He wrote great shows, but Stephen Sondheim was also a mentor, a teacher and an audience regular. And, oh, the thrill of getting one of his typewritten notes.
New works premiere this week at Northlight Theatre and Buffalo Ensemble Theatre; American Blues Theater stages the 20th anniversary production of its radio play adaptation of "It s a Wonderful Life" and Paramount inaugurates the new Copley Theatre with The Second City s holiday revue.