Stephen Sondheim was a seismic Broadway force

Michael Appler Patti LuPone took her seat on the stage of the Bernard B.

Naveen Kumar Half a century has passed since Stephen Sondheim and George Furth first dazzled Broadway with “Company,” their tartly astute 1970 musical about a single Manhattanite dogged by coupled friends to meet a mate.

Meeting the man behind the music was a dream come true for the cast of “West Side Story”.

Gordon Cox Theater EditorThe cast of the new Broadway revival of “Company” was in the middle of a two-show Friday on Thanksgiving weekend when they heard the news that the musical’s legendary composer, Stephen Sondheim, had died at the age of 91.Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below:Because the “Company” ensemble had worked with and gotten to know Sondheim — he had been at the production’s first preview just a few days before — the show’s Tony-winning director, Marianne Elliott (“War

recent death of Stephen Sondheim, a letter he wrote Team America: World Police and South Park co-creator Trey Parker has emerged.The Broadway legend, who was well known for musical classics such as West Side Story and Sweeney Todd, passed away last month aged 91.Following the news, the official account for The Book Of Mormon has posted a letter that Sondheim wrote to Parker, revealing he voted for their 2004 comedy Team America for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.“I would have written you

died on November 26, in his home in Connecticut. He was 91.

Broadway theaters will dim their lights for Stephen Sondheim on Wednesday, December 8 at 6:30 p.m. ET.

Stephen Sondheim, died at age 91.At Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, the film’s stars such as Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, Mike Faist, David Alvarez and Rita Moreno walked the red carpet in black tuxedos and muted dresses, making onlookers wonder if outfits were changed at the last minute out of respect for the “Sweeney Todd” and “Into The Woods” composer.“West Side Story” is, after all, a famously colorful musical.Before the lights went down, director Steven Spielberg movingly

Michael Appler Three days after the death of Stephen Sondheim and 60 years after its first film debut, “West Side Story,” Stephen Spielberg’s expansive remake of the classic movie musical, premiered in New York City.

, the film's cast and creator were remembering the life and legacy of Stephen Sondheim, the man behind the musical's iconic lyrics.Sondheim — who wrote the lyrics for the original Broadway production of, which accompanied the music written by Leonard Bernstein — died on Friday at the age of 91.

Naman Ramachandran Theaters in London’s West End are getting ready to honor the memory of the late composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who passed away at the age of 91 on Friday.The theaters will dim their lights for two minutes at 7pm U.K. time on Monday, Nov.

Some of the biggest stars in musical theatre gathered together to pay tribute to the late Stephen Sondheim with a special Times Square performance on Sunday, Nov. 28. 

West End theatres are to pay tribute to Stephen Sondheim The composer and lyricist, famous for creating the musical Sweeney Todd, was described as one of theatre’s “greatest geniuses” after his death aged 91 on Friday morning. To pay tribute, West End theatres will dim their lights for two minutes at 7pm on Monday.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe show must go on.That’s what Broadway’s latest production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” did Friday night at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater, but not before director Marianne Elliott paid tribute to the late composer, who passed away just hours before at the age of 91.

Tributes poured in following the death of Stephen Sondheim as performers and writers alike saluted a giant of the theater. Sondheim died at his home Friday in Roxbury, Connecticut, according to his friend F.

Stephen Sondheim was one of the most renowned lyricists and composers of the Broadway stage.Sondheim was one of the first people to whom Lin-Manuel Miranda reached out in 2008 for feedback on his early drafts of “Hamilton.” More than half a century earlier, Sondheim had learned to compose music and lyrics at the knee of his mentor, Broadway great Oscar Hammerstein II.In between learning from one generation’s preeminent Broadway influencer and mentoring another’s, Sondheim reinvented the Broadway

died on Friday at the age of 91.The composer and lyricist’s acclaimed and eclectic career transcended the Broadway stage and made it onto the film screen.