I see a lot of people got these typed notes before the internet, which I've assumed were typed by his assistant, but there's been speculation that he typed them himself.  I liked that he would give a reason not coming to a show.  Also I liked the line "flying to California for my sins." :)

The review by Jesse Green today in the Times of the well-received off-Broadway PACIFIC OVERTURES discussed why this new production cut the song "Chrysanthemum Tea," and that Mr. Sondheim considered it in many ways a "Jewish mother" song.

Looking back at fall 2010, when I did, with my neighbor Sheree Sano,  a political-minded 

"Chrysanthemum Tea Party Overtures"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taiPOElxQdc

Please pass the link around if you like this parody moment from the past, which was YouTube'd in fall 2010 with an OK from Mr. Sondheim and his publisher.