Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

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.

Known For: Writing

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1930-03-22

Died: 2021-11-26

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1970	Original Cast Album: Company	Self	72
2	1973	Sondheim: A Musical Tribute		0
3	1973	The Last of Sheila Featurette	Self	0
4	1974	June Moon	Maxie Schwartz	0
5	1980	Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical	Self	0
6	1986	Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album	Himself	100
7	1986	Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York	Self	0
8	1986	Follies: In Concert	Self- Composer	70
9	1990	Sunday in the Park with... Stephen		0
10	1990	Into the Woods: A Conversationpiece	Self	0
11	1991	Assassins: A Conversationpiece	Self	0
12	1992	Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall	Self	90
13	1995	A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim		0
14	1995	Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II	Self	0
15	1996	Company	Self	64
16	1998	Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh	Self	20
17	2001	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert	Self	69
18	2002	The Making of Sweeney Todd at the San Francisco Symphony	Self	90
19	2003	West Side Memories	Self	0
20	2003	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Self	70
21	2003	Camp	Self	55
22	2004	Children Will Listen	self	0
23	2006	Witness to 'Reds'	Self	60
24	2008	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd	Self	76
25	2010	Sondheim! The Birthday Concert	Self - Honoree	80
26	2011	A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy	Self	0
27	2013	Six by Sondheim	Self / Joe	71
28	2016	Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...	Self	75
29	2016	West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic	Self	80
30	2018	Harold Prince: The Director's Life		0
31	2019	On Broadway	Self (archive footage)	87
32	2021	tick, tick... BOOM!	Stephen Sondheim (voice on phone) (uncredited)	76
33	2021	Something's Coming: West Side Story	Self	75
34	2021	Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years	Self	0
35	2022	The Stories of West Side Story	Self	78
36	2022	Keeping Company with Sondheim	Self	90
37	2022	Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery	Stephen Sondheim	71

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee	51
2	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
3	1971	Great Performances	Maxie Schwartz	53
4	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
5	1976	Live from Lincoln Center	Self	86
6	1977	Previn and the Pittsburgh	Self	80
7	1978	The Kennedy Center Honors	Self	74
8	1989	The Simpsons	Stephen Sondheim (voice)	80
9	1991	Pebble Mill	Self	31
10	1994	Inside the Actors Studio	Self	75
11	2004	Broadway: The American Musical	Self	78
12	2005	The Colbert Report		69
13	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64

Stephen Sondheim

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