BREAKING: Stephen Sondheim, the legendary composer and lyricist behind ‘Sweeney Todd’ and other Broadway hits, has died at 91, a spokesperson says.
Sondheim was considered American theater’s greatest composer and lyricist of the last half century or more.Douglas Elbinger / Getty Images fileStephen Sondheim, a Broadway giant who has the most Tony Awards as a composer, died early Friday at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, a spokesperson for Sondheim said.Sondheim was considered American theater's greatest composer and lyricist of the last half century or more. He has more Tony awards — eight — than any other composer.
Elizabeth Taylor records songs for the film "A Little Night Music" alongside Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the music and lyrics for the film, at a recording studio in England on Aug. 10, 1976.Other notable musical works by Sondheim include"Follies,""Pacific Overtures," and"Into the Woods."
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