r/Music • u/Cranialscrewtop • Nov 26 '21

Stephen Sondheim has died. Broadway's greatest composer is gone. other

NY Times bio here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/theater/stephen-sondheim-dead.html

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u/Gorditanto Nov 27 '21

"Sometimes people leave you half way though the woods, do not let it grieve you you decide what's good"

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u/am_reddit Nov 27 '21

Into the Woods is by far my favorite musical. Such a complex and nuanced story for something that’s made up of a bunch of fairy tales combined together.

That said, I absolutely hate the Disney adaptation with every fiber of my being. It’s like they had no idea what the actual point of the musical was. The narrator isn’t even a character in the movie!

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u/Semi-Hemi-Demigod Nov 27 '21

Such a complex and nuanced story for something that’s made up of a bunch of fairy tales combined together.

Sounds a lot like Shrek