A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Born:
March 22, 1930
Died:
November 26, 2021
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).
In Memory Of:
2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Lyricist:
1961 West Side Story
1962 Gypsy
1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 Evening Primrose
1970 Original Cast Album: Company
1976 Pacific Overtures
1977 A Little Night Music
1980 Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
1982 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1986 Candide
1986 Follies: In Concert
1986 Sunday in the Park with George
1989 Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
1990 New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
1991 Candide
1992 Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1993 Gypsy
1995 Sweeney Todd: El Barber Diabòlic del Carrer Fleet
1996 Company
1996 Passion
2001 Putting It Together
2001 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
2005 Candide
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2008 Company: A Musical Comedy
2011 Company
2013 Follies
2013 Merrily We Roll Along
2013 Sunday In the Park With George
2014 Into the Woods
2014 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2015 Gypsy
2016 Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
2017 National Theatre Live: Follies
2020 Chita: A Legendary Celebration
2020 Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
2021 West Side Story
2022 Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2023 Merrily We Roll Along
???? Candide
???? Follies
Music:
1961 West Side Story
1962 Gypsy
1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 Evening Primrose
1970 Original Cast Album: Company
1976 Pacific Overtures
1977 A Little Night Music
1980 Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
1982 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1986 Candide
1986 Follies: In Concert
1986 Sunday in the Park with George
1989 Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
1990 New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
1991 Candide
1992 Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1993 Gypsy
1995 Anyone Can Whistle
1995 Sweeney Todd: El Barber Diabòlic del Carrer Fleet
1996 Company
1996 Passion
2001 Putting It Together
2001 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
2005 Candide
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2008 Company: A Musical Comedy
2011 Company
2013 Follies
2013 Merrily We Roll Along
2013 Sunday In the Park With George
2014 Into the Woods
2014 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2015 Gypsy
2016 Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
2016 Judy Collins: A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim
2017 National Theatre Live: Follies
2020 Chita: A Legendary Celebration
2020 Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
2021 West Side Story
2022 Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2023 Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023
2023 Merrily We Roll Along
???? Candide
???? Follies
???? Merrily We Roll Along
???? Road Show
Musical:
1961 West Side Story
1962 Gypsy
1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 Evening Primrose
1970 Original Cast Album: Company
1976 Pacific Overtures
1977 A Little Night Music
1980 Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
1982 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1986 Candide
1986 Follies: In Concert
1986 Sunday in the Park with George
1989 Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
1990 New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
1991 Candide
1991 Into the Woods
1992 Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1993 Gypsy
1995 Anyone Can Whistle
1995 Sweeney Todd: El Barber Diabòlic del Carrer Fleet
1996 Company
1996 Passion
2001 Putting It Together
2001 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
2005 Candide
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2008 Company: A Musical Comedy
2011 Company
2011 Into the Woods
2013 Follies
2013 Merrily We Roll Along
2013 Sunday In the Park With George
2014 Into the Woods
2014 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2015 Gypsy
2016 Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
2016 Judy Collins: A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim
2017 National Theatre Live: Follies
2020 Chita: A Legendary Celebration
2020 Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
2021 West Side Story
2022 Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2023 Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023
2023 Merrily We Roll Along
???? Candide
???? Follies
???? Merrily We Roll Along
???? Road Show
Original Music Composer:
1961 West Side Story
1962 Gypsy
1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 Evening Primrose
1970 Original Cast Album: Company
1974 Stavisky...
1976 Pacific Overtures
1977 A Little Night Music
1980 Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
1981 Reds
1982 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1986 Candide
1986 Follies: In Concert
1986 Sunday in the Park with George
1989 Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
1990 Dick Tracy
1990 New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
1990 Sunday in the Park with... Stephen
1991 Candide
1991 Into the Woods
1992 Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1993 Gypsy
1995 Anyone Can Whistle
1995 Sweeney Todd: El Barber Diabòlic del Carrer Fleet
1996 Company
1996 Passion
2001 Putting It Together
2001 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
2005 Candide
2005 Passion
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2008 Company: A Musical Comedy
2011 Company
2011 Into the Woods
2012 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2013 Follies
2013 Merrily We Roll Along
2013 Sunday In the Park With George
2014 Into the Woods
2014 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2015 Gypsy
2016 Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
2016 Judy Collins: A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim
2017 National Theatre Live: Follies
2020 Chita: A Legendary Celebration
2020 Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
2021 West Side Story
2022 Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2023 Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023
2023 Merrily We Roll Along
???? Candide
???? Follies
???? Merrily We Roll Along
???? Road Show
Songs:
1961 West Side Story
1962 Gypsy
1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 Evening Primrose
1970 Original Cast Album: Company
1974 Stavisky...
1976 Pacific Overtures
1977 A Little Night Music
1980 Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
1981 Reds
1982 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1986 Candide
1986 Follies: In Concert
1986 Sunday in the Park with George
1989 Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
1990 Dick Tracy
1990 New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
1990 Sunday in the Park with... Stephen
1991 Candide
1991 Into the Woods
1992 Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1993 Gypsy
1995 Anyone Can Whistle
1995 Sweeney Todd: El Barber Diabòlic del Carrer Fleet
1996 Company
1996 Passion
2001 Putting It Together
2001 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
2003 Mostly Sondheim
2005 Candide
2005 Passion
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2008 Company: A Musical Comedy
2008 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2010 Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2011 Company
2011 Into the Woods
2012 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2013 Follies
2013 Merrily We Roll Along
2013 Six by Sondheim
2013 Sunday In the Park With George
2014 Into the Woods
2014 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2015 Gypsy
2016 Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
2016 Judy Collins: A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim
2017 National Theatre Live: Follies
2020 Chita: A Legendary Celebration
2020 Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim
2020 Marry Me a Little
2020 Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
2021 West Side Story
2022 Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022 Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2023 Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023
2023 Merrily We Roll Along
???? Candide
???? Follies
???? Merrily We Roll Along
???? Road Show
Thanks:
1961 West Side Story
1962 Gypsy
1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 Evening Primrose
1970 Original Cast Album: Company
1973 Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1974 Stavisky...
1976 Pacific Overtures
1977 A Little Night Music
1980 Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
1981 Reds
1982 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1986 Candide
1986 Follies: In Concert
1986 Sunday in the Park with George
1989 Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
1990 Dick Tracy
1990 New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
1990 Sunday in the Park with... Stephen
1991 Candide
1991 Into the Woods
1992 Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1993 Gypsy
1995 Anyone Can Whistle
1995 Sweeney Todd: El Barber Diabòlic del Carrer Fleet
1996 Company
1996 Passion
2001 Putting It Together
2001 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
2003 Mostly Sondheim
2005 Candide
2005 Passion
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2008 Company: A Musical Comedy
2008 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2010 Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2011 Company
2011 Into the Woods
2012 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2013 Follies
2013 Merrily We Roll Along
2013 Six by Sondheim
2013 Sunday In the Park With George
2014 Into the Woods
2014 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2015 Gypsy
2016 Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
2016 Judy Collins: A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim
2017 National Theatre Live: Follies
2020 Chita: A Legendary Celebration
2020 Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim
2020 Marry Me a Little
2020 Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
2021 West Side Story
2022 Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022 Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2023 Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023
2023 Merrily We Roll Along
???? Candide
???? Follies
???? Merrily We Roll Along
???? Road Show
Writer:
1961 West Side Story
1962 Gypsy
1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 Evening Primrose
1970 Original Cast Album: Company
1973 Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1973 The Last of Sheila
1974 Stavisky...
1976 Pacific Overtures
1977 A Little Night Music
1980 Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
1981 Reds
1982 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1986 Candide
1986 Follies: In Concert
1986 Sunday in the Park with George
1989 Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
1990 Dick Tracy
1990 New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
1990 Sunday in the Park with... Stephen
1991 Candide
1991 Into the Woods
1992 Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1993 Gypsy
1995 Anyone Can Whistle
1995 Sweeney Todd: El Barber Diabòlic del Carrer Fleet
1996 Company
1996 Passion
2001 Putting It Together
2001 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
2003 Candide
2003 Mostly Sondheim
2005 Candide
2005 Passion
2007 Candide
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2008 Company: A Musical Comedy
2008 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2010 Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2011 Company
2011 Into the Woods
2012 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2013 Follies
2013 Merrily We Roll Along
2013 Six by Sondheim
2013 Sunday In the Park With George
2014 Into the Woods
2014 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2015 Gypsy
2016 Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
2016 Judy Collins: A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim
2017 National Theatre Live: Follies
2020 Chita: A Legendary Celebration
2020 Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim
2020 Marry Me a Little
2020 Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
2021 Simply Sondheim
2021 West Side Story
2022 Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022 Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2023 Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023
2023 Merrily We Roll Along
???? Candide
???? Follies
???? Merrily We Roll Along
???? Road Show
Original Music Composer:
1976 Live from Lincoln Center
Writer:
1976 Live from Lincoln Center
1977 All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
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