Steve and I became friends only recently, but we became good friends, and I was surprised to discover he knew more about movies than almost anyone I’d ever met. “Stephen Sondheim was a giganic figure in American culture – one of our country’s greatet songwriters, a lyricist and composer of real genius, and a creator of some of the most glorious musical dramas ever written. Steven Spielberg, whose “West Side Story” features Sondheim lyrics, saluted him in a statement. “Your contribution to theatre will never be equaled.”ĮARLIER: The unexpected death today of songwriter Stephen Sondheim at his Connecticut home will no doubt catch many by surprise, given his relatively robust persona, even at age 91.īut while his passing may shock, there is no doubt about the huge contributions he made to the American songbook during his groundbreaking 70-year career as a songwriter, lyricist and general force on worldwide culture. “Farewell Steve, the musical theatre giant of our times, an inspiration not just to two but to three generations,” Lloyd Weber tweeted. Composer Andrew Lloyd-Webber said that he had always been “sort of in awe” of a man he described as “an absolute genius” and a “titan” of musical theater.
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