I am so so sad to lose my friend Steve Sondheim He gave me so much to sing about ♥️♥️I loved him dearly and will miss him so much Thank you for all the gifts you gave the world Steve♥️- Bernadette Peters November 26, 2021 Thank the Lord that Sondheim lived to be 91 years old so he had the time to write such wonderful music and GREAT lyrics! May he Rest In Peace🥲🎵 🎶🎵 /vshNSdkvpQ- Barbra Streisand November 26, 2021 LMM /6aeHW4CWFH- Lin-Manuel Miranda November 27, 2021 Steve: you repaid your debt to Oscar 1000 times over. & last week, when I wrote him to say his ears must be burning from the countless Sondheim kindnesses being shared from the generations of writers he mentored, he wrote this in reply. Some may theorize Shakespeare's works were by committee but Steve was real & he was here & he laughed SO loud at shows & we loved him- Lin-Manuel Miranda November 27, 2021 Yes, he wrote Tony & Maria AND Sweeney Todd AND Bobby AND George & Dot AND Fosca AND countless more. Mandy Patinkin November 30, 2021įuture historians: Stephen Sondheim was real. We'll be learning from his work as long as people are singing songs and beyond. Sondheim wrote what he wished for himself and the world at large. Sharing the interview, Patinkin tweeted more words on the passing of Sondheim. Who gets that? How come I got to have that even for a minute?,’” and, “’was he able to hear our thanks? Was he able to feel our love for him? Could he let it in, or was the wound too great? I’ll never know. Patinkin asks himself, “’I got to be in the room with Shakespeare. I think he was like the bird in the nest that just has its mouth open until mamma puts the last worm in it.” I think what he worked on, and used his craft to the nth degree for, were the musical constructions and the construction of the rhyme, with the rhyming dictionaries and the play with words. “Did he plan to have those moments?” Patinkin asked. He came down to Patinkin after the performance, and embraced him. When the song was finished, I realised I never looked at the words, which has never happened to me before or since.” That night the director Mike Nichols was in the audience. We were all consumed in tears, as I am just retelling it to you, and he said, ‘Is it OK?’ We said, ‘Yes Steve, it’s OK.’ He gave it to me on that onion-skin type paper, and I pasted it into the back of the sketchpad. When he finished playing, he was sopping wet, like he’d walked into the ocean – he was sweating so profusely. “He walked in, with a dry shirt on, and played for the first time for us ‘Finishing the Hat’. He recalls the first time Sondheim played “Finishing the Hat,” on a piano in a bar across the street from Playwrights Horizons: On Tuesday, Broadway actor Mandy Patinkin, who originated the role of George (and the role of George) in Sondheim’s landmark Sunday in the Park with George, gave an interview to The New Statesman remembering his working relationship with the playwright. From Broadway stars to fellow composers, people shared messages honoring Sondheim’s legacy and reflecting on their memories of him. The scope of Sondheim’s vast influence was evident as friends, fans, and famous collaborators alike took to social media to react to the news of his passing. His sudden death reportedly came a day after he celebrated Thanksgiving with friends in Roxbury, Connecticut.

Sondheim was known for his transformative and enduring impact on the American musical, working on beloved productions like Into the Woods, West Side Story, and Sweeney Todd, among many others. The theater world mourned the loss of a giant after legendary lyricist and composer Stephen Sondheim died at age 91 on Friday, November 26. Photo: The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Images

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