Stephen Sondheim
Profile info
Known forWriting
GenderMale
Birthday22 March 1930
Died26 November 2021 (age 91)
Place of birthNew York City, New York, USA
Known credits119
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 m…
National Theatre Live: West Side Story
2028 · Lyricist
Merrily We Roll Along
2025 · Music
Merrily We Roll Along
2025 · Lyricist
Merrily We Roll Along
2025 · Musical
Merrily We Roll Along
2025 · Original Music Composer
Merrily We Roll Along
2025 · Writer
West Side Story
2025 · Lyricist
Into The Woods (AUS Productions)
2024 · Writer
Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023
2023 · Music
Candide
2023 · Lyricist
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022 · Stephen Sondheim
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022 · In Memory Of
Keeping Company with Sondheim
2022 · Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022 · Songs
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022 · Music
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
2022 · Lyricist
The Stories of West Side Story
2022 · Self
Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
2021 · Self
West Side Story
2021 · Thanks
West Side Story
2021 · Lyricist
West Side Story
2021 · Theatre Play
Something's Coming: West Side Story
2021 · Self
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021 · Stephen Sondheim (voice on phone) (uncredited)
Simply Sondheim
2021 · Writer
Marry Me a Little
2020 · Songs
Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim
2020 · Songs
Chita: A Legendary Celebration
2020 · Lyricist
On Broadway
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
2018
National Theatre Live: Follies
2017 · Musical
National Theatre Live: Follies
2017 · Songs
National Theatre Live: Follies
2017 · Lyricist
National Theatre Live: Follies
2017 · Writer
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
2016 · Self
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
2016 · Self
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
2016 · Songs
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
2016 · Lyricist
Judy Collins: A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim
2016 · Music
West Side Story
2016 · Songs
Gypsy
2015 · Musical
Gypsy
2015 · Lyricist
Gypsy
2015 · Writer
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Into the Woods
2014 · Musical
Into the Woods
2014 · Songs
Into the Woods
2014 · Original Music Composer
Into the Woods
2014 · Lyricist
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – In Concert with the New York Philharmonic
2014 · Musical
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