Stephen Sondheim has passed away

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Smiley Holly

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Creator and master mind behind many great musicals such as Sweeney Todd, Company, West Side Story, Gypsy, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, and Sunday In The Park with George just to name a few. Wrote the brilliant song "Send In The Clowns" has passed away at the age of 91 at his home in Connecticut.
 

Smiley Holly said:
Creator and master mind behind many great musicals such as Sweeney Todd, Company, West Side Story, Gypsy, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, and Sunday In The Park with George just to name a few. Wrote the brilliant song "Send In The Clowns" has passed away at the age of 91 at his home in Connecticut.
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Thank you for bringing our attention to this, SmileyHolly.
He must have been very creative and talented, and he found the way to share it with others, in those musicals.
 
He was a titan of Broadway musicals,was responsible for these Broadway hits:
A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to The Forum"62
Company '70
Follies' 71
A Little Night Music' 73
Sweeny Todd' '79
Sunday in the Park with George' 84
Into The Woods' 87
I have 3 favorite songs he wrote
"Somewhere" from 'West Side Story' he wrote lyrics,Leonard Bernstein music
'Not While I'm Around" from 'Sweeny Todd
"Send in The Clowns' "A Little Night Music'
His early mentor was the lyricist,Oscar Hammerstein II
He won 9 Tony Awards, an Oscar,8 Grammys, Pultizer Prize, 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom
R.I.P thanks for the memories
 
moviequeen1 said:
He was a titan of Broadway musicals,was responsible for these Broadway hits:
A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to The Forum"62
Company '70
Follies' 71
A Little Night Music' 73
Sweeny Todd' '79
Sunday in the Park with George' 84
Into The Woods' 87
I have 3 favorite songs he wrote
"Somewhere" from 'West Side Story' he wrote lyrics,Leonard Bernstein music
'Not While I'm Around" from 'Sweeny Todd
"Send in The Clowns' "A Little Night Music'
His early mentor was the lyricist,Oscar Hammerstein II
He won 9 Tony Awards, an Oscar,8 Grammys, Pultizer Prize, 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom
R.I.P thanks for the memories
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He will be sorely missed.
 
dseag2 said:
Such a great loss to Broadway. The film adaptation of West Side Story is set to be released next month, and he was interviewed about it just last week. What a genius. RIP.
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I am looking forward to seeing that movie. The original is such a classic so I am looking to see what they do with this one.
 
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