Stephen Sondheim, an American composer, had been working on the musical on and off for years alongside David Ives, a playwright, and Joe Mantello, a director.

美国作曲家斯蒂芬·桑德海姆多年来一直与剧作家大卫·艾夫斯和导演乔·曼特洛一起断断续续地创作这部音乐剧。

Mr Mantello has said that he came up with the idea, based on the films but that Sondheim agreed with his assessment that " the absence of music was the score." History is littered with left-behind works-in-progress.

曼特洛表示， 这个想法是他根据电影提出的，但桑德海姆同意他的评估， 即“配乐中没有音乐” 。 历史上到处都是遗留下来的未完成的作品。