By: David Sheward At the 1988 Tony Awards, the big battle was between the shows composed by the two respective behemoths of the American and British musical theater: Stephen Sondheim's twist on fairy tales Into the Woods and Andrew Lloyd Webber's take on a horror classic Phantom of the Opera. Despite winning Best Book for James Lapine and Best Score for Sondheim, Woods lost the Best Musical prize to Lloyd Webber's …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:24PM on April 3, 2023