A new version of 'West Side Story' is even due out this December.
the responsibility of being the namesake of her beloved great-grandmother. One of his earliest successes was writing the lyrics for 'West Side Story,' before doing music and lyrics for shows including 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,' 'Company,' 'Follies,' 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,' 'Merrily We Roll Along,' 'Sunday In the Park with George,' 'Into the Woods' and 'Assassins' - many of which were also adapted into films. She traces her growth as a gay woman from Tasmania-where homosexuality was. Sondheim is easily one of the most prolific Broadway icons ever, with nine Tony Awards to his name, as well as an Oscar for 'Sooner of Later (I Always Get My Man)' performed by Madonna in 'Dick Tracy,' a Pulitzer Prize and eight Grammys. Millman and her wife, writer and professor Roxane Gay, at.
Richard Pappas, speaking to the New York Times, the legendary composer-lyricist died suddenly this morning after celebrating Thanksgiving with friends the day before. So, my wife and I went and eloped, and got married in a little office complex in Encino, California. Following her moms death, shes been picking up the pieces in the. He was 91.Īccording to his lawyer and friend F. Bernadette Peters, Vanessa Williams, Neil Patrick Harris and more from Broadway and Hollywood paid tribute to the legend.Ĭelebrated Broadway icon Stephen Sondheim died at his home on Friday, November 26.
