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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Sondheim, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1930-03-22
  • event Death Date 2021-11-26
  • school Known for: Writing
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Stephen Sondheim

7.7

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021-11-11

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Assassins: A Conversationpiece

1991-06-01

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Into the Woods: A Conversationpiece

1990-05-15

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Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years

2021-12-27

8.7

On Broadway

2019-10-12

7.5

Something's Coming: West Side Story

2021-12-05

7.2

Original Cast Album: Company

1970-10-28

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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003-04-03

7.8

The Stories of West Side Story

2022-03-02

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A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy

2011-11-15

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Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh

1998-11-07

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Keeping Company with Sondheim

2022-05-27

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Sondheim: A Musical Tribute

1973-01-01

7.1

Six by Sondheim

2013-12-09

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The Making of Sweeney Todd at the San Francisco Symphony

2002-05-01

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Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

1992-06-10

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Sunday in the Park with... Stephen

1990-03-20

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The Last of Sheila Featurette

1973-01-01

7.1

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

2022-11-23

7.5

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...

2016-11-18

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West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic

2016-12-26

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Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album

1986-01-11

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Harold Prince: The Director's Life

2018-11-23

7.7

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd

2008-04-01

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West Side Memories

2003-04-01

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June Moon

1974-01-30

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Follies: In Concert

1986-03-14

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Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical

1980-07-26

5.6

Camp

2003-09-05

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Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

2010-11-16

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Witness to 'Reds'

2006-10-17

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Children Will Listen

2004-04-11

6.9

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert

2001-10-31

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Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York

1986-02-01

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A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim

1995-01-12

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Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II

1995-03-06

6.4

Company

1996-12-10

7.6

Inside the Actors Studio

1994-08-14

8.1

The Simpsons

1989-12-17

5.8

The Merv Griffin Show

1962-10-01

6.9

The Colbert Report

2005-10-17

3.1

Pebble Mill

1991-10-14

7.4

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978-12-28

6.3

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015-09-08

5.1

Tony Awards

1956-04-01

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Previn and the Pittsburgh

1977-02-27

7.8

Broadway: The American Musical

2004-10-19

8.6

Live from Lincoln Center

1976-01-30

5.3

Great Performances

1971-01-28

5.3

Great Performances

1971-01-28

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5.3

Chita: A Legendary Celebration

2020-05-29

5.3

Merrily We Roll Along

2013-10-23

5.3

Into the Woods

1991-03-15

5.3

Putting It Together

2001-10-14

5.3

Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical

1980-07-26

5.3

Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical

1980-07-26

5.3

Pacific Overtures

1976-09-06

5.3

Passion

1996-09-29

5.3

Sunday In the Park With George

2013-05-05

5.3

A Little Night Music

1977-09-30

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1982-09-12

5.3

Original Cast Album: Company

1970-10-28

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert

2001-10-31

5.3

National Theatre Live: Follies

2017-11-16

5.3

Sunday in the Park with George

1986-06-16

5.3

West Side Story

2021-12-08

5.3

Sondheim: A Musical Tribute

1973-01-01

5.3

Sunday in the Park with... Stephen

1990-03-20

5.3

Company

1996-12-10

5.3

Merrily We Roll Along

2013-10-23

5.3

Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023

2023-10-12

5.3

Gypsy

2015-12-27

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1982-09-12

5.3

Sunday in the Park with George

1986-06-16

5.3

Passion

1996-09-29

5.3

Sunday in the Park with George

1986-06-16

5.3

Company

2011-06-15

5.3

Sunday In the Park With George

2013-05-05

5.3

Company

2011-06-15

5.3

Company: A Musical Comedy

2008-02-20

5.3

Passion

1996-09-29

5.3

Sunday In the Park With George

2013-05-05

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1982-09-12

5.3

National Theatre Live: Follies

2017-11-16

5.3

National Theatre Live: Follies

2017-11-16

5.3

Putting It Together

2001-10-14

5.3

Putting It Together

2001-10-14

5.3

Company: A Musical Comedy

2008-02-20

5.3

Gypsy

2015-12-27

5.3

Company

1996-12-10

5.3

Pacific Overtures

1976-09-06

5.3

Pacific Overtures

1976-09-06

5.3

Company

1996-12-10

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2014-09-26

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2014-09-26

5.3

Mostly Sondheim

2003-05-20

5.3

Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime

2022-03-19

5.3

Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime

2022-03-19

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2007-12-20

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2007-12-20

5.3

Into the Woods

2011-03-31

5.3

Road Show

5.3

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

2010-11-16

5.3

The Last of Sheila

1973-06-14

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert

2001-10-31

5.3

Road Show

5.3

Leonard Bernstein: Candide

2003-11-15

5.3

Into the Woods

1991-03-15

5.3

Gypsy

1962-11-01

5.3

Merrily We Roll Along

5.3

Merrily We Roll Along

5.3

Merrily We Roll Along

5.3

Reds

1981-12-25

5.3

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

1989-12-13

5.3

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

2022-11-23

5.3

Into the Woods

2014-12-24

5.3

Into the Woods

2014-12-24

5.3

New York City Opera: A Little Night Music

1990-11-07

5.3

Candide

1986-11-12

5.3

Candide

1986-11-12

5.3

Pacific Overtures

1976-09-06

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2014-09-26

5.3

Original Cast Album: Company

1970-10-28

5.3

Original Cast Album: Company

1970-10-28

5.3

New York City Opera: A Little Night Music

1990-11-07

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2014-09-26

5.3

New York City Opera: A Little Night Music

1990-11-07

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert

2001-10-31

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert

2001-10-31

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2007-12-20

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2007-12-20

5.3

Stavisky...

1974-05-15

5.3

Merrily We Roll Along

2013-10-23

5.3

Six by Sondheim

2013-12-09

5.3

Candide

2005-01-12

5.3

Follies

5.3

Follies

2013-12-29

5.3

Follies

5.3

Follies

2013-12-29

5.3

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

1992-06-10

5.3

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

1992-06-10

5.3

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...

2016-11-18

5.3

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...

2016-11-18

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2008-10-15

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2008-10-15

5.3

Candide

2023-03-04

5.3

Marry Me a Little

2020-11-19

5.3

Gypsy

2015-12-27

5.3

Company

1996-12-10

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2014-09-26

5.3

Putting It Together

2001-10-14

5.3

Evening Primrose

1966-11-16

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert

2001-10-31

5.3

Putting It Together

2001-10-14

5.3

Company

2011-06-15

5.3

Company: A Musical Comedy

2008-02-20

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2014-09-26

5.3

Company

2011-06-15

5.3

Company: A Musical Comedy

2008-02-20

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2007-12-20

5.3

Passion

1996-09-29

5.3

Company

1996-12-10

5.3

Sunday in the Park with George

1986-06-16

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1982-09-12

5.3

Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim

2020-05-31

5.3

Passion

1996-09-29

5.3

Into the Woods

1991-03-15

5.3

Into the Woods

1991-03-15

5.3

Pacific Overtures

1976-09-06

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1982-09-12

5.3

Pacific Overtures

1976-09-06

5.3

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966-10-16

5.3

Sunday in the Park with George

1986-06-16

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2012-03-10

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2012-03-10

5.3

Dick Tracy

1990-04-05

5.3

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

2022-05-03

5.3

Passion

2005-03-31

5.3

Company

2011-06-15

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1995-10-31

5.3

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1995-10-31

5.3

Into the Woods

2011-03-31

5.3

Merrily We Roll Along

2025-12-05

5.3

Merrily We Roll Along

2025-12-05

5.3

Into the Woods

2014-12-24

5.3

Passion

2005-03-31

5.3

Candide

1991-10-15

5.3

Company: A Musical Comedy

2008-02-20

5.3

Dick Tracy

1990-04-05

5.3

Candide

2007-07-27

5.3

A Little Night Music

1977-09-30

5.3

West Side Story

2021-12-08

5.3

Evening Primrose

1966-11-16

5.3

Evening Primrose

1966-11-16

5.3

Into the Woods

2014-12-24

5.3

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966-10-16

5.3

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966-10-16

5.3

A Little Night Music

1977-09-30

5.3

Evening Primrose

1966-11-16

5.3

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966-10-16

5.3

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

1992-06-10

5.3

Gypsy

1993-12-12

5.3

Simply Sondheim

2021-02-02

5.3

Follies: In Concert

1986-03-14

5.3

Judy Collins: A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim

2016-08-24

5.3

Follies: In Concert

1986-03-14

5.3

Follies: In Concert

1986-03-14

5.3

West Side Story

1961-12-13

5.3

Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2009-05-07

5.3

Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2009-05-07

5.3

Into The Woods (AUS Productions)

2024-12-05

5.3

A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim

1995-01-12

5.3

A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim

1995-01-12

5.3

West Side Story

2021-12-08

5.3

West Side Story

1961-12-13

5.3

Gypsy

1962-11-01

5.3

Gypsy

1993-12-12

5.3

A Little Night Music

1977-09-30

5.3

Sweeney Todd: Tiny Desk Concert

2023-12-22

5.3

Sweeney Todd: Tiny Desk Concert

2023-12-22

5.3

Sweeney Todd: Tiny Desk Concert

2023-12-22

5.3

All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music

1977-02-12

5.3

Live from Lincoln Center

1976-01-30

5.3

Live from Lincoln Center

1976-01-30