Date of Death: November 26, 2021 (91)
Birth Place: New York, NY, USA
Stephen Sondheim is widely acknowledged as the most innovative, most influential, and most important composer and lyricist in modern Broadway history. He is the winner of an Academy Award, numerous Tony Award, multiple Grammy Awards and a Pulitzer Prize. Some of his other accolades include a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors (1993), the National Medal of Arts (1996), the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Gold Medal for Music (2006) and a special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre (2008).
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim, Into The Woods
Stephen SondheimInto The Woods
Stephen Sondheim, Passion
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim, A Little Night Music
Stephen Sondheim, Road Show
Stephen Sondheim, Road Show
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim, Sunday In The Park With George
Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim, Merrily We Roll Along
Stephen Sondheim, Saturday Night
Stephen Sondheim, Saturday Night
Stephen SondheimA Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
Stephen SondheimInto The Woods
Stephen Sondheim, Passion
Stephen Sondheim, Passion
Stephen Sondheim, Passion
Stephen SondheimSweeney Todd
Stephen Sondheim, Passion
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim, Assassins
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim, Sunday In The Park With George
Stephen Sondheim, Into The Woods
Stephen Sondheim, Assassins
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim, Into the Woods
Stephen Sondheim, Into the Woods
Stephen Sondheim, Into the Woods
Stephen Sondheim, Into the Woods
Stephen Sondheim, Follies
Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park With George
Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George
Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George
Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George
Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim, Merrily We Roll Along
Stephen Sondheim, Merrily We Roll Along
Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd
Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd
Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd
Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd
Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd
Stephen Sondheim, Pacific Overtures
Stephen Sondheim, Pacific Overtures
Sondheim, Side By Side
Stephen Sondheim, Pacific Overtures
Stephen Sondheim, A Little Night Music
Stephen Sondheim, A Little Night Music
Stephen Sondheim, A Little Night Music
Stephen Sondheim, Follies
Stephen Sondheim, Follies
Stephen Sondheim, Follies
Stephen Sondheim, Follies
Stephen Sondheim, Company
Stephen Sondheim , Company
Stephen Sondheim, Company
Stephen Sondheim, Company
Stephen Sondheim, Company
Stephen Sondheim, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Stephen Sondheim has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.
Stephen Sondheim has not appeared in the West End
Stephen Sondheim has been nominated for numerous awards throughout his career. Some of the notable nominations include the Lebedev Award (Evening Standard Awards) for Best Musical Revival for "Into The Woods" and "Passion," the Olivier Awards for Best Musical Revival for "Into The Woods," "Passion," and "A Little Night Music," the Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Lyrics and Outstanding Music for "Road Show," and the Tony Awards for Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. Other nominations include Outstanding Musical Production at the Olivier Awards for "Sunday In The Park With George," "Sweeney Todd," and "Merrily We Roll Along," Outstanding Lyric and Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for "Saturday Night" and "Passion," and Best Original Score at the Tony Awards for "Passion," among many others. Sondheim has also received recognition for his work in various categories such as Outstanding Lyrics, Outstanding Music, Musical of the Year, and Best Original Score. Some of the awards he has won include the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for "Sunday in the Park With George" and the American Express Tribute at the Helen Hayes Awards.
Stephen Sondheim has won numerous awards throughout his career, including the Lebedev Award (Evening Standard Awards), Best Musical Revival (Olivier Awards) for Into The Woods, The Society’s Special Award (Olivier Awards), Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for Road Show, Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre (Tony Awards), Outstanding Musical Production (Olivier Awards) for Sunday In The Park With George, Outstanding Lifetime Achievement (The Lortels), Best New Musical (Olivier Awards) for Merrily We Roll Along, Outstanding Lyric (Drama Desk Awards) for Saturday Night, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for Saturday Night, Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for Passion, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for Passion, Best Musical Revival (Olivier Awards) for Sweeney Todd, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Passion, The American Express Tribute (Helen Hayes Awards), Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre (Drama League Awards), The American Express Award for Best New Musical (Olivier Awards) for Sunday In The Park With George, Lebedev Special Award (Evening Standard Awards), Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Into the Woods, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Into the Woods, Musical of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Follies, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for Sunday in the Park With George, Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for Sunday in the Park with George, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Sunday in the Park with George, Unique Contribution to the Theatre (Drama League Awards), Musical of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Sweeney Todd, Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for Sweeney Todd, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for Sweeney Todd, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Sweeney Todd, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Sweeney Todd, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Pacific Overtures, Outstanding Music & Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for A Little Night Music, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for A Little Night Music, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for A Little Night Music, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Follies, Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for Follies, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for Follies, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Follies, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Company, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Company, Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for Company, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for Company, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Company, and Best Musical (Tony Awards) for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
Stephen Sondheim has written 42 shows including Girls of Summer (Composer), West Side Story (Lyricist), Gypsy (Lyricist), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Composer), Anyone Can Whistle (Composer), Do I Hear a Waltz? (Lyricist), The Mad Show (Lyricist), Company (Composer), Follies (Composer), A Little Night Music (Composer), Sondheim: A Musical Tribute (Composer), The Frogs (Composer), By Bernstein (Lyricist), Pacific Overtures (Composer), Side by Side by Sondheim (Composer), The Madwoman of Central Park West (Composer), Marry Me a Little (Composer), Merrily We Roll Along (Composer), Sunday in the Park with George (Composer), Into the Woods (Composer), Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre (Composer), Jerome Robbins' Broadway (Lyricist), Assassins (Composer), Putting It Together (Conceiver), Hey, Love (Composer), Passion (Composer), Getting Away With Murder (Playwright), Saturday Night (Composer), Patti LuPone: Matters of the Heart (Composer), Mostly Sondheim (Lyricist), Elaine Stritch At Liberty (Composer), Short Talks on the Universe (Composer), Celebrating Sondheim (Composer), Bounce (Composer), Barbara Cook's Broadway! (Composer), Children And Art (Composer), Evening Primrose (Composer/Lyricist), Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (Lyricist), Mixed Company (Composer), Road Show (Lyricist), Sondheim on Sondheim (Composer), Here We Are (Composer & Lyricist).
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