Absolutely.
Sondheim also made sense of the world around him. I could easily say Sondheim loved writing shows about wealthy people. Especially if I only was familiar with Company Follies and A Little Night Music (forgetting of course that all 3 shows have non-wealthy characters too)... I mean, throw in there Sunday, and Merrily... both have wealthy privileged artists at the center (as well as non-wealthy people).
But Sondheim, like Cy, wrote MANY show, Sondheim wrote 14 musicals (music & lyrics), about many many things and kinds of people. There are certainly repeated type and themes and things he writes well (after all, he was rich and privileged even from childhood... but let's not forget plenty of the world's great art came from people with massive wealth and/or privilege who had the time and resources to BE artists, it wasn't always seen as the detriment and death of art or the value of the art if that was the artist's actual life).
But I could still say Sondheim loved musicals about wealthy people. |
