A musical by this composer begins with an ominous organ solo that is cut off by the shrill sound of a whistle.
A musical by this composer begins with an ominous organ solo that is cut off by the shrill sound of a whistle. In another of this composer's musicals, the protagonist begs "Somebody, hold me too close" and "Somebody, hurt me too deep" after seeing multiple scenes of his friends' dysfunctional married lives on his thirty-fifth birthday party. In one of his songs, DesirÃ©e moans "Isn't it (*) rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground and you in midair." This composer wrote a musical in which the baker Mrs. Lovett wonders whether priests or poets would taste better in her cannibalistic pies in a conversation with the title serial killing barber. He included "Send in the Clowns" in his musical A Little Night Music. For 10 points, name this composer of Company and Sweeney Todd.
A musical by this composer begins with an ominous organ solo that is cut off by the shrill sound of a whistle.
Stephen Sondheim [or Stephen Joshua Sondheim