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  1. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (/ ˈ s ɒ n d h aɪ m /; March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical. With his frequent collaborators Harold Prince and James Lapine, Sondheim's Broadway musicals tackled unexpected themes that ranged beyond the genre's traditional subjects, while addressing darker elements of the human experience. His ...

  2. 6 days ago · Stephen Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist whose brilliance in matching words and music in dramatic situations broke new ground for Broadway musical theater. His credits included West Side Story, Gypsy, Into the Woods, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Steet.

  3. Nov 26, 2021 · Stephen Sondheim, one of Broadway history’s songwriting titans, whose music and lyrics raised and reset the artistic standard for the American stage musical, died early Friday at his home in ...

  4. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted: "Stephen Sondheim created fantastic worlds and characters, but at the heart of every story he told was a kid from New York City.And that kid was a ...

  5. Nov 26, 2021 · The American composer and songwriter Stephen Sondheim has died at his home in Connecticut aged 91, according to the New York Times. He was a titan of musical theatre who turned the unlikeliest of ...

  6. Nov 27, 2021 · Stephen Sondheim, the renowned composer of “Into the Woods,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Gypsy,” “Sunday in the Park with George” and other essential works of musical theater, died early ...

  7. Nov 27, 2021 · Born on 22 March 1930, Sondheim saw his first Broadway musical at the age of nine. The following year he met Oscar Hammerstein II, of The King and I and Oklahoma! fame, who became his mentor as he ...

  8. Nov 27, 2021 · 5 of 8 | . FILE - The Kennedy Center Honors recipients of 1993, are, founder of the Dance Theater of Harlem Arthur Mitchell, from left, entertainer Johnny Carson, composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim; sitting from left, conductor Georg Solti and singer Marion Williams posing for a portrait wearing their medals following a dinner in their honor at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 1993.

  9. Nov 26, 2021 · Stephen Sondheim, American musical theater icon, has died at age 91 Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, one of the most influential figures in the American musical theater, has died. He was 91.

  10. Nov 26, 2021 · Stephen Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped American musical theatre in the second half of the 20th century with his intelligent, intricately rhymed lyrics, his use of evocative melodies and his ...