Stephen Sondheim
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).
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March 22, 1930Deathday
November 26, 2021Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
96Place of birth
New York City, New York, USACast credits
Original Cast Album: Company
SelfBroadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
SelfHey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
SelfSix by Sondheim
Self / JoeBest Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
SelfPutting it Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
HimselfHarold Prince: The Director's Life
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
SelfWest Side Memories
SelfJune Moon
Maxie SchwartzFollies: In Concert
Self- ComposerSweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
SelfCamp
SelfSondheim! The Birthday Concert
Self - HonoreeWitness to 'Reds'
Selftick, tick... BOOM!
Stephen Sondheim (voice on phone) (uncredited)Assassins: A Conversationpiece
SelfInto the Woods: A Conversationpiece
SelfCameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
SelfOn Broadway
Self (archive footage)Crew credits
The Last of Sheila
WriterA Little Night Music
Songs, Lyricist, Original Music Composer, WriterOriginal Cast Album: Company
Music, Songs, LyricistSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
Music, Writer, Songs, Lyricist, Original Music ComposerSunday in the Park with George
Musical, Songs, Lyricist, Writer, Original Music ComposerSondheim! The Birthday Concert
SongsMerrily We Roll Along
Music, Lyricist, SongsCompany
Musical, Songs, Lyricist, Original Music Composer, WriterSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Musical, Music, Songs, Lyricist, Original Music Composer, WriterSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Musical, Music, Songs, Lyricist, Writer, Original Music ComposerReds
Original Music ComposerInto the Woods
Songs, Musical, Original Music Composer, Lyricist, WriterNew York City Opera: A Little Night Music
Music, Songs, LyricistCompany
Musical, Lyricist, Songs, Original Music Composer, WriterPassion
Original Music Composer, SongsCandide
LyricistCompany
Musical, Lyricist, Songs, Writer, Original Music ComposerDick Tracy
Songs, Original Music ComposerWest Side Story
Lyricist, Thanks, WriterEvening Primrose
Songs, Lyricist, Original Music Composer, Writer