Scoring his first big hit with West Side Story at 27, the US composer and lyricist raised the art form's status with moving and funny masterpieces including Follies and Company Stephen Sondheim, the master craftsman of the American musical, has died at the age of 91. Over the course of a celebrated career spanning more than 60 years, Sondheim co-created Broadway theatre classics such as West Side Story, Gypsy, Sweene…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06PM on November 26, 2021