It was a very good death, the day after Thanksgiving dinner with friends. The musical composer and lyricist was 91, born in 1930. Ironically, Stephen Sondheim belongs to America's unsung generation.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, author of "Hamilton," joined the outdoor throng of Broadway singer-mourners. It was an only-in-New York moment, a shining shared grief. Singing and weeping to warm the ...