Sondheim influenced quite a few generations of theater songwriters, particularly with these types of landmark musicals as “Company,” “Follies” and “Sweeney Todd,” which are viewed as among the his ideal get the job done. His most popular ballad, “Send in the Clowns,” has been recorded hundreds of times, which includes by Frank Sinatra and Judy Collins.

The artist refused to repeat himself, getting inspiration for his shows in such assorted topics as an Ingmar Bergman movie (“A Very little Night time Music”), the opening of Japan to the West (“Pacific Overtures”), French painter Georges Seurat (“Sunday in the Park With George”), Grimm’s fairy tales (“Into the Woods”) and even the killers of American presidents (“Assassins”), between other people.

Tributes quickly flooded social media as performers and writers alike saluted a giant of the theater. “We shall be singing your music eternally,” wrote Lea Salonga. Aaron Tveit wrote: “We are so lucky to have what you’ve supplied the world.”

“The theater has missing just one of its biggest geniuses and the environment has lost just one of its finest and most primary writers. Sadly, there is now a huge in the sky. But the brilliance of Stephen Sondheim will still be below as his legendary tunes and displays will be done for evermore,” producer Cameron Mackintosh wrote in tribute.

Six of Sondheim’s musicals gained Tony Awards for ideal score, and he also been given a Pulitzer Prize (“Sunday in the Park”), an Academy Award (for the song “Sooner or Later” from the movie “Dick Tracy”), 5 Olivier Awards…