Stars Pay Tribute to Musical Icon Stephen Sondheim: Barbra Streisand, Hugh Jackman and More

Forever in their hearts.

The Tony Awards winner’s friend and lawyer, F.

“Future historians: Stephen Sondheim was real,” Lin-Manuel Miranda tweeted on Friday shortly after learning the somber news.

“And last week, when I wrote him to say his ears must be burning from the countless Sondheim kindnesses being shared from the generations of writers he mentored, he wrote this in reply,” the Hamilton creator added in his social media message.

Other theatrical and film veterans have also weighed in with their own heartfelt tributes and memories of the late Sunday in the Park With George writer.

“You may have already heard the really sad news but Stephen Sondheim so sadly passed away in the early hours of this morning,” Company director Marianne Elliott shared with musical attendees via an Instagram recording.

The England native, 54, continued: “He truly was a genius of .

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