As a last hurrah, Stephen Sondheim’s Here We Are is quite something. An acerbic, absurdist take on late-stage capitalism, he was still working on it when he died – suddenly – in 2021 at the age of 91.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will welcome OutKast, Soundgarden, the White Stripes, Cyndi Lauper, and Salt-N-Pepa into the ...