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Stephen Sondheim
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- Works
- 161
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- Company
- Assassins
- סיפור הפרברים
- Do I Hear a Waltz?
- The girls upstairs
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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…
Known for
- The Stories of West Side Story — Self2022
- Keeping Company with Sondheim — Self2022
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — Stephen Sondheim2022
- tick, tick... BOOM! — Stephen Sondheim (voice on phone) (uncredited)2021
- Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years — Self2021
- Something's Coming: West Side Story — Self2021
- On Broadway — Self (archive footage)2019
- Harold Prince: The Director's Life2018
- Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened... — Self2016
- West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic — Self2016
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1930
- Active to
- 2021
Discography
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- 6,389,537
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Stephen Sondheim (born March 22, 1930, in New York City, NY – died November 26, 2021, in Roxbury, CT) was a groundbreaking composer and lyricist whose work redefined American musical theatre. Over a career spanning more than six decades, Sondheim became one of the most influential figures in the field, earning an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards, eight Grammy Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama — making him one of the few artists to achieve such a remarkable combination of honors. <a href="ht
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1930-03-22 ) March 22, 1930, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- November 26, 2021 (2021-11-26) (aged 91), Roxbury, Connecticut , U.S.
- Education
- Williams College ( BA )
- Occupations
- Composer lyricist
- Years active
- 1952–2021
- Spouse
- Jeffrey Romley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2017 )
- Awards
- Full list
- Genres
- Musical theater
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joshua
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Place of death
- Roxbury
- Occupation
- librettist
- Educated at
- George School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- musical
- Official website
- sondheim.com
- Image
- Stephen Sondheim - smoking.JPG
- Residence
- New York City
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- 1954-00-00
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- homosexuality
- date of death
- 2021-11-26
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- 2021-00-00
- birth name
- Stephen Joshua Sondheim
- name in native language
- Stephen Sondheim
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- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Original Score
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Encyclopedic overview
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 theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical. He received numerous accolades, including eight Tony Awards, an Academy Award, eight Grammy Awards, five Olivier Awards, and the Pulitzer Prize. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1982 and awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 1993 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.
Sondheim was mentored at an early age by Oscar Hammerstein II and later frequently collaborated with Harold Prince and James Lapine. His Broadway musicals tackle themes that range beyond the genre's traditional subjects, while addressing darker elements of the human experience. His music and lyrics are characterized by their complexity, sophistication, and ambivalence.
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