About Stephen Sondheim
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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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Movie Credits
Stephen Sondheim has appeared in 30 movies.
Some of Stephen Sondheim's most popular movies include:
TV Credits
Stephen Sondheim has appeared in 12 TV Series.
These include
Live from Lincoln Center,
Broadway: The American Musical,
The Kennedy Center Honors,
The Colbert Report,
Pebble Mill,
Inside the Actors Studio,
The Merv Griffin Show,
The Simpsons,
Great Performances,
Tony Awards,
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and
The Oscars.
Production Credits
Stephen Sondheim has 123 production credits.
Crew
Sound
Credited for Music in 15 shows -
Original Cast Album: Company,
Pacific Overtures,
Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical,
New York City Opera: A Little Night Music,
Into the Woods,
Passion,
Company,
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert,
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,
Company,
Merrily We Roll Along,
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,
Judy Collins: A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim,
National Theatre Live: Follies and
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration.
Credited for Songs in 33 shows -
Follies,
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,
Evening Primrose,
Original Cast Album: Company,
A Little Night Music,
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,
Follies: In Concert,
Sunday in the Park with George,
Dick Tracy,
New York City Opera: A Little Night Music,
Into the Woods,
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall,
Passion,
Putting It Together,
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert,
Mostly Sondheim,
Passion (Live from Lincoln Center),
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,
Company,
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert,
Company,
Sunday In the Park With George,
Merrily We Roll Along,
Six by Sondheim,
Follies,
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,
Into the Woods,
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...,
National Theatre Live: Follies,
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration,
Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim,
Marry Me a Little and
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends.
Credited for Original Music Composer in 15 shows -
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,
Evening Primrose,
Stavisky...,
Live from Lincoln Center,
A Little Night Music,
Reds,
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,
Follies: In Concert,
Sunday in the Park with George,
Sunday in the Park with...Stephen,
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall,
Passion (Live from Lincoln Center),
Company,
Six by Sondheim and
Into the Woods.
Writing
Credited for Musical in 15 shows -
Pacific Overtures,
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,
Sunday in the Park with George,
Into the Woods,
Passion,
Company,
Putting It Together,
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,
Company,
Into the Woods,
Company,
Sunday In the Park With George,
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,
Into the Woods and
National Theatre Live: Follies.
Credited for Lyricist in 36 shows -
Follies,
West Side Story,
Gypsy,
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,
Evening Primrose,
Original Cast Album: Company,
A Little Night Music,
Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical,
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,
Follies: In Concert,
Sunday in the Park with George,
Candide,
New York City Opera: A Little Night Music,
Into the Woods,
Candide,
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall,
Gypsy,
Passion,
Putting It Together,
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert,
Candide,
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,
Company,
Company,
Sunday In the Park With George,
Merrily We Roll Along,
Six by Sondheim,
Follies,
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,
Into the Woods,
Gypsy,
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...,
National Theatre Live: Follies,
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration,
Chita: A Legendary Celebration and
West Side Story.
