New York, New York – It was not an ordinary Sunday in New York City.

Hundreds of Broadway legends and fans showed up in droves in Times Square and Central Park on Sunday at noon to pay respects to legendary theater composer Stephen Sondheim.

Sondheim passed away on Friday at the age of 91 and is credited with changing the face of musical theater with his work on the scores of classic shows West Side Story, Gypsy, Sweeney Todd, Company, Follies, and Into the Woods.

Standing on the red TKTS steps in Times Square, Broadway actors appropriately sang Sunday from Sondheim's Pulitzer Prize-winning show, Sunday in the Park with George.

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Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban, Laura Benanti, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Lauren Patten were among those in attendance, while Lin-Manuel Miranda addressed the crowd with a reading of an excerpt from Sondheim's memoir.

A crowd also gathered at Bethesda Fountain in Central Park at the same time to sing the same selection.

"Singing the sermon of #sondheim," wrote Bareilles of the Times Square event. "Together in community, in tears, in time. Lin reading from the book of Stephen, gathering us in, toward the soft ache of loss and reverence and memory and holding how we are all held by the work of this one man."

Groban told NBC New York the tribute to Sondheim was like "coming to church."

"His music is what got me into music, his music is what got me into theater," Groban said.

Many in attendance were moved to tears.

Reverberations of the memorials continue across the pond. The theater lights in London's West End will be dimmed for two minutes to honor the titan's passing at 7 PM GMT on Monday.