Stephen Sondheim suggested evening the percentage at two percent each, but Sondheim refused because he wanted the credit. Sondheim later said he wished "someone stuffed a handkerchief in my mouth because it would have been nice to get that extra percentage". After "West Side Story" opened, Shevelove lamented the lack of "low-brow comedy" on Broadway and mentioned a possible musical based on Plautus' Roman comedies. When Sondheim was interested in the idea he called a friend, Larry Gelbart, to co-write the script. The show went through a number of drafts, and was interrupted briefly by Sondheim's next project. In 1959, Sondheim was
I'm Still Here (Follies song) the request of director Mike Nichols, Stephen Sondheim wrote special lyrics for Miss MacLaine to sing in the film. The character Lillian Bennett, played by Carol Burnett, sang the song in "Touched by an Angel" season 4, episode 10: "The Comeback." The character Kurt Hummel, played by Chris Colfer, sang the song in a "Glee" episode in a Sondheim tribute episode in season five. TVLine gave the performance an A. I'm Still Here (Follies song) "I'm Still Here" is a song written by Stephen Sondheim for the 1971 musical "Follies". "I'm Still Here" was introduced in the musical "Follies", which