Stephen Sondheim’s musical theater legacy
Stephen Sondheim, the award-winning composer-lyricist who took the Broadway musical to a higher level of emotional complexity than his predecessors in shows such as “Company,” “Follies” and “Sweeney Todd,” has died. Here’s a look at Stephen Sondheim’s iconic work and legacy in musical theater.
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A critic’s tribute to Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, a master of storytelling in song.
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Sondheim, 91, whose work is driving this year’s holiday cultural season, was rousingly welcomed at the production’s triumphant reopening.
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A doc illuminates the dark hold of Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ in a Classic Stage Company benefit reminding us why theater has been such a pandemic loss.
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“Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd.”
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“Into the Woods,” Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical deconstruction of classic fairy tales, gets a starry, al fresco revival at the Hollywood Bowl with Sierra Boggess, Sutton Foster and Cheyenne Jackson.
