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Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim, center, steps forward to applause during "Sondheim: The Birthday Concert" at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York last Monday.

A little night birthday music for Stephen Sondheim on his 80th

From Broadway's prodigious boy wonder to its beloved aging monarch: For Stephen Sondheim, whose forthcoming 80th birthday Monday was celebrated in a thrilling concert at Avery Fisher Hall last Monday evening, it must have seemed like a hop, skip and a jump from one to the other. (Today)

Stephen Sondheim, center

Jason DeCrow

Iggy Pop performs during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York last Monday night.

Rock fame: It becomes official, Iggy Pop is inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame

NEW YORK -- Slouched against the lectern at the 25th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, a shirtless Iggy Pop snarled, "I am the world's forgotten boy." No more. (Today)

Iggy Pop

2Do Calendar

Some things to do this week. (Today)

Symphony, Tortelier bring 'Planets' into perfect alignment

The "Planets" didn't just align last night at Heinz Hall: They formed a sonic coalition in a spectacular showing by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier. (Yesterday)

Concert to aid food pantry

"Adventures in Spanish Music" is slated for 3 p.m. Sunday in the Greenstone United Methodist Church. Donations will benefit the North Hills Food Pantry. (Yesterday)

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