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Known For
Writing
Birthday
March 22, 1930
Died
November 26, 2021
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Stephen Sondheim
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Stephen Sondheim
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
9.0
Self
Keeping Company with Sondheim
2022
7.8
Self
The Stories of West Side Story
2022
0.0
Self
Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
2021
7.5
Self
Something's Coming: West Side Story
2021
7.6
Stephen Sondheim (voice on phone) (uncredited)
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
8.7
Self (archive footage)
On Broadway
2019
0.0
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
2018
8.0
Self
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
2016
7.5
Self
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
2016
Credits
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
as Stephen Sondheim
2022
7.0
Keeping Company with Sondheim
as Self
2022
9.0
The Stories of West Side Story
as Self
2022
7.8
Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
as Self
2021
0.0
Something's Coming: West Side Story
as Self
2021
7.5
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Stephen Sondheim (voice on phone) (uncredited)
2021
7.6
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
2019
8.7
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
2018
0.0
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
as Self
2016
8.0
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
as Self
2016
7.5
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Six by Sondheim
as Self / Joe
2013
7.1
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
as Self
2011
0.0
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
as Self - Honoree
2010
8.0
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
as Self
2008
7.7
Witness to 'Reds'
as Self
2006
6.0
The Colbert Report
as Self
2005
6.9
Broadway: The American Musical
as Self
2004
7.8
Children Will Listen
as self
2004
0.0
Camp
as Self
2003
5.5
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
7.0
West Side Memories
as Self
2003
0.0
The Making of Sweeney Todd at the San Francisco Symphony
as Self
2002
9.0
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
as Self
2001
6.9
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
as Self
1998
2.0
Company
as Self
1996
6.4
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
as Self
1995
0.0
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
1995
0.0
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
as Self
1992
9.0
🎬
Pebble Mill
as Self
1991
3.1
Assassins: A Conversationpiece
as Self
1991
0.0
Into the Woods: A Conversationpiece
as Self
1990
0.0
Sunday in the Park with... Stephen
1990
0.0
The Simpsons
as Stephen Sondheim (voice)
1989
8.0
Follies: In Concert
as Self- Composer
1986
7.0
Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York
as Self
1986
0.0
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
as Self
1986
10.0
Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
as Self
1980
8.0
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
Previn and the Pittsburgh
as Self
1977
8.0
Live from Lincoln Center
as Self
1976
8.6
June Moon
as Maxie Schwartz
1974
0.0
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1973
0.0
🎬
The Last of Sheila Featurette
as Self
1973
0.0
Great Performances
as Maxie Schwartz
1971
5.8
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
Original Cast Album: Company
as Self
1970
7.2
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9