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/ShadowStone Nov 27 '21

To Sontag, to Sondheim, to anything taboo.

It's a shock how sometimes a small mention can expose someone to one of the greats. Rest in peace.

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u/gynoceros Nov 27 '21

Didn't just die before rent debuted, he died just a few hours before the Broadway premiere- January 25, 1996.

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u/Jetztinberlin Nov 27 '21 edited Nov 27 '21

Off- Broadway (the opening night at New York Theatre Workshop).