{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Stephen Sondheim, theater icon who reshaped musicals, dies at 91","publication_date":"November 26, 2021","summary":"Sondheim influenced several generations of theater songwriters, particularly with such landmark musicals as \"Company,\" \"Follies\" and \"Sweeney Todd.\" His most famous ballad, \"Send in the Clowns,\" has been recorded hundreds of times.","author_name":"By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2021\/11\/d89590b4f956e8e2464f6cda490593dd-GettyImages-103429922-e1637968316671-1024x776.jpg","thumbnail_height":776,"thumbnail_width":1024}