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Stephen Sondheim turned 80 on Monday, March 22nd, 2010 and he celebrated this landmark event with Roundabout Theatre Company at a special performance of Sondheim on Sondheim and star-studded tribute at Roundabout's 2010 Spring Gala: Sondheim 80.

On March 22nd, the evening began with an early performance of Sondheim on Sondheim at Studio 54, a brand-new musical retrospective of Sondheim's groundbreaking career. Sondheim on Sondheim stars Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams and Tom Wopat. Music & lyrics are by Stephen Sondheim and the production is conceived & directed by James Lapine.

Longtime collaborators James Lapine and John Weidman announced the renaming of Henry Miller's Theatre to the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. The renaming of the theatre is dedicated to Stephen Sondheim, the greatest and best known artist in American musical theatre on his 80th birthday. The announcement was made at the curtain call following Roundabout Theatre Company's gala performance of the new Broadway musical Sondheim on Sondheim.

Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for Road Show (2008), Passion (1994), Assassins (1991), Into the Woods (1987), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sweeney Todd (1979), Pacific Overtures (1976), The Frogs (1974), A Little Night Music (1973), Follies (1971; revised in London, 1987), Company (1970), Anyone Can Whistle (1964) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), as well as the lyrics for West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965) and additional lyrics for Candide (1973). Side by Side by Sondheim (1976), Marry Me a Little (1981), You're Gonna Love Tomorrow (1983) and Putting It Together (1993/99) are anthologies of his work, as is the new musical Sondheim on Sondheim. He composed the film scores of Stavisky (1974) and Reds (1981) and songs for Dick Tracy (Academy Award, 1990). He also wrote songs for the television production "Evening Primrose" (1966), co-authored, with Anthony Perkins, the film The Last of Sheila (1973) and, with George Furth, the play Getting Away with Murder (1996), and provided incidental music for the plays The Girls of Summer (1956), Invitation to a March (1961) and Twigs (1971). He won Tony Awards for Best Score for a Musical for Passion, Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Follies and Company. All of these shows won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, as did Pacific Overtures and Sunday in the Park with George, the latter also receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Saturday Night (1954), his first professional musical, finally had its New York premiere in 1999 at Second Stage Theatre.

 

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Mike Nichols

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Sam Buntrock with Brynn O'Malley

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John McMartin and Guest

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Christine Baranski and daughter

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Brian Yorkey

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John Weidman

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Tom Kitt and Rita Kitt

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Norm Lewis, Erin Mackey, Euan Morton, Vanessa Williams, Barbara Cook, Tom Wopat, Leslie Kritzer, and Matthew Scott

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Norm Lewis, Erin Mackey, Euan Morton, Vanessa Williams, Barbara Cook, Tom Wopat, Leslie Kritzer, and Matthew Scott

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Stephen Sondheim

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Norm Lewis, Erin Mackey, Euan Morton, Vanessa Williams, Stephen Sondheim, Barbara Cook, Tom Wopat, Leslie Kritzer, and Matthew Scott

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Vanessa Williams, Stephen Sondheim, and Barbara Cook

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Norm Lewis, Erin Mackey, Euan Morton, Vanessa Williams, Stephen Sondheim, Barbara Cook, and Tom Wopat

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Vanessa Williams, Stephen Sondheim, and Barbara Cook

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Norm Lewis, Erin Mackey, Euan Morton, Vanessa Williams, Stephen Sondheim, Barbara Cook, Tom Wopat, Leslie Kritzer, and Matthew Scott

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Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman

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Norm Lewis, Erin Mackey, Vanessa Williams, James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman, and Barbara Cook

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Norm Lewis, Erin Mackey, and Vanessa Williams

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Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman

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Tom Wopat and Leslie Kritzer

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Vanessa Williams

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Vanessa Williams, James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman, and Barbara Cook look on as the surprise announcement is made....

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The Henry Miller Theater will be renamed the Stephen Sondheim Theatre

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James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim, and John Weidman

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Vanessa Williams, James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman, and Barbara Cook

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James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim, and John Weidman

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James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim, and John Weidman

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Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman

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James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim, and John Weidman

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Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman

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James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim, and John Weidman

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Stephen Sondheim

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Leslie Kritzer

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Matthew Scott

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Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman

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A shot of the newly announced Stephen Sondheim Theater!

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