
Stephen Sondheim
Writing
🎂 1930-03-22
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Sondheim, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Self
2015

Self
1962

Stephen Sondheim (voice)
1989

2005

Maxie Schwartz
1971

Self
1971

Self
1976

Self
1978

Self - Nominee
1956
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1991

Self
1977

Stephen Sondheim
2022

Self
2004

Self
1994

Stephen Sondheim (voice on phone) (uncredited)
2021

2018

Self
2003

Self (archive footage)
2019

Self / Joe
2013

Self
2003

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2021

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2022

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2016
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2016

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1970

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1996

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2008

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2022

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2010

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2001

1995

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1992

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2011

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1998

Himself
1986

Self
1980

Self- Composer
1986

Self
1990

Self
1995

self
2004

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2002

Self
2003

Maxie Schwartz
1974

1990

Self
2006

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2021

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1991

1973

Self
1986

Self
1973
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1976

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1977

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2007

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1961

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1961

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2014

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1962

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1962

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1973

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1966

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1966

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2007

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2024

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2009
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1990

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