Stephen Sondheim
Known For: Writing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: March 22, 1930
Day of Death: November 26, 2021 (92 years old)
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. Among the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, Sondheim was praised for having "reinvented the American musical" with shows that tackled "unexpected themes that range far beyond the [genre's] traditional subjects" with "music and lyrics of unprecedented complexity and sophistication". His shows addressed "darker, more harrowing elements of the human experience" with songs often tinged with "ambivalence" about various aspects of life. Sondheim started his theatre career by writing the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959) before becoming a composer and lyricist. Sondheim's best-known works include 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 accolades include eight Tony Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Tony in 2008), an Academy Award, eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom. He has a theater named for him both on Broadway and in the West End of London. Sondheim wrote film music, contributing "Goodbye for Now" for Warren Beatty's Reds (1981). He wrote five songs for 1990's Dick Tracy, including "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)", sung in the film by Madonna, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Film adaptations of Sondheim's work include West Side Story (1961), Gypsy (1962), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), A Little Night Music (1977), Gypsy (1993), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Into the Woods (2014), West Side Story (2021), and Merrily We Roll Along (TBD).
2023
2022
Actor Self
The Stories of West Side Story
Actor Self
Keeping Company with Sondheim
Actor Stephen Sondheim
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
In Memory Of
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Songs
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Lyricist
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
Music
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2021
2020
Music
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
Lyricist
Chita: A Legendary Celebration
Songs
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
Lyricist
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
Songs
Marry Me a Little
Songs
Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
Music
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Musical
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Songs
Into the Woods
Musical
Into the Woods
Original Music Composer
Into the Woods
Lyricist
Into the Woods
Songs
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Lyricist
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Writer
Into the Woods
Original Music Composer
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Writer
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2013
2012
2011
2010
2008
2007
Music
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Musical
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Writer
Candide
Songs
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Lyricist
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Writer
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Original Music Composer
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2006
2005
2003
2002
2001
Music
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
Writer
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
Musical
Putting It Together
Songs
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
Lyricist
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
Songs
Putting It Together
Lyricist
Putting It Together
Original Music Composer
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
Writer
Putting It Together
Original Music Composer
Putting It Together
1998
1996
1995
1993
1992
1991
1990
Actor Self
Into the Woods: A Conversationpiece
Actor
Sunday in the Park with...Stephen
Music
New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
Songs
Dick Tracy
Original Music Composer
Sunday in the Park with...Stephen
Songs
New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
Lyricist
New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
Original Music Composer
Dick Tracy
1989
1986
Actor Self- Composer
Follies: In Concert
Musical
Sunday in the Park with George
Original Music Composer
Follies: In Concert
Lyricist
Follies: In Concert
Songs
Follies: In Concert
Writer
Candide
Lyricist
Candide
Songs
Sunday in the Park with George
Lyricist
Sunday in the Park with George
Writer
Sunday in the Park with George
Original Music Composer
Sunday in the Park with George
1985
1982
1981
1980
1977
1976
1974
1973
1970
1966
Songs
Evening Primrose
Lyricist
Evening Primrose
Songs
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Lyricist
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Original Music Composer
Evening Primrose
Original Music Composer
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Writer
Evening Primrose
Writer
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
