No, Mary Ann - Unsung Sondheim

Performed by: Jason Graae

Sondheim contributed NO, MARY ANN to a never-produced screenplay adapted by his friend William Goldman from Goldman's own novel, The Thing of It Is (1969), about a composer who after writing a hit Broadway show, takes his wife on a second honeymoon to try and save their failing marriage. Each place the couple goes, though, they are confronted by "NO, MARY ANN," the show's hit song, which is literally playing everywhere - in England outside Buckingham Palace, in Venice, sung by gondoliers. "It's supposed to be like 'Hello, Dolly,' " says Sondheim. "The big hit song from the big hit show that you can't get away from."