Barack Obama said "Put simply, Stephen reinvented the American musical, has loomed large over more than six decades in the theater." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordNovember 23, 2015

Put simply, Stephen reinvented the American musical, has loomed large over more than six decades in the theater.

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Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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