Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Birthday: 1930-03-22

Deathday: 2021-11-26

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Also known as:

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Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album

Score: 10.0

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

Score: 9.0

The Making of Sweeney Todd at the San Francisco Symphony

Score: 9.0

Keeping Company with Sondheim

Score: 9.0

On Broadway

Score: 8.7

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

Score: 8.0

Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical

Score: 8.0

West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic

Score: 8.0

The Stories of West Side Story

Score: 7.8

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

Score: 7.6

tick, tick... BOOM!

Score: 7.6

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...

Score: 7.5

Something's Coming: West Side Story

Score: 7.5

Original Cast Album: Company

Score: 7.2

Six by Sondheim

Score: 7.1

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Score: 7.0

Follies: In Concert

Score: 7.0

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

Score: 7.0

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert

Score: 6.9

Company

Score: 6.4

Witness to 'Reds'

Score: 6.0

Camp

Score: 5.5

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

Score: 2.0

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II

Score: 0.0

A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim

Score: 0.0

Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York

Score: 0.0

Children Will Listen

Score: 0.0

June Moon

Score: 0.0

West Side Memories

Score: 0.0

Harold Prince: The Director's Life

Score: 0.0

The Last of Sheila Featurette

Score: 0.0

Sunday in the Park with... Stephen

Score: 0.0

Sondheim: A Musical Tribute

Score: 0.0

A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy

Score: 0.0

Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years

Score: 0.0

Into the Woods: A Conversationpiece

Score: 0.0

Assassins: A Conversationpiece

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Live from Lincoln Center

Score: 8.6

Previn and the Pittsburgh

Score: 8.0

The Simpsons

Score: 8.0

Broadway: The American Musical

Score: 7.8

Inside the Actors Studio

Score: 7.5

The Kennedy Center Honors

Score: 7.4

The Colbert Report

Score: 6.9

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Score: 6.2

The Merv Griffin Show

Score: 6.2

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Great Performances

Score: 5.5

Great Performances

Score: 5.5

Pebble Mill

Score: 3.1