- publicWebsite:
Visit - group Other Names:
description About
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.
Info
- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1930-03-22
- event Death Date 2021-11-26
- school Known for: Writing
- star Popularity: 3
- info Birth Place New York City, New York, USA
- visibility Views: 7 views
-
star User Ratings:
image Images
smart_display Movies and TV shows by Stephen Sondheim
7.7
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021-11-11
0
Into the Woods: A Conversationpiece
1990-05-15
0
Assassins: A Conversationpiece
1991-06-01
0
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
7
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003-04-03
7.8
The Stories of West Side Story
2022-03-02
0
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
2011-11-15
2
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998-11-07
9
Keeping Company with Sondheim
2022-05-27
0
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1973-01-01
7.1
Six by Sondheim
2013-12-09
9
The Making of Sweeney Todd at the San Francisco Symphony
2002-05-01
9
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1992-06-10
0
Sunday in the Park with... Stephen
1990-03-20
0
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
8
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
2016-12-26
10
Putting it Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
1986-01-11
0
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
0
West Side Memories
2003-04-01
0
June Moon
1974-01-30
7
Follies: In Concert
1986-03-14
0
Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
1980-07-26
5.5
Camp
2003-09-05
8
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010-11-16
6
Witness to 'Reds'
2006-10-17
0
Children Will Listen
2004-04-11
7.2
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
2001-10-31
7.4
Inside the Actors Studio
1994-08-14
8
The Simpsons
1989-12-17
5.6
The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01
6.8
The Colbert Report
2005-10-17
3.1
Pebble Mill
1991-10-14
7.3
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978-12-28
6.5
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08
4.6
Tony Awards
1956-04-01
8
Previn and the Pittsburgh
1977-02-27
7.8
Broadway: The American Musical
2004-10-19
8.5
Live from Lincoln Center
1976-01-30
5.4
Great Performances
1971-01-28
5.4
Great Performances
1971-01-28
movie_edit Directing
5.4
Chita: A Legendary Celebration
2020-05-29
5.4
Merrily We Roll Along
2013-10-23
5.4
Into the Woods
1991-03-15
5.4
Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
1980-07-26
5.4
Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
1980-07-26
5.4
Putting It Together
2001-10-14
5.4
Pacific Overtures
1976-09-06
5.4
Passion
1996-09-29
5.4
Sunday In the Park With George
2013-05-05
5.4
A Little Night Music
1977-09-30
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1982-09-12
5.4
Original Cast Album: Company
1970-10-28
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
2001-10-31
5.4
National Theatre Live: Follies
2017-11-16
5.4
Sunday in the Park with George
1986-06-16
5.4
West Side Story
2021-12-08
5.4
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1973-01-01
5.4
Sunday in the Park with... Stephen
1990-03-20
5.4
Company
1996-12-10
5.4
Merrily We Roll Along
2013-10-23
5.4
Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023
2023-10-12
5.4
Gypsy
2015-12-27
5.4
Sunday In the Park With George
2013-05-05
5.4
Putting It Together
2001-10-14
5.4
National Theatre Live: Follies
2017-11-16
5.4
Gypsy
2015-12-27
5.4
National Theatre Live: Follies
2017-11-16
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1982-09-12
5.4
Company: A Musical Comedy
2008-02-20
5.4
Sunday In the Park With George
2013-05-05
5.4
Putting It Together
2001-10-14
5.4
Sunday in the Park with George
1986-06-16
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1982-09-12
5.4
Passion
1996-09-29
5.4
Company
2011-06-15
5.4
Sunday in the Park with George
1986-06-16
5.4
Company: A Musical Comedy
2008-02-20
5.4
Passion
1996-09-29
5.4
Company
2011-06-15
5.4
Company
1996-12-10
5.4
Pacific Overtures
1976-09-06
5.4
Pacific Overtures
1976-09-06
5.4
Company
1996-12-10
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2014-09-26
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2014-09-26
5.4
Mostly Sondheim
2003-05-20
5.4
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022-03-19
5.4
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022-03-19
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007-12-20
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007-12-20
5.4
Into the Woods
2011-03-31
5.4
Road Show
5.4
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010-11-16
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
2001-10-31
5.4
The Last of Sheila
1973-06-14
5.4
Road Show
5.4
Candide
2003-11-15
5.4
Into the Woods
1991-03-15
5.4
Gypsy
1962-11-01
5.4
Merrily We Roll Along
5.4
Merrily We Roll Along
5.4
Merrily We Roll Along
5.4
Reds
1981-12-25
5.4
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
1989-12-13
5.4
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022-11-23
5.4
Into the Woods
2014-12-24
5.4
Into the Woods
2014-12-24
5.4
New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
1990-11-07
5.4
Candide
1986-11-12
5.4
Candide
1986-11-12
5.4
Pacific Overtures
1976-09-06
5.4
Original Cast Album: Company
1970-10-28
5.4
New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
1990-11-07
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2014-09-26
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2014-09-26
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
2001-10-31
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
2001-10-31
5.4
Original Cast Album: Company
1970-10-28
5.4
New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
1990-11-07
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007-12-20
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007-12-20
5.4
Stavisky...
1974-05-15
5.4
Merrily We Roll Along
2013-10-23
5.4
Six by Sondheim
2013-12-09
5.4
Candide
2005-01-12
5.4
Follies
2013-12-29
5.4
Follies
2013-12-29
5.4
Follies
5.4
Follies
5.4
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1992-06-10
5.4
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
2020-04-26
5.4
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
2020-04-26
5.4
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1992-06-10
5.4
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
2016-11-18
5.4
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
2016-11-18
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2008-10-15
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2008-10-15
5.4
Candide
5.4
Marry Me a Little
2020-11-19
5.4
Putting It Together
2001-10-14
5.4
Passion
1996-09-29
5.4
West Side Story
2021-12-08
5.4
Company
1996-12-10
5.4
Into the Woods
2014-12-24
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2014-09-26
5.4
Company
2011-06-15
5.4
Company
2011-06-15
5.4
Company: A Musical Comedy
2008-02-20
5.4
Evening Primrose
1966-11-16
5.4
Gypsy
2015-12-27
5.4
Putting It Together
2001-10-14
5.4
Company: A Musical Comedy
2008-02-20
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007-12-20
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2014-09-26
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007-12-20
5.4
Company
1996-12-10
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
2001-10-31
5.4
Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim
2020-05-31
5.4
Into the Woods
1991-03-15
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1982-09-12
5.4
Into the Woods
1991-03-15
5.4
Gypsy
1993-12-12
5.4
Sunday in the Park with George
1986-06-16
5.4
Pacific Overtures
1976-09-06
5.4
West Side Story
1961-12-13
5.4
Pacific Overtures
1976-09-06
5.4
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966-10-16
5.4
Sunday in the Park with George
1986-06-16
5.4
A Little Night Music
1977-09-30
5.4
Gypsy
1962-11-01
5.4
Passion
1996-09-29
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1982-09-12
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2012-03-10
5.4
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2012-03-10
5.4
Dick Tracy
1990-04-05
5.4
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022-05-03
5.4
Passion
2005-03-31
5.4
Company
2011-06-15
5.4
Sweeney Todd: El Barber Diabòlic del Carrer Fleet
1995-10-31
5.4
Sweeney Todd: El Barber Diabòlic del Carrer Fleet
1995-10-31
5.4
Into the Woods
2011-03-31
5.4
Merrily We Roll Along
5.4
Merrily We Roll Along
5.4
Into the Woods
2014-12-24
5.4
Passion
2005-03-31
5.4
Candide
1991-10-15
5.4
Company: A Musical Comedy
2008-02-20
5.4
Dick Tracy
1990-04-05
5.4
Candide
2007-07-27
5.4
A Little Night Music
1977-09-30
5.4
West Side Story
2021-12-08
5.4
Evening Primrose
1966-11-16
5.4
Evening Primrose
1966-11-16
5.4
Into the Woods
2014-12-24
5.4
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966-10-16
5.4
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966-10-16
5.4
A Little Night Music
1977-09-30
5.4
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
2020-04-26
5.4
Evening Primrose
1966-11-16
5.4
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966-10-16
5.4
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1992-06-10
5.4
Gypsy
1993-12-12
5.4
Simply Sondheim
2021-02-02
5.4
Follies: In Concert
1986-03-14
5.4
Judy Collins: A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim
2016-08-24
5.4
Follies: In Concert
1986-03-14
5.4
Follies: In Concert
1986-03-14
5.4
West Side Story
1961-12-13
5.4
Assassins
2004-04-22
5.4
Assassins
2004-04-22
5.4
Assassins
2004-04-22
5.4
Assassins
2004-04-22
5.4
Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2009-05-07
5.4
Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2009-05-07
5.4
All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
1977-02-12
5.4
Live from Lincoln Center
1976-01-30
5.4
Live from Lincoln Center
1976-01-30