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Post by hairspray57 on Nov 26, 2021 22:11:06 GMT
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Post by shambles on Nov 26, 2021 22:14:47 GMT
Oh god. Leaves with an absolutely stunning body of work. RIP.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 26, 2021 22:15:39 GMT
An amazing life. An incomparable legacy
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Post by couldileaveyou on Nov 26, 2021 22:16:09 GMT
Devastating news
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Post by kathryn on Nov 26, 2021 22:18:04 GMT
😢 RIP
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Post by LaLuPone on Nov 26, 2021 22:27:04 GMT
I’m sat here completely speechless. 91 is of course a fantastic age but it’s still so heartbreaking, he seemed ageless! RIP to an incredible man, Into the Woods and Company particularly have brought me so much joy and I’ll always be grateful to Stephen Sondheim for them.
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Post by theatreian on Nov 26, 2021 22:29:39 GMT
R.I.P. Stephen. On of a kind. You graced the world with an incomparable body of work which will live on. Thank you for all those great shows and such thought provoking and brilliant songs.
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Post by adolphus on Nov 26, 2021 22:39:43 GMT
R.I.P., you giant. Thank you for a stunning body of work which has immeasurably enriched theatre
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Post by anthony40 on Nov 26, 2021 22:42:39 GMT
There are giants in the sky!
I read the news and I couldn’t breathe.
In the words of the great man himself ‘No More’
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Post by Phantom of London on Nov 26, 2021 22:43:50 GMT
He may have gone, but he will never will be forgotten.
A Titan of musical theatre.
One hand, one heart.
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Post by Mark on Nov 26, 2021 22:48:12 GMT
His work will be remembered and revered for generations to come. What a legacy he leaves. RIP.
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Post by gmoneyoutlaw on Nov 26, 2021 22:49:01 GMT
There are giants in the sky! I read the news and I couldn’t breathe. In the words of the great man himself ‘No More’ |
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Post by Jon on Nov 26, 2021 22:50:43 GMT
I wonder if it's not too late for West Side Story which is out in two weeks to add a tribute?
Not many people have a theatre named after them but Sondheim managed the rare honours of two theatres named him both on Broadway and in the West End.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2021 22:53:03 GMT
What an incomparable loss to the musical theatre community. And what a life well lived. RIP Mr Sondheim.
What luck that he was able to see the new WSS before he passed away.
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Post by sophie92 on Nov 26, 2021 22:54:56 GMT
RIP, a true great.
We are lucky to have witnessed your genius - work that will undoubtedly live on for generations.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Nov 26, 2021 23:06:38 GMT
This is devastating. What a legacy he leaves of simply stunning works. He will never be equalled. RIP brilliant man.
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Post by Nicholas on Nov 26, 2021 23:17:31 GMT
Sondheim was a genius. Goes without saying. But there’s something beyond that. It was his heart. This clip encapsulates what separates Sondheim – the music and the words, of course, but the search for further meaning, the shared experience, the possible improvements, the potential of collaboration, the JOY when everyone gets it right…
91 is not a tragedy, but this is still absolutely heartbreaking.
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Post by benny20 on Nov 26, 2021 23:23:50 GMT
By far my favourite ever musical composer..no one comes near...brilliant..Will never be surpassed
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Post by singingbird on Nov 26, 2021 23:31:53 GMT
The person who showed that musical theatre was an art, as serious, as profound, as joyful as any other. Sondheim's shows took us into possibilities we didn't even realise existed. My life is infinitely richer because of him. Thank you, Sir.
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Post by karloscar on Nov 26, 2021 23:57:15 GMT
Goodbye for now, again
Goodbye until whenever then
We're free
That's what we said we'd be
At leave to come and go
You as well as I
Sometimes each hello
Makes it worth goodbye
For now.
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 27, 2021 0:00:23 GMT
Hard to know how to put it into words, but he always said it best...
There are giants in the sky
Now it's time to leave the woods
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Nov 27, 2021 0:25:53 GMT
Profoundly sad. Cannot believe this - just an icon and to echo everyone; an incredible legacy. How lucky we have been.
‘I chose and my world was shaken
So what?
The choice may have been mistaken
The choosing was not
You have to move on.’
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Post by theatreian on Nov 27, 2021 9:54:26 GMT
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Post by alece10 on Nov 27, 2021 10:38:53 GMT
So sad and quite a shock to wake up to the news this morning.
The music of Sondheim was, and is, a big part of my MT life. I would say I have seen more Sondheim musicals than any other composer and most multiple times.
Although I never actually met him I have been in his presence many times before over the years and its amazing how the atmosphere of a room changed when he entered. Everyone was totally in awe of him.
I think I will watch Gypsy tonight as it has been released on Netflix
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Post by bordeaux on Nov 27, 2021 10:45:13 GMT
Yes, sad news, but what a list of achievements. I do quite envy those who were old enough to have seen the first productions of those great late 60s, 1970s shows, but I count myself lucky that my early theatre-going days were in the 90s when there were a series of superb revivals: Donellan's Sweeney Todd at the National, the Mendes Company at the Donmar, the Matthias Little Night Music at the National too; plus of course UK premieres of Assassins, Into the Woods and A Sunday in the Park with George. The one I'm longing to see again is Pacific Overtures which would look great in the Olivier in my view...
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