Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim is a stage musical and film composer and lyricist.

On June 15, 2008, Sondheim earned a lifetime achievement award at the 62nd annual Tony Awards.

Sondheim was born in New York City and was mentored from a young age by lyricist and playwright Oscar Hammerstein. His first big professional break came when he was brought on board to write the lyrics for West Side Story.

In 1959, he contributed the lyrics to what become another hit musical, Gypsy. Sondheim's first Broadway outing as composer and lyricist came with 1962's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Sondheim would hit his stride in the 1970s and 1980s producing Company, Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods. During this time, songs from his shows were compiled together in evening-length revue shows including Side by Side by Sondheim and Marry Me a Little.

Sondheim's most recent projects include the musical Bounce, which has been in development since the late 1990s, and an unspecified book project.

• • Wikipedia: Stephen Sondheim Major Works
  • The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide: Chronology
  • The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: A Stephen Sondheim Timeline
• 1954: Saturday Night
• 1957: West Side Story
• 1959: Gypsy: A Musical Fable
• 1962: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
• 1964: Anyone Can Whistle
• 1965: Do I Hear a Waltz?
• 1970: Company
• 1971: Follies
• 1973: A Little Night Music
• 1976: Pacific Overtures
• 1976: Side by Side by Sondheim
• 1979: Sweeney Todd
• 1980: Marry Me a Little
• 1981: Merrily We Roll Along
• 1984: Sunday in the Park with George
• 1987: Into the Woods
• 1990: Assassins
• 1993: You're Gonna Love Tomorrow
• 1993: Putting It Together
• 1994: Passion
• 1999: Bounce
• 2004: Frogs (Second Version)
• 2007: Incidental music for Public Theater production of King Lear with orchestrator Michael Starobin