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person_profile-Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim Died at age: 91

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Stephen Sondheim

Date of Birth:

Mar 22, 1930

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Nov 26, 2021

Biography of

Stephen Sondheim

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

    Stephen Joshua Sondheim (March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. Among the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, Sondheim was praised for having "reinvented the American musical" with shows that tackled "unexpected themes that range far beyond the [genre's] traditional subjects" with "music and lyrics of unprecedented complexity and sophistication". His shows addressed "darker, more harrowing elements of the human experience" with songs often tinged with "ambivalence" about various aspects of life.

    Sondheim started his theatre career by writing the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959) before becoming a composer and lyricist. Sondheim's best-known works include 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 accolades include eight Tony Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Tony in 2008), an Academy Award, eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom. He has a theater named for him both on Broadway and in the West End of London. Sondheim wrote film music, contributing "Goodbye for Now" for Warren Beatty's Reds (1981). He wrote five songs for 1990's Dick Tracy, including "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)", sung in the film by Madonna, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Film adaptations of Sondheim's work include West Side Story (1961), Gypsy (1962), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), A Little Night Music (1977), Gypsy (1993), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Into the Woods (2014), West Side Story (2021), and Merrily We Roll Along (TBD).

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Stephen Sondheim

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Filmography of

Stephen Sondheim

Found 28 Movies in total

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Stephen Sondheim ( Actor )

In Memory Of

... 2022

... 2022

... 2022

... 2021

... 2021

tick, tick... BOOM!

Stephen Sondheim (voice on phone) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2021

On Broadway

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

... 2016

Six by Sondheim

Self / Joe ( Actor )

Lyricist

... 2013

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

Himself/Honoree ( Actor )

Songs

... 2010

Witness to 'Reds'

Self ( Actor )

... 2006

Children Will Listen

self ( Actor )

... 2004

Camp

Self ( Actor )

... 2003

... 2003

West Side Memories

Self ( Actor )

... 2003

... 2001

... 1998

... 1995

... 1992

... 1991

... 1990

... 1990

Follies: In Concert

Self- Composer ( Actor )

Lyricist

... 1986

... 1986

... 1986

... 1980

June Moon

Maxie Schwartz ( Actor )

... 1974

Original Cast Album: Company

Self ( Actor )

Lyricist

... 1970