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Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to
musical theatre. Sondheim has received an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer, including a Special Tony
Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, the Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015 Presidential
Medal of Freedom. He has been described by Frank Rich of The New York Times as "now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the
American musical theater." His best-known works as ...read more
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to
musical theatre. Sondheim has received an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer, including a Special Tony
Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, the Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015 Presidential
Medal of Freedom. He has been described by Frank Rich of The New York Times as "now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the
American musical theater." His best-known works as composer and lyricist include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,
Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with
George, Into the Woods, Assassins, and Passion. He also wrote the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy.
Sondheim has also written film music, contributing "Goodbye for Now" to Warren Beatty's 1981 Reds. He wrote five songs for 1990's
Dick Tracy, including "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" by Madonna, which won the Academy Award for Best Song.
The composer was president of the Dramatists Guild from 1973 to 1981. To celebrate his 80th birthday, the former Henry Miller's Theatre was
renamed the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on September 15, 2010, and the BBC Proms held a concert in his honor. He has been called "possibly
the greatest lyricist ever" by Cameron Mackintosh.
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