Steven Spielberg honors Stephen Sondheim at ‘West Side Story’ premiere
Stephen Sondheim, died at age 91.At Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, the film’s stars such as Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, Mike Faist, David Alvarez and Rita Moreno walked the red carpet in black tuxedos and muted dresses, making onlookers wonder if outfits were changed at the last minute out of respect for the “Sweeney Todd” and “Into The Woods” composer.“West Side Story” is, after all, a famously colorful musical.Before the lights went down, director Steven Spielberg movingly paid tribute to Sondheim in a long and detailed speech.“His amazing work for ‘West Side Story’ [in 1957] first put him on the map, and launched a career that would completely redraw that map, reinvent the musical and theater and create a body of