Broadway iconStephen Sondheim has died.
According to media reviews printed on Friday, the acclaimed longtime lyricist, composer, and musical theater legend handed away peacefully at his Connecticut residence on Friday, after celebrating Thanksgiving with mates simply someday earlier.
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The musical theater legend and longtime impacter of all the things Broadway-related was 91 years outdated on the time of his dying.
His lawyer,F. Richard Pappas, first confirmed Sondheim’s unhappy passing to theNew York Times earlier on Friday.
Sondheim was past well-known within the musical neighborhood round New York and elsewhere, and lengthy thought of one of the crucial essential folks within the musical theater world. Of course, he wrote the music and lyrics for a number of beloved exhibits, together withInto The Woods andSweeney Todd. He additionally penned the lyrics for different musicals likeGypsy andWest Side Story, the latter of whichSteven Spielberg has tailored into a brand new movie that’s due out in December.
In his life and unbelievable profession, Sondheim earned eightTony Awards, together with aLifetime Achievement Award again in 2008. He additionally obtained eightGrammy Awards, and anOscar for Best Original Song. He infamously mentioned that it was “awfully nice to win one” after accepting certainly one of his first Tonys through the 1971 awards present.
Broadway stars and different gifted celebs have taken to social media to mirror on Sondheim’s legacy and touch upon his passing all through the day on Friday. The actressAriana DeBose, who will star as Anita in Spielberg’s upcoming adaptation ofWest Side Story for the silver display, wrote on the social community (under):
“I am at a loss. Feels like the end of an era. He did indeed set the standard for the American musical. Rest well, sir.”
Fellow Tony Award winnerLea Salonga additional shared grief reflecting Sondheim’s passing, writing:
“Rest In Peace, Stephen Sondheim, and thank you for your vast contributions to musical theater. We shall be singing your songs forever. Oh, my heart hurts”
No kidding.
ActorJosh Gad added his personal ideas in regards to the tragic passing, writing:
“Perhaps not since April 23rd of 1616 has theater lost such a revolutionary voice. Thank you Mr. Sondheim for your Demon Barber, some Night Music, a Sunday in the Park, Company, fun at a Forum, a trip Into the Woods and telling us a West Side Story. RIP.”
So nicely mentioned. (*91*) so unhappy.
Our hearts exit to Sondheim’s household, mates, and family members as they work by means of their grief within the aftermath of this unhappy information.
Rest In Peace…
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