Sondheim Rips the Great Lyricists

[ghost of miles]

Speaking of Dorothy Fields, has anybody here read Pick Yourself Up: Dorothy Fields and the American Musical yet? It just came out several months ago, and I've been thinking about snagging a copy at some point.

[crisp]

Haven't read it, but I'll add it to the list. I have Alyn Shipton's recent biog of Jimmy McHugh (Field's first regular writing partner I believe) and that looks pretty good.

BTW today's Guardian has helpfully published Sondheim's comments on lyricists online here.