Stephen Sondheim
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Stephen Sondheim

Mar 22, 1930 - New York City, New York, USA

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).

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Movie2021tick, tick... BOOM!Stephen Sondheim (voice on phone) (uncredited)
Movie1990Into the Woods: A ConversationpieceSelf
Movie1991Assassins: A ConversationpieceSelf
Movie2021Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 YearsSelf
Movie2019On BroadwaySelf (archive footage)
Movie2021Something's Coming: West Side StorySelf
Movie1970Original Cast Album: CompanySelf
Movie2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf
Movie2022The Stories of West Side StorySelf
Movie2011A Place for Us: West Side Story's LegacySelf
Movie1998Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron MackintoshSelf
Movie2022Keeping Company with SondheimSelf
Movie1973Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
Movie2013Six by SondheimSelf / Joe
Movie2002The Making of Sweeney Todd at the San Francisco SymphonySelf
Movie1992Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie HallSelf
Movie1990Sunday in the Park with... Stephen
Movie1973The Last of Sheila FeaturetteSelf
Movie2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryStephen Sondheim
Movie2016Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...Self
Movie2016West Side Stories: The Making of a ClassicSelf
Movie1986Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway AlbumHimself
Movie2018Harold Prince: The Director's Life
Movie2008Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = ToddSelf
Movie2003West Side MemoriesSelf
Movie1974June MoonMaxie Schwartz
Movie1986Follies: In ConcertSelf- Composer
Movie1980Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a MusicalSelf
Movie2003CampSelf
Movie2010Sondheim! The Birthday ConcertSelf - Honoree
Movie2006Witness to 'Reds'Self
Movie2004Children Will Listenself
Movie2001Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in ConcertSelf
Movie1986Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New YorkSelf
Movie1995A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
Movie1995Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein IISelf
Movie1996CompanySelf
TV Show1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf1
TV Show1989The SimpsonsStephen Sondheim (voice)1
TV Show1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf1
TV Show2005The Colbert Report2
TV Show1991Pebble MillSelf1
TV Show1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf1
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf1
TV Show1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee2
TV Show1977Previn and the PittsburghSelf1
TV Show2004Broadway: The American MusicalSelf6
TV Show1976Live from Lincoln CenterSelf1
TV Show1971Great PerformancesMaxie Schwartz1
TV Show1971Great PerformancesSelf2

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Movie2013Merrily We Roll AlongLyricistWriting
Movie1991Into the WoodsMusicalWriting
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Movie2001Putting It TogetherMusicalWriting
Movie1976Pacific OverturesMusicalWriting
Movie1996PassionMusicalWriting
Movie2013Sunday In the Park With GeorgeMusicalWriting
Movie1977A Little Night MusicSongsSound
Movie1982Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetMusicalWriting
Movie1970Original Cast Album: CompanyMusicSound
Movie2001Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in ConcertMusicSound
Movie2017National Theatre Live: FolliesMusicalWriting
Movie1986Sunday in the Park with GeorgeMusicalWriting
Movie2021West Side StoryThanksCrew
Movie1973Sondheim: A Musical TributeThanksCrew
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Movie1996CompanyMusicalWriting
Movie2013Merrily We Roll AlongMusicSound
Movie2023Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023MusicSound
Movie2015GypsyMusicalWriting
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Movie2001Putting It TogetherSongsSound
Movie2017National Theatre Live: FolliesSongsSound
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Movie1982Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetLyricistWriting
Movie2008Company: A Musical ComedySongsSound
Movie2013Sunday In the Park With GeorgeSongsSound
Movie2001Putting It TogetherLyricistWriting
Movie1986Sunday in the Park with GeorgeSongsSound
Movie1982Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetSongsSound
Movie1996PassionLyricistWriting
Movie2011CompanyLyricistWriting
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Movie2014Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetMusicalWriting
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Movie2003Mostly SondheimSongsSound
Movie2022Becoming Benanti: The Role of a LifetimeMusicSound
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Movie2013Six by SondheimSongsSound
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Movie1992Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie HallLyricistWriting
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Movie2022Stephen Sondheim's Old FriendsSongsSound
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Movie2011CompanyMusicalWriting
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Movie1992Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie HallOriginal Music ComposerSound
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Movie2021Simply SondheimWriterWriting
Movie1986Follies: In ConcertSongsSound
Movie2016Judy Collins: A Love Letter to Stephen SondheimMusicSound
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TV Show1977All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular MusicWriterWriting
TV Show1976Live from Lincoln CenterWriterWriting
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TV Show1991PerformanceOriginal Music ComposerSound