All 4 carried out songs from fashionable musicals like 'Merrily We Roll Alongside' and 'West Aspect Story' as a part of the ceremony's In Memoriam phase, which paid particular tribute to the late American lyricist and composer.
Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler celebrated the work of Stephen Sondheim throughout a 2022 GrammysIn Memoriam tribute, which featured a number of the late musical theater composer and lyricist’s hottest songs.
Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler carried out a medley of Sondheim hits on Sunday evening, their performances presenting completely different motifs, as a part of a Grammy phase honoring each the icon in addition to the opposite people the music business misplaced this previous 12 months.
Every performer, together with Odom and Platt who have been each nominated for Grammys this 12 months, took on a unique Sondheim basic. Platt, wearing black, opened the tribute, singing “Not A Day Goes By” from Merrily We Roll Alongside, whereas Erivo, wearing black and silver, and Odom Jr. in a yellow swimsuit, carried out a smooth duet of “Ship within the Clowns” from A Little Night time Music.
Zegler, in a flowing crimson robe, then took to the stage, standing subsequent to Erivo and Odom as she started to sing “Someplace” from West Aspect Story, a cinematic adaptation of which she starred in. In the direction of the top of the efficiency, Platt rejoined the opposite three on the stage, with all 4 singing as an ensemble earlier than ending the music to a powerful, standing ovation.
Sondheim died on Nov. 26 at 91. The lyricist and composer was well-known for his work on musical theater classics past these featured within the medley, together with Into the Woods, Firm and Sweeney Todd. He acquired quite a lot of accolades and honors all through his decades-long profession, together with a Pulitzer Prize, an Oscar and 7 Grammys.
The sixty fourth annual Grammy Awards are behind held Sunday on the MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment in Las Vegas.