“幕布升起来，现出一架钢琴，”桑德海姆回忆道，“一个男演员拿一块抹布擦拭琴键，发出一阵叮当声。”
"The curtain went up and revealed a piano, " Sondheim recalled, "A butler took a duster and brushed it up, tinkling the keys."
她说，“但是我没跟桑德海姆睡过。”
这种做法将桑德海姆的作品带往另一个高度。
In doing so, Sondheim was able to bring his work to another level.
桑德海姆和普林斯的合作在《那》以后基本结束。
The collaboration between Sondheim and Prince would largely end after Merrily.
如无特别标注，词曲作者都是斯蒂芬·桑德海姆。
Unless otherwise noted, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
桑德海姆又一次的展现出他的多才多艺和改编能力。
Sondheim again was able to show his versatility and his adaptability.
桑德海姆的事业成熟期很多样化，不仅限是音乐剧的创作。
Sondheim's mature career has been varied, encompassing much beyond composition of musicals.
桑德海姆说他看了很多面试带并坚持认为卡特的表演是最好的。
The composer says he watched a dozen or so audition tapes and insists that Bonham Carter's performance was the best.
桑德海姆与剧本编写者阿瑟·劳伦兹密切合作完成了词的创作。
Sondheim worked closely with book writer Arthur Laurents to create the show.
当弗克西于1993年9月15日去世之后，桑德海姆拒绝参加她的葬礼。
When Foxy died on September 15, 1993, Sondheim refused to attend her funeral.
在2006年的采访中问道他是否有兴趣创作新作品的时候，桑德海姆回答
Regarding whether he had any interest in writing new work, Sondheim was quoted in a 2006 Time Out London interview as saying
汉默斯坦对小桑德海姆有非常大的影响，尤其是培养起他对音乐剧的热爱上。
Hammerstein had a profound influence on the young Sondheim, especially in his development of love for musical theater.
这个时候，桑德海姆已经参与到三部剧目之中——他还得在百老汇品尝失败的滋味。
At this point, Sondheim had participated in three straight hits - he'd yet to taste failure on Broadway.
尽管如此，他还是被桑德海姆那时而甜蜜时而酸楚，融合和谐与不和谐的音乐深深折服。
Still, he came to admire the sweet-and-sour mix of harmony and dissonance in Stephen Sondheim's intricate songs.
《那》的失败强烈影响到桑德海姆。他一度想要退出戏剧界，转而做电影，或者电玩，或者写惊悚小说。
The failure of Merrily greatly affected Sondheim; he was ready to quit theater and do movies or create video games or write mysteries.
“幕布升起来，现出一架钢琴，”桑德海姆回忆道，“一个男演员拿一块抹布擦拭琴键，发出一阵叮当声。”
"The curtain went up and revealed a piano," Sondheim recalled. "a butler took a duster and brushed it up, tinkling the keys."
《太平洋序曲》[1976]是桑德海姆与普林斯搭档的最异于传统的作品，它巧妙的表现了日本西方化的过程。
Pacific Overtures (1976) was the most non-traditional of the Sondheim-Prince collaborations, an intellectual exploration of the westernization of Japan.
尽管他最喜欢的电影包括《公民凯恩》、《愤怒的葡萄》和《天国的阶梯》等经典，桑德海姆说他讨厌电影音乐剧。
Though his favorite movies include classics like Citizen Kane, The Grapes of Wrath, and Stairway to Heaven, Sondheim says he dislikes movie musicals.
桑德海姆的作品向来以歌唱部分复杂的多重声部出名，例如1973年《小夜曲》中五个小角色组成的希腊合唱组。
Sondheim's work is notable for his use of complex polyphony in the vocal parts, such as the chorus of five minor characters who function as a sort of Greek chorus in 1973's a Little Night Music.
不幸的是，桑德海姆眼中，母亲弗克西·桑德海姆是个自恋、情绪激动的臆想病人。斯蒂芬是“出了名的鄙视”弗克西。
Unfortunately for young Stephen, he saw his mother "Foxy Sondheim" as narcissistic, emotionally abusive, and a hypochondriac. citation.
桑德海姆对戏剧的兴趣要追溯到《炎热的五月》[VeryWarmfor May]——他在九岁时观看的一部百老汇音乐剧。
Sondheim traces his interest in theater to Very Warm for May, a Broadway musical he saw at the age of nine.
尽管这首歌是桑德海姆唯一一首进入前40名榜单的单曲，但是很多酒店以及戏剧歌手在单独表演或者录制唱片时都常常选用他的歌曲。
Although it was Sondheim's only Top 40 hit, his songs are frequently performed and recorded by cabaret artists and theatre singers in their solo careers.
他也体现出对多角度和谐音以及类似巴赫的精细旋律的嗜好[桑德海姆表明过他“热爱巴赫”，但是他最喜欢的是勃拉姆斯到斯特拉·文斯基时期的古典音乐]。
He also displays a penchant for angular harmonies and intricate melodies reminiscent of Bach (Sondheim has claimed that he "loves Bach" but his favorite period is Brahms to Stravinsky). [6].
1950年，桑德海姆以优等成绩从马萨诸塞州威廉斯顿的威廉斯学院毕业。他曾是学院兄弟会[BetaThetaPi Fraternity]的成员。
In 1950, Sondheim graduated magna cum laude from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
《理发师陶德》[1979]——桑德海姆最歌剧化的作品[也是他唯一一部可以在歌剧院找到立足之地的作品]——再次采用了一个不同寻常的主题：复仇谋杀和食人肉。
Sweeney Todd (1979), Sondheim's most operatic score (and his only show to find a definite foothold in opera houses), once again explores an unlikely topic, this time murderous revenge and cannibalism.
终于，桑德海姆参与了同时由他作词作曲的音乐剧《论坛路上趣事多》[a FunnyThingHappenedonthe Wayto the Forum]。
Finally, Sondheim participated in a musical for which he wrote both the music and lyrics, a Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
九十年代末，桑德海姆再次和哈尔·普林斯合作了《聪明的家伙》[Wise Guys]，讲述阿狄森和威尔森·米兹纳[Addison &Wilson Mizner]故事的一部长期制作的音乐剧。
In the late nineties, Sondheim reunited with Hal Prince for Wise Guys, a long-in-the-works musical comedy about Addison and Wilson Mizner.
在1954年，桑德海姆为音乐剧《酸甜苦辣周末夜》[Saturday Night]谱曲作词。 但是这部作品从未在百老汇制作过，一直处于被冷落的状态，直到1997年才由伦敦的布莱德维尔剧院制作上演。
In 1954, Sondheim wrote both music and lyrics for Saturday Night, which was never produced on Broadway and was shelved until a 1997 production at London's Bridewell Theatre.
在1954年，桑德海姆为音乐剧《酸甜苦辣周末夜》[Saturday Night]谱曲作词。 但是这部作品从未在百老汇制作过，一直处于被冷落的状态，直到1997年才由伦敦的布莱德维尔剧院制作上演。
In 1954, Sondheim wrote both music and lyrics for Saturday Night, which was never produced on Broadway and was shelved until a 1997 production at London's Bridewell Theatre.
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