![]() “During a career that spanned nearly 65 years, he created music and lyrics that have become synonymous with Broadway - from Gypsy and West Side Story to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Follies, Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, and too many more to name. Martin, President of The Broadway League. “It is impossible to measure Stephen Sondheim’s impact on the world of musical theatre,” said Charlotte St. Sondheim was active up until the end - appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in September, and attending the Broadway revival of his “Company” in November. Eastern in memory of the immortal Sondheim, who died suddenly at his home in Roxbury, Conn., and was still at work at a new musical, titled “Square One.” (Can anyone complete it, please, a la the Mozart Requiem?) ![]() The lights of Broadway’s marquees will dim for one minute on Wednesday, Dec. Whether you love or hate Sondheim (or don’t know the first thing about him), there’s no possible denying that the guy was a freaking genius and all too human. ![]() As a professional musician and Broadway fanatic myself, I have genuflected at the altar of the man for decades – and like God (bearded and wise), he has often seemed incomprehensibly superior, above mere mortals, the font of creation, forbidding and remote.īut always worthy of praise and an endless source of inspiration, fascination and debate. In recent years, especially since the 2016 death of my mother, I have had grave doubts about my religious faith, but my faith in Sondheim (who many worshipped as a god) never, ever wavered. 26, 2021 (fittingly on Black Friday) at age 91 – but will never be forgotten, since we have the sacred texts. Well, maybe not THAT God, but did anyone ever see Stephen Sondheim and God in the same room? And now, He is gone – the legendary Broadway composer and lyricist died Nov. It runs every Saturday morning on your site for the best entertainment and arts coverage in the area, ! Saturday in the Arts is a weekly feature covering a trend, subject, event or personality of local interest. ![]()
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