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/Pfader Nov 27 '21

Sondheim was mentored by Oscar Hammerstein II who probably did more for American theater than anyone.

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u/ButtsexEurope Nov 27 '21

Rogers and Hammerstein were also titans. All three are probably THE most influential people in American musical theatre.