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Stephen Sondheim
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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 musi…
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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.
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2028
National Theatre Live: West Side Story
Movie Lyricist
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2025
Merrily We Roll Along
Movie Music
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2025
West Side Story
Movie Lyricist
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2024
Into The Woods (AUS Productions)
Movie Writer
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2023
Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023
Movie Music
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2023
Candide
Movie Lyricist
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2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie Stephen Sondheim
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2022
Keeping Company with Sondheim
Movie Self
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2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Movie Songs
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2022
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
Movie Music
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2022
The Stories of West Side Story
Movie Self
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2021
Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
Movie Self
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2021
West Side Story
Movie Thanks
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2021
Something's Coming: West Side Story
Movie Self
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2021
tick, tick... BOOM!
Movie Stephen Sondheim (voice on phone) (uncredited)
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2021
Simply Sondheim
Movie Writer
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2020
Marry Me a Little
Movie Songs
- 2020
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2020
Chita: A Legendary Celebration
Movie Lyricist
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2019
On Broadway
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2018
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2017
National Theatre Live: Follies
Movie Musical
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2016
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
Movie Self
- 2016
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2016
Judy Collins: A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim
Movie Music
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2016
West Side Story
Movie Songs
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2015
Gypsy
Movie Musical
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
Into the Woods
Movie Musical
- 2014
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2013
Follies
Movie Lyricist
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2013
Six by Sondheim
Movie Self / Joe
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2013
Merrily We Roll Along
Movie Lyricist
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2013
Sunday In the Park with George
Movie Musical
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2012
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Movie Writer
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2011
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
Movie Self
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2011
Company
Movie Songs
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2011
Into the Woods
Movie Musical
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2010
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Movie Self - Honoree
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2009
Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Movie Writer
