Stephen Sondheim: master craftsman who reinvented the musical dies aged 91 | Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim, the master craftsman of the American musical, has died at the age of 91.

Over the course of a celebrated career spanning more than 60 years, Sondheim co-created Broadway theatre classics such as West Side Story, Gypsy, Sweeney Todd and Into the Woods, all of which also became…