Stephen Sondheim lyrics for a musical version of "The Exception and the Rule"; according to Robbins, Bernstein would not work without Sondheim. When Sondheim agreed, Guare asked: "Why haven't you all worked together since "West Side Story"?" Sondheim answered, "You'll see". Guare said that working with Sondheim was like being with an old college roommate, and he depended on him to "decode and decipher their crazy way of working"; Bernstein worked only after midnight, and Robbins only in the early morning. Bernstein's score, which was supposed to be light, was influenced by his need to make a musical statement. Stuart Ostrow, who
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