Agency Report

Legendary Broadway songwriter Stephen Sondheim, widely credited with revolutionizing American musical theater, died Friday at the age of 91.

Sondheim — a lyricist and composer known for works including “West Side Story” and “Sweeney Todd” — died suddenly in his Connecticut home the day after celebrating Thanksgiving with friends, his attorney F. Richard Pappas said.

The publicist for the ongoing Broadway production of Sondheim’s musical “Company” at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Rick Miramontez, confirmed the news to AFP.

“We have lost the Shakespeare of musical theatre,” said Marianne Elliott, the director of “Company,” in a statement shared on the production’s Twitter page.