*Given especially for this auction in celebration of the Midtown West School's First Grade Theatre Study, which celebrates 10 years this year (2006-2016)*

Handwritten Musical Phrase and lyrics for "Children and Art" from Sunday in the Park with George, written by Oscar and Tony Award winning composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.  

"Just as you said from the start
Children and art.
Children and art. . . "

Stephen  Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist known for his contributions to musical theatre. He is the winner of an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, aPulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award. Described by Frank Rich of the New York Times as "now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater",his most famous works include (as composer and lyricist) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods. 

This one-of-a-kind handwritten musical phrase has been given especially for this auction by one of the greatest songwriters in Broadway history (and past P.S. 212 First Grade Theatre Study guest).