Making Edna St. Vincent Millay Sing - How an iconic 1912 poem inspired an unconventional musical
How an iconic 1912 poem inspired an unconventional musical---Veteran musical director Carmel Dean had worked closely with celebrated artists ranging from Green Day to Chita Rivera, but she panicked when she met Stephen Sondheim -- not because she revered him (although she does), but because he asked what she was working on. She had heard that he wasn't a fan of people setting poems to music, yet that was precisely wh…