RIP Stephen Sondheim

[bcla]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/theater/stephen-sondheim-dead.html

 

[bcla]

Send in the Clowns…..

or Stephen Colbert’s take:

https://www.cc.com/video/ouqrnm/the-colbert-report-stephen-sondheim

 

[SheSingsAlong]

I burst into tears at the dinner table when I saw the news. He was a legend.

 

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[E&Cmom]

Very sad hearing this earlier. He was definitely a legend. Send in the Clowns is my favourite song of his with this being close second:

 

[JimMIA]

One of the greats, no doubt about it.

 

[bcla]

I think he appreciated the parodies.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1454827673478471688

 

[ashley0139]

I am so, so sad. I was not expecting this - he was just at the Company reopening the other day.

"Sometimes people leave you
Halfway through the wood.
Do not let it grieve you
No one leaves for good."

 

[bcla]

Here was Colbert's take on Send in the Clowns.

Where are the clowns?
I booked them for eight.
Hold on, that's them on the phone,
saying they're late.

Traffic was bad.
The tunnel's a mess.
All 12 of them came in one car,
they lost my address.

You just can't trust clowns.
That's why they're called clowns.

 

[White Cat]

Never heard of him.

 

[bcla]

The Muppets loved him.

 

[Karin1984]

For those who want to know WHY Sondheim's music is so brilliant, the youtube channel Sideways does (movie) music. He has below about Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd and West Side Story.
(His video on the Cats movie is amazing, but that's not Sondheim) (He has also done several Disney videos, but that's also not Sondheim, but very worth watching)

 

[lynxstch]

RIP Mr Sondheim,
You were so talented, and provided us with so many wonderful musical memories

 

[mjkacmom]

A legend.

 

[ashley0139]

I am seeing Company on Broadway a week from today and will be so glad to pay tribute to him at one of my favorite shows.

 

[Dan Murphy]

RIP. So much talent, what a legacy. He will be missed.

 

[lisaviolet]

What a life and talent. I had no idea he was in his nineties, which was kind of clueless of me given West Side Story.

I just read about his childhood, which broke my heart. But it explains where he was able to go emotionally with his incredible talent.

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

So sad