Saturday, 27 November 2021

End of an Era

West Side Story
Gypsy
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Anyone Can Whistle
Do I Hear a Waltz?
Company
Follies
A Little Night Music
The Frogs
Pacific Overtures
Sweeney Todd
Merrily We Roll Along
Sunday in the Park with George
Into the Woods
Assassins
Passion
Road Show

RIP, The Maestro; the man whose creative genius was behind every one of these musicals.

Stephen Joshua Sondheim (22nd March 1930 – 26th November 2021)

We at Dolores Delargo Towers are distraught at the loss of our icon.

12 comments:

  1. Replies
    1. Very sad, indeed. I have the black armbands out. Jx

      Delete
  2. Replies
    1. Such a loss.

      The musical repertoire in Fabulon has taken a much classier turn today... Jx

      Delete
  3. Such a brilliant man, and such a sad loss. I think we should lay flowers outside the Sondheim theatre.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Not a day goes by... not a single day...
    So sad to hear this. My heart breaks.
    I wonder who inherits the keys to his dungeon?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. He is survived by his husband, Jeffrey Scott Romley, who is almost 50 years his junior, whom he married in 2017, according to the BBC. Jx

      Delete
  5. Those who brought him on to West Side Story took a big gamble with a young and untried artist--thank goodness they did!!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. He was a protege of Oscar Hammerstein II, which helped. Jx

      Delete
  6. Black arm bands a month of mourning for this sad news.

    ReplyDelete

Please leave a message - I value your comments!

[NB Bear with me if there is a delay - thanks to spammers I might need to approve comments]