Stephen Sondheim obituary: Titan of the American musical
Intellectually rigorous artist who perpetually sought new creative paths
Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim dies aged 91
Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for West Side Story, and composed Sweeney Todd
Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘I do know what it is like to be a struggling songwriter’
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One of the biggest ever Broadway musicals became one of the biggest ever movie musicals. Half a century later, it’s still entrancing audiences
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