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the turn. musicals like west side story into the woods at sweeney todd into classics. ah, his creek to musical company which debuted in 1970 receipt, 14 tony award nominations. what started as an interest in music? when he was, a teenager became a towering courier. that revolution i story telling on the broadway stage. in 2015 president barack obama awarded san time the presidential medal of freedom. he won an oscar eat grammy awards and 8 lifetime tony awards. more than any other american composer and lyricist it's, it's nice to get an award. it's nice to be recognized. just the way it's it, it, i'd rather have an audience like what i write than dislike. what are right, but primarily i want to write. so, you know, that's what called santana, transformed musical theater shondra by setting his dancing words to unforgettable melodies every day. his legacy now includes music that would reach far beyond the broadway stage. stephen sondheim was 91. hm. oh, blue or more little stories on al jazeera israel is banning the entry of all foreigners in reaction to the spread of a

west side story gypsy and sweeney todd. and he'll be credited with reinventing musical theater group to looks back on his life. oh, he could make woods flow and sing me here are lost on the ground, but to describe stephen san dance tenant and courier is to deal with superlative. m. look long. he was a titan of america's musical theater, one of the most original song writers and the greatest composers of the 20th century, much like his extraordinary skills, his accomplishments, and audacity were unmatched on broadway. her born and raised in new york city, san time songs revealed the insides and triumphs of modern life with humor and sympathy. oh, a unique style. the turn musicals like west side story into the woods at sweeney todd into classics. ah, his freaks who musical company which debuted in 1970 receipt, 14 tony award nominations. what started as an interest in music? when he was a teenager, became a towering courier that revolution i storytelling on the broadway stage. in 2015 president barack obama awarded san time t

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he co wrote broadway classics like west side story gypsy and sweeney todd sometime 18 tony awards more than any other composer. ah, just a quick check on the headlines here and i'll just say are the world health organization has named the new cobit 19 variant on the chrome. and so just concerned about it's many new taishan suggests it may pose more of a risk and the delta variant, which is driving waves of infections around the world. more countries are stretching, travel to and from southern africa, we're on a chrome was 1st identified cases of also been detected in belgium. israel and hong kong and south africa is help minister says the travel bands imposed on the country unjustified the action on for some countries in terms of imposing travel bands and such measures are completely against the knobs and standards. as guided by the wealth organization, those beach, due to the dentist who allows the discovery of this body and say that this particular verbiage will be resistant to due to the vaccines which are being utilized. toby 19 cases arising across europe in the netherlands as amo

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followed, including "company," with elaine stritch and jane russell, pl "a little night music," "sweeney todd "into the woods." sondheim discussed his work in a newshour interview in 2010. >> the craft is not just the craft of writing. it's the craft of doing. it's the craft of putting it on. it's the craft of the combination of the orchestra and the singers and the final collaborator, the audience. because the audience is the final collaborator on every show. >> brangham: stephen sondheim was 91 years old. we'll have more on his life and work, later in the program. still to come on the newshour: david brooks and jonathan capehart weigh in on this week's verdict in the ahmaud arbery case. more on the life and legacy of theater great stephen sondheim. plus, much more. >> brangham: some of louisiana's longest-serving prison inmates are receiving renewed attention. they're called the“ 10/6 lifers"-- a group of now-elderly men who were promised parole after serving 10 years and six months. but, the state reneged on those deals, and many were never released. newshour's communities reporter roby ch

scores for many of the 20th century's most successful musicals, including a little night music and sweeney todded at the age, of 91. england's women footballers maintained their winning run in qualification for the 2023 world cup. they beat austria 1—0, with ellen white scoring the only goal on her 100th international appearance. here's joe lynskey. the next women's world cup is in australia and new zealand. to get there, england go through sunderland in a storm. so torrential was the weather, the local trains said not to travel,

his works includes "west side story," "sweeney todd" and "into the woods." sondheim won eight tony awards and a pulitzer prize. >>> now time for a look at your monday weather. more snow will be flying around the great lakes today from michigan to pennsylvania and western new york but no significant amounts are expected. on the radar there's more heavy rain at times today for oregon and washington. 46 a flood watch is posted this morning around seattle. the rain could mix with snow at higher elevations. checking today high temperatures, unseasonably warm across the middle of the country. some areas 20 degrees above normal. mild in southern california and the southwest as well. >>> coming up, hold on to your pancakes. the shortage of maple syrup and what's being done about it. >>> but first the man who survived a flight from central america to florida hiding in the wheel well of a plane. >>> and the best deals on this cyber monday and the new warning >>> first gentleman dou led festivities. he led the menorah lighting outside of the white house. >>> authoritie

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sondheim composed and wrote lyrics for a vast number of musicals, including west side story, sweeney toddh looks back on his career. # isn't it bliss, don't you approve? # one who keeps tearing around, one who can't move... "send in the clowns" from the musical a little night music. # send in the clowns... it was stephen sondheim's only hit song — remarkably, because this was the man who revolutionised the american musical. as a young man, he learned his trade from oscar hammerstein — the lyricist who wrote shows like oklahoma and the sound of music. sondheim, too, started by doing the words, notably for leonard bernstein's music in west side story. # i want to be in america... soon he was writing his own music, as well. most of the shows that followed were hits. and then, in 1970, he came up with a new idea — a musical that didn't follow an obvious plot. company was a series of vignettes featuring a dozen central characters. no two sondheim musicals were the same. i don't want to get bored writing them, you know? when you hit a chord that you've hit before, or a technique you've used bef

at the age of 91, he co wrote broadway classics are the likes of west side story gypsy and sweeney todd san. i'm 18 tony awards which was more than any other compose. ah, let's take you through the headlines on al jazeera concerns over a new current virus variant of shaken the world economy. global stock markets on the price of oil fell as the news emerged on friday with the travel industry likely to suffer as well as borders. start to close around the world. south africa's health minister though says the travel bands imposed on his country are unjustified . the actual also has some coaches in terms of imposing travel beds and such measures are completely against the knobs and standards. as guided by the world health organization at most beach, due to the scientist rule, allows the discovery of this valley and say that this particular verbiage will be resistant to, to, to the vaccines which are being utilized. thousands of australians may might have again protested against corona, virus roles and melbourne crowds marched through the city center for a 3rd weekend against a bill that woul

performances broadway life can be brightening a maddie if you and in the movies from west side story to sweeney todd sondheim re audiences saw on broadway for generations art needs surprise. otherwise, it doesn't hold an audience as attention, but there needs surprise and so i like to surprise myself and i want to surprise an audience and and and surprise he did in 1970 company first musical without a defined linear plot nominated for 14. tony awards. his first full score was in 1962's a funny thing happened on. new york city sondheim was brought up in the theater learning from broadway legend oscar hammerstein. he taught me how to structure a lyric that is say the kindler that he wrote which is a story lyric, they'll say with the beginning and a development and a conclusion sondheim would go on to win tonys grammys and oscar tonight his lawyer and friend telling the new york times sondheim spent the day yesterday. celebrating thanksgiving with his friends. he was 91. if i must leave tomorrow. one thing before i go you've made me see the passion of love. and i thought you should know lindsey davis a

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he co wrote broadway classics like west side story gypsy and sweeney todd sondheim. 18 tony awards more than any other composer. ah, this is al jazeera. let's get around over the top stories. the world health organization has named the new coven 19 variants omicron, and says it's concerned about it's many mutations. the suggestion may pose more of a risk than the delta variant, which is driving waves of infections around the world. w h o also says urgent work is being done to assess how effective our current vaccines are against the new variance on a cron is vastly different from the original karone of ours, which started the pandemic right now, there are many studies that are underway. there's a lot of work that is ongoing in south africa and in other countries to better characterize their 8 itself in terms of trenton stability in terms of severity and any impact on our countermeasures. like the use of diagnostics therapeutics are vaccines. so far, there's little information, but those studies are under way. so we need researchers to have the time to carry those out. and w h a will inf

hits "west side story" and "gypsy" and went on to write and compose other classics, including "sweeney todd the woods." he even scored a top-40 hit with judy collins, a rendition of "send in the clowns." i'm sure you've heard it. stephen sondheim was 91 years old. egypt threw an extravagant reopening ceremony for a walkway known as the path of god buried for centuries. it's nearly two miles long, and about 3400 years old. now, after being excavated and restored, it's reopening to the public. up next, steve hartman's "on the road." thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for postmenopausal women or for men with hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progression versus letrozole. ibrance may cause low white blood cell counts that may lead to serious infections. ibrance may cause severe inflammation of the lungs. both of these can lead to death. tell your doctor if you have new or worsening chest pain, cough, or trou

down to the age of 90. 1 is broadway works, including classics like west side story gypsy and sweeney todd sometime $18.00 tony woods, which is more than any other composer and right. count of the cost is next with holla and then the news art with milling in about 25 minutes. o less than a year, capital will host the middle east 1st. well come in preparation. the country is staging a major and settlement with 16 nations going head to head in thick path to fill stadiums for 2022 will keep you across the action as council prepares for the region's biggest ever sporting events that be for our come on out there ah, i hello, i'm how about you, dean? this is counting the coast own. i'll to see it right here. look at the world of business and economics this week. the country that one saw itself is a 100000000. all middle class society is finally acknowledging its economic policy of the last decades as breads, inequality count, japan's new prime minister, bridge the gap between rich and poor. guessing $164.00 governments on board for more equitable access to coven 19 vaccines. we talked to the dir

he co wrote broadway classics like west side story gypsy and sweeney todd sondheim. 18 tony awards more than any other composer. ah, it says al jazeera, it's going to round up of the top stories. the world health organization has named the new coven 19 variants omicron, and says it's concerned about it's many mutations. the suggestion may pose more of a risk than the delta variant, which is driving waves of infections around the world. w h o also says urgent work is being done to assess how effective our current vaccines are against the new variance on the crown is vastly different from the original karone of ours, which started the pandemic right now there are many studies that.

he co wrote broadway classics like west side story gypsy and sweeney todd sondheim. 18. tony awards more than any other composer. ah, dr. grit check at the headlines here in al jazeera, the world health organization has named the new cobit 19 variant omicron that says it's concerned about it's many mutations. this suggests it may pose more about risk than the delta variant, which is driving waves of infections around the world.

scores to many of the last century's most successful musicals, including a little night music and sweeney toddause stephen sondheim is somebody who really is a hands—on composer, lyricist, and, let's be honest, how many people who write musicals, write the lyrics as well? but he is so hands—on and the fact that he won't be there to guide us devastating for us. we will be up in manchester without him and that is sad. i mean, if you think about, this man is a professor of the human condition. he just understands how to get what we feel out onto a piece of paper and through a piano. you know, he was such a big part of putting it together on broadway, which i did with carol burnett and actually, it was the first preview where i completely forgot the lyrics, his lyrics, had to stop the show and start again, put all the props back in the right place and he was in the audience! what a fantastic story. we'll take a look at tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the broadcasterjo phillips — and nigel nelson — political editor of the sund

his works include broadway classics, west side story gypsy sweeney. todd sometime is known for songs and so i like to send in the clowns and ladies who lunch you 18 tony awards, which is more than any other composer and writer, archeologists and peru founder mummy bay estimate is at least 800 years old. the remains were discovered in lima and predate the empire. the underground tomb also contained puts vegetables and stone tools. ah half past the hour. let's check the headlines for you and concerns over a new corona vice variant of shaken the world economy level stock markets and the price of oil fell as the news emerged on friday. a travel industries likely to suffer as borders close around the world. and growing number of countries are banding or restricting travel, specifically from southern africa restrictions which came as the world health organization declared the new variant to be of concern. we understand that people are concerned. the good thing is that we have monitoring systems around the world to detect these various very.

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scores to many of the last century's most successful musicals, including a little night music and sweeney todd as one of theatre's greatest geniuses, who's died aged 91. history will be made at twickenham this afternoon. for the first time, the barbarians men's and women's rugby teams are playing a double bill on the same day at the same ground. the men's side take on samoa first with the women facing a springbok 15 afterwards. joe lynskey reports. archive: the all blacks _ and their opponents the barbarians take the field together at cardiff arms park. the black—and—white hoops have stood firm for a century. the barbarians men first played in 1890. but it took 127 years for a women's side to form. well, here come the barbarians women at... barbarians are invite only — they bring players from around the world to one team. but that is hard to work through a pandemic, and the women's side now haven't played since november 2019. a two—year gap, but some have waited a lifetime. i remember being, like, 11, 12 years old, and buying a barbarian shirt, again, it was one of those things that you don't

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. ♪ >> and in the westside story to sweeney todd.tephen sondheim revolutionized what audiences saw on broadway for generations. >> alike to surprise myself. >> and surprise, heated. ♪ -- and and and and and and and d -- a funny thing happened on the way to the >> born in 1930, he was brought up in the theater learning from broadway lodge -- legend oscar hammerstein. >> he taught me how to structure a lyric. a story lyric with a beginning,, a development and a conclusion. >>'s lawyer and friend telling him stephen sondheim spent thanksgiving celebrating with his friends. he was 91. >> if i must leave tomorrow, one thing before i go, you have made me see the passion of love and i thought you should know. liz: he will be so missed. a fire in the east bay nearly consumed a charge yesterday morning. it started in the back of the church in pittsburgh. it was supposed to be a children's church. it firefighters were able to save the main temple, but that building sustained smoke and other damage. it will be available for sunday's services. b

he composed and wrote lyrics for a vast number of musicals including west side story, sweeney todd andollies. now on bbc news, it's the travel show with lucy hedges. this week on the travel show: i am in dubai, with visions of the future at the delayed expo 2020. if i scan my signature here i get augmented reality view of what south korea deems to be the future of mobility. and that includes flying cars. i take a dip and tumble... and i take a dip and tumble... and idiscoveran i take a dip and tumble... and i discover an artificial rainforest in what was once a desert. ., rainforest in what was once a desert._ here - rainforest in what was once a desert._ here we i rainforest in what was once a l desert._ here we go! but first, in a difficult couple of years in the bible travel calendar, there has been one giant mega event looming. and of course, fitting for a giant mega event, would happen in the city of superlatives, dubai. nobody knew for sure it would happen, but it is. hello, expo 2020, or should that be, expo 2020, or should that be, expo 2021. it was delayed by a year, and for a

he wrote shows like sweeney todd and the songs for "westside story." eight grammy awards.n philadelphia are pleading for an end to the violence. the city experienced the 500th homicide. tying a record set in 1990. the number is expected to grow. there is more than a month left in the year. >> the mayor says he is heartbroken and outraged by these deaths. >> listen to this statistic. philadelphia is experiencing a homicide every 16 hours. we are not seeing the end of this year just yet. the grim milestone met on wednesday when a woman was gunned down in the streets in what appears to be a domestic violence incident. the city hasn't seen this many homicides since 1990. a major issue not only philadelphia is dealing with but we have seen this all over different cities. new york being one of them where the pandemic with protests and racial injustice and the economy. so many factors are contributing to this. we want you to hear more from the mayor about how he feel hitting that number. >> 299, 261. nobody ever asked me a question. i've been a mayor for six years i don't remembe

he composed and wrote lyrics for a vast number of musicals, including west side story, sweeney todd andlies. love it or hate it, the annual shopping extravaganza black friday is underway. it's no longerjust a day — some retailers have been offering deals since the start of the month. this weekend, shoppers here in the uk are expected to spend over £9 billion. but it's the first big test for retailers as they prepare for the christmas rush. our correspondent emma simpson reports. it wouldn't be black friday without big tvs, gadgets, and appliances flying off the shelves. this vast distribution hub in newark is home to britain's biggest electrical retailer. it's their most important time of the year, and the pressure�*s really on. it truly has been a perfect storm of shortages across the board. so we've taken on more warehousing space, we've got more stock than ever in our stores, and we've recruited over 3,200 colleagues across our business. so we've got the drivers, the warehouse staff, we've got everything we need to deliver this peak. how many playstation 5s do you have, then? laughs.

in 1979, sondheim wrote what was probably broadway's first musical thriller "sweeney todd."ater is it's a living organism, whereas movies and television are as if in amber. it's not that they're dead but they're only alive in one shape, 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 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 musica

american musical theater with some of the most popular works including company, into the woods, sweeney toddis something that is in motion and we just arranged right now a discussion between our scientists and the south african scientists a lit lt later in the morning to get the facts because you're hearing a lot of facts back and forth. want to find out scientist to scientist, what's going on. >> this from reuters from the new omicron variant, the world health organization on friday classified the b11529 variant detective in south africa as an sars-cov2 variant of concern saying they'll play more quickly. former tennessee congressman and ceo of empowerment and inclusion capital. the chief correspondent of the washington examiner and the fox media analyst and fox's media host, howard curtisment. welcome. >> thanks. >> your thoughts on a new variant at a time when a lot of americans have been together for thanksgiving looking to get out to the mall to go shopping for the holidays? >> first of all, thanks for having me. happy thanksgiving, merry christmas. happy holidays to all. two things tha

from west side story to sweeney todd.im revolutionizing what audiences saw on broadway for generations. >> theat theat i like to surprise myself. reporter: and surprised he did. ♪ >> in 1970, company, the first musical without a defined plot nominated for 14 tony awards. his first full score was in 1962, a funny thing happened on the way to the farm. born in 1930 in new york city, sondheim was brought up in the theater, learning from broadway legend oscar hammerstein. >> he taught me how to structure the kind of lyric he wrote, which is a story lyric. reporter: sondheim would go on to win tony's, grammys, and an oscar. sondheim spent the day celebrating thanksgiving with his friends. he was 91. >> one thing before i go go go o have made me see the passion of love, and i thought you should know. liz: a true legend. moving on now, a fire in the east bay nearly consumed a church yesterday morning. it started in the back of the st. james cathedral church of god in pittsburgh. the flames consumed the building under constructio

sweeney todd. barber and serial killer. >> what's great about the theater is it's a living organism where movies and television are as in amber. it's not that they're dead but they're only alive in one shape, form and tone. every time you see a movie, they are giving the same performance as they did the last time you saw them. not true of a show. >> reporter: inspiration was everywhere for sodeheim. 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 into the woods based on the fables. late in sodeheim's career, he was approached with something he was working on. a musical then called the hamilton mixed tape. he mentored him just as hammerstein had done to him. from waltzes to rap, his impact on american musical theater spanned decades and created some of the most popular musicals. >> what a life. sodeheim mentored lynn manwell before hamilton became a household name. he s

sondheim composed and wrote lyrics for a vast number of musicals, including west side story, sweeney todd and follies. it's just kind half past midnight here in the uk. it's time for the media show. hello and welcome to this week's edition of the media show. and this time around, we are going to try and understand why some political stories have long—lasting impact, and others, even those which feel hugely important at the time, do not. to help us look at this, we are going to speak to the bbc�*s steve rosenberg, he is our moscow correspondent, and he's just recorded a remarkable interview with the president of belarus, alexander lukashenko. we're also going to consider the new editor the daily mail, how much control will he have over which political stories in the uk last, notjust for a day or 2, but for much longer. and of course, we've got to talk about pep peppa pig. i'm sure lots of people saw the prime minister's speech at the cbi this week which featured pet the pig. let's begin the program by talking to the deputy political editor at itv news. i wonder how itb covered that story.

scores for many of the 20th century's most successful musicals, including a little night music and sweeney todd. stephen sondheim, described as a genius of musical theatre, who's died at the age, of 91. england's women footballers maintained their winning run in qualification for the 2023 world cup. they beat austria 1—0, with ellen white scoring the only goal on her 100th international appearance. here's joe lynskey. the next women's world cup is in australia and new zealand. to get there, england go through sunderland in a storm. so torrential was the weather, the local trains said not to travel, but sarina wiegman�*s england look on their way to something good. they dominated austria through the first half. and, on 39 minutes, found a way through the wall. this was ellen white's 100th cap, and she'd marked it with a goal. she's on course to soon be england women's record scorer. that was england's 33rd goal in five qualifying games, but they knew this was their biggest test. they kept their 100% record thanks to mary earps�* stunning save. but that was the closest austria came. and england s

ground ♪ >> reporter: in 1979, sondheim wrote what was probably broadway's first musical thriller, "sweeney toddhe sunshine how he smiled ♪ >> what's great about the theater is it's a living organism, whereas movies and television are as if in amber. it's not that they're dead, but they're only alive in one shape, form, and tone. every time you see a movie, they're giving the same performance as they did the last time you saw them. not true of a show. >> reporter: inspiration was everywhere for sondheim. in 1984, moved by a famous 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