Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy with Dan Okrent and Susan Bolotin

An exploration into the life and work (and the complicated connections between them) of the most important figure on Broadway in the last half of the 20th century, based on Okrent's recent Sondheim biography -- according to New York Times columnist John McWhorter, "A marvelous feast full of new insights."

Preorder a signed copy of Dan's book, Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn’t Easy courtesy of East End Books in Provincetown. Your order will be available for pick up at the event.

EVENT DETAILS:
📌 Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy with Dan Okrent and Susan Bolotin
📌 Thu, Aug 18 from 10:00-11:30am* at Payomet Performing Arts Center
📌 FREE *Complimentary coffee and pastries will be served so you're welcome to join us a few minutes early for a snack

Dan Okrent is the author of seven books, most recently Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn’t Easy (Yale University Press, 2026). His earlier works include Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition (winner of the American Historical Association’s prize for the year’s best book of American history); The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of European Immigrants Out of America (winner of the National Jewish Book Award for history); and Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center, a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in History.

Susan Bolotin is the former publisher and editorial director of Workman Publishing, where she worked for over 20 years. Her retirement marked the end of a career as an editor, writer, and publisher that spanned books (Random House, Simon & Schuster), newspapers (The New York Times), and magazines (Self, Vogue, 7 Days, LIFE, Good Housekeeping). Suzie now spends much of her time enjoying New York City, volunteering (primarily on behalf of liberal politics and at ENGin, a global nonprofit organization that pairs English-speaking volunteers with Ukrainians who want to better their conversational skills), being a grandmother, and going to a lot of theatre and music with her husband, the actor John Rothman, and their dear friends, Dan and Becky Okrent. She doesn’t know how much Sondheim they’ve experienced together, but whatever it’s been, it hasn’t been enough.

This TENT Talks series is being presented to the community free of change, and registration is not required to attend– however we'd appreciate you let us know you're coming by filling out this form.