Stephen Sondheim
Writing
Born 1930-03-22
Died 2021-11-26
New York City, New York, USA
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Stephen Joshua Sondheim (/ˈsɒndhaɪm/; March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theatre, he is credited with reinventing the American musical. With his frequent collaborators Harold Prince and James Lapine, Sondheim's Broadway musicals tackled unexpected themes beyond the genre's traditional subjects while addressing darker elements of the human experience. His music and lyrics are tinged with complexity, sophistication, and ambivalence about various aspects of life.
Sondheim's interest in musical theatre began at a young age, and Oscar Hammerstein II mentored him. He started his career by writing the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959). He transitioned to writing both music and lyrics for the theatre, with his best-known works including A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987).
Sondheim's numerous awards and nominations include eight Tony Awards, an Academy Award, eight Grammy Awards, an Olivier Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. He also was awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 1993 and a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. A theatre is named after him both on Broadway and in London's West End. Film adaptations of his works include West Side Story (1961), Gypsy (1962), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), A Little Night Music (1977), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street(2007), Into the Woods (2014), and West Side Story (2021).
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Filmography
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Writing
8 credits
American Playhouse
Live from Lincoln Center
The Last of Sheila
Evening Primrose
Simply Sondheim
All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
Candide
Into the Woods
Acting
47 credits
The Simpsons
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Colbert Report
Great Performances
Tony Awards
The Merv Griffin Show
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Pebble Mill
The Kennedy Center Honors
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
West Side Story
Live from Lincoln Center
Into the Woods
West Side Story
tick, tick... BOOM!
Merrily We Roll Along
Camp
Gypsy
Gypsy
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical
Six by Sondheim
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Assassins
June Moon
West Side Story
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
On Broadway
Broadway: The American Musical
Company
Into the Woods
Merrily We Roll Along
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – In Concert with the New York Philharmonic
A Little Night Music
Previn and the Pittsburgh
Pacific Overtures
Something's Coming: West Side Story
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Into the Woods
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Sunday in the Park with George
Candide
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
National Theatre Live: Follies
Company
Putting It Together
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Other credits
30 credits
American Playhouse
Performance
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
West Side Story
Dick Tracy
Into the Woods
Reds
Stavisky...
Merrily We Roll Along
Mostly Sondheim
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical
Six by Sondheim
Evening Primrose
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Assassins
Company
Assassins
Into the Woods
Merrily We Roll Along
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – In Concert with the New York Philharmonic
A Little Night Music
Pacific Overtures
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Passion
Sunday in the Park with George
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
National Theatre Live: Follies
Putting It Together
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
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