, which celebrates the two-faced god Janus — one face looking back into the past, while the other peered forward into the future.