hit, into the woods, based on the fables of the brothers grimm. reporter: late in sondheim s career, lin-manuel miranda approached him with something he was working on a musical then called the hamilton mix tape. sondheim mentored miranda just as hammerstein had done for him. from walts to rap inspired by everything from serial killers to fairy tales, sondheim s impact on american musical theater spanned decades and created some of the world s most popular musicals. stephen sondheim there, and our thanks to stephanie elam. i m paula newton. thank you for your company. cnn newsroom continues next. stay with us.
painting by george seurat, he penned the lyrics for sunday in the park with george. for that inventive stage craft, he won the pulitzer prize for drama. in 1987, he wrote the broadway hit, into the woods, based on the fables of the brothers grimm. reporter: late in sondheim s career, lin-manuel miranda approached him with something he was working on, a musical then called the hamilton mix tape. sondheim mentored miranda just as hammerstein had done for him. from waltzes to rap, inspired by everything from serial killers to fairy tales, sondheim s impact on american musical theater spanned decades and created some of the world s most popular musicals.
form, and tone. every time you see a movie, they are giving the same performances they did the last time you saw them. not true of a show. reporter: inspiration was everywhere for sondheim. and in 1984, moved by a famous painting, he pinned the lyrics for sunday in the park with george. for that inventive stage craft, he won the pulitzer prize for drama. in 1987, he wrote the broadway hit into the woods based on the fables of the brothers grim. late in sondheim s career, lin-manuel miranda approached him with something he was working on. a musical, then called the hamilton mix tape. sondheim mentored miranda just as hammerstein had done for him. from waltzes to rap, inspired by