From wikipedia:
Stephen Joshua Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist. Among the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater. Sondheim was praised for having "reinvented the American musical" with shows that tackled "unexpected themes that range far beyond the [genre's] traditional subjects" with "music and lyrics of unprecedented complexity and sophistication". His shows addressed "darker, more harrowing elements of the human experience", with songs often tinged with "ambivalence" about various aspects of life.
Sondheim started his theatre career by writing the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959) before becoming a composer and lyricist. Sondheim's best-known works include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970) Follies (1971), a Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Merrily we Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987).
“Even in a time so full of loss, this news feels
like a unique punch to the heart. Which is appropriate, I guess, given
that is exactly how his music always affected me. What do you say when
the ocean goes away, or when a mountain disappears? Steve was that
elemental and irreplaceable a part of my career and my understanding of
art and life. And I’m surely not alone in that feeling. I don’t really
have the words. Steve would.”-Michael Cerveris
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