Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
StylishCynic
Stand-by Joined: 7/5/16
#1Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:07pm
I’m speechless. Rest well, Steve.
[Updated] From The New York Times obituary:
His lawyer and friend, F. Richard Pappas, announced the death, which he described as sudden. The day before, Mr. Sondheim had celebrated Thanksgiving with a dinner with friends in Roxbury, Mr. Pappas said.
#3Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:08pm
Absolutely devastating. A legend. There is no more appropriate word. An unmatched legend.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#4Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:11pm
A long, incredible life. An absolute legend who will forever be remembered. Rest in Paradise, Genius.
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fosterfan2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/7/11
#5Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:11pm
I'm shaking. It's going to be a sad night at Company,if they are still planning to perform tonight. So sad that it happened on Katrina Lenk's and Christopher Fitzgerald's shared birthday.
#7Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:15pm
Geez. So heartbreaking. And he was just at Company's first preview last Monday. If Company goes on tonight, I can't imagine LuPone performs.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#8Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:18pm
NOOOOOOO
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#9Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:18pm
RIP to one of the greats - legit can’t imagine Broadway without him. A long and fabulous career for a fabulous man. This one hurt.
#10Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:18pm
I have no words. A true legend who changed the face of musical theatre for the better. May he Rest In Peace.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#11Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:19pm
I just gasped. And now I can’t even think straight. This was inevitably going to happen but it’s still such a shock. What can one even say?
-There's the muddle in the middle. There's the puddle where the poodle did the piddle."
#12Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:19pm
I feel sick. I’m just about to board a plane and all i want to do is find a dark corner and cry.
I can’t even comprehend this.
#13Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:20pm
A sad day in the world of theatre. RIP Legend.
Well, I’ll be. That bird really did it.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#15Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:21pm
Gutted.
Thank you, sir.
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luvcaroline
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/05
#16Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:25pm
Words can’t express how this legend has moved me through the years. I know this was coming eventually, but this is a monumental loss.
luvcaroline
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/05
#17Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:25pm
Double post
RIP
#18Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:25pm
ACL2006 said: "Geez. So heartbreaking. And he was just at Company's first preview last Monday. If Company goes on tonight, I can't imagine LuPone performs."
Just saw a tweet that said "Thank you, Sondheim, for being alive and 'Being Alive.'" Beautifully done.
Well, I’ll be. That bird really did it.
#19Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:28pm
I'm trying to wrap my head around everything he gave us and I just can't. Old friend, thanks for everything.
I know you.
I know you.
I know you.
Kitsune
Broadway Star Joined: 12/29/06
#20Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:29pm
I saw A Little Night Music for the first time a few weeks ago (local production). There's so much that weighs heavily on my mind these days, but for an evening I was transported someplace enchanted and beautiful. Thank you, Mr. Sondheim, for what you've given us all.
#22Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:30pm
I haven’t been in this board in years now but… this was the first place I can when I got the NYT notification.
there just are no words… 💔
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thirtythirtyninety
Broadway Star Joined: 5/30/05
#23Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:33pm
No.
The day we dreaded is here.
We will not see his like again. RIP
adotburr
Broadway Star Joined: 10/6/21
#24Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:35pm
she/her . “everything’s legal in new jersey”
#25Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Posted: 11/26/21 at 5:40pm
i will always cherish the 2 times i got to see him speak in person at UCLA...imagine actually seeing in person the one man whose music has informed my whole adult gay life...PROUDLY I SAY I AM A SONDHEIMMANIC!
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