'Sondheim was just about everything': How the musical-theater great kept Broadway fresh and vital

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If you’re a fan of musical theater, it’s fair to say you’re a fan of Stephen Sondheim, the Broadway legend who died Friday at age 91. A gifted composer and...

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If you’re a fan of musical theater, it’s fair to say you’re a fan of Stephen Sondheim, the Broadway legend who died Friday at age 91.

Sondheim didn’t need to write operas to prove his artistic worth. He understood that the great American musical was indeed just that — an art form that was very much great , but that could evolve to suit the times. And while Sondheim didn’t write in the contemporary musical vernacular of rock or hip-hop , his work never sounded old-fashioned.

But lest “Company” sound a little too serious and full of itself, just consider a few of the tunes: the achingly bittersweet “Sorry-Grateful” ; the lilting buddy number that is “Side by Side by Side”; and the ultimate Broadway torch song, “The Ladies Who Lunch.” Perhaps he had a point, though I’d have to believe an investment in at least a couple of Sondheim musicals yielded some profit. But the funny thing is even if Sondheim wasn’t a surefire money-maker, his presence on Broadway made it all the richer — certainly artistically, but perhaps financially on a certain level. In a word, Sondheim made Broadway vital — and he did so during some of the industry’s toughest times .

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