Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim's biography

Stephen Sondheim is 91 years old dramaturge born at Manhattan. He was born on Saturday 22nd of March 1930. According to year of birth 1930 he belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 22nd of March means he is Aries. Aries is the most active sign of Zodiac, one born with this sign is a very quick learner, aggressive and passionate.

He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be dramaturge. You can know him also as songwriter, screenwriter, poet, lyricist, musician, author, composer. He is recently known as librettist.

Stephen Sondheim's schools

We found 4 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Williams College, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, New York Military Academy, George School.

Detailed informations about his schools

• His very first job when he graduated Williams College was to head to Hollywood and work as an assistant writer on the hit early sitcom, Topper (1953). He donated the scripts to the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research in Madison.

Stephen Sondheim's career

His main focus is to be dramaturge. He is also a member of American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Is Stephen Sondheim gay ?

He is known to be homosexuality.

How did Stephen Sondheim die

He died on on Friday 26th of November 2021 when he was 91 years old at Roxbury. Stephen Sondheims death was caused by natural causes.

Awards and competitions

Stephen Sondheim's Awards

• His musical, Merrily We Roll Along, was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001 (2000 season) for Best New Musical.
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (basis for the 1966 movie of the same name) was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2000 (1999 season) for Outstanding Musical Production.
• He was awarded the 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Outstanding Musical Production of 2003 for Pacific Overtures performed at the Donmar Warehouse.
• He was awarded the 1989 London Evening Standard Theatre Award's Special Award for Lifetime Achievement to Theatre.
• He was awarded the 1996 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical with James Lapine for Passion (1996).
• He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1996 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
• His play, "Company," was awarded the 1977 Joseph Jefferson Citation for Play-Production at the Summer Comedy Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
• Won a 2008 Special Tony Award (New York City) lifetime achievement award.
• His musical, "Merrily We Roll Along," at the Music Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for the 2011 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical (Midsize).
• His musical, "A Little Night Music" at the Writers' Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2012 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical (Large).
• His musical revue, "Stephen Sondheim's Putting It Together," at the Porchlight Music Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2012 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production (Midsize).
• His musical, "Sweeney Todd" at the Drury Lane Oakbrook Theatre in Oakbrook, Illinois was nominated for a 2012 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production (Large).
• His musical, "Follies" at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 2012 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production (Large).
• His musical, "Sunday In the Park With George," at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 2013 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Large Musical Production.
• Arthur Laurents and his musical, "Gypsy" at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2014 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Large Musical Production.
• James Lapine and his musical, "Passion" at the Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 2014 Joseph Jefferson Non-Equity Award for Musical Production.
• Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama 24 November 2014.
• His musical, "Sweeney Todd" at the Apple Tree Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 1987 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production.
• His musical, "Into the Woods" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2007 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production and Ensemble.
• His musical, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," at the Porchlight Music Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for the 2015 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Midsize Musical Production.
• His musical revue, "Sondheim on Sondheim" at the Porchlight Music Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 2015 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Revue Production.
• His musical, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" at the Porchlight Music Theatre was nominated for a 2015 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Midsize Musical Production.
• His musical, "Into the Woods" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 1990 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Musical Production.
• His musical, "Sweeney Todd," at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 1993 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Musical Production.
• His musical, "Assassins" at the Kokandy Productions Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2015 Joseph Jefferson Non-Equity Award for Musical Production.
• He was awarded the 1971 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (Special Award) for Restoring Craftsmanship to the Art of the Lyric for the musical, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
• He was awarded the 1989 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Achievement in Original Musical Score for, "Into the Woods," at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
• His musical,"Into the Woods" on Broadway in New York City was nominated for a 2002 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Revival.
• George Furth and his play, "Getting Away with Murder," in a Gordon Davidson and Mark Taper Forum production at the Sundays at the Itchey Foot Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 1992 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Production.
• His musical, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," at the Paramount Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 2017 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Large Musical Production.
• His musical, "Sweeney Todd" at the Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2018 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production.
• Arthur Laurents, Jules Styne, and Sondheim's musical, "Gypsy," at the Porchlight Music Theatre at Ruth Page Center for the Arts in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2019 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Midsize Musical Production.

What Stephen Sondheim has done for a first time

• His very first job when he graduated Williams College was to head to Hollywood and work as an assistant writer on the hit early sitcom, Topper (1953). He donated the scripts to the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research in Madison.
• Alumni of George School in Newtown, Pennsylvania. His first musical was named By George about life at the Bucks Country Boarding School. It was written and performed when he was a student.
• As a hobby, collected antique board games. This habit began when he first started living on his own and could not afford prints or paintings. Instead a friend had a board game framed for him.

Stephen Sondheim's Donations

• His very first job when he graduated Williams College was to head to Hollywood and work as an assistant writer on the hit early sitcom, Topper (1953). He donated the scripts to the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research in Madison.

Stephen Sondheim's quotes

• My idea of heaven is not writing.
• For those of you who have not had the pleasure of hearing my voice before, I tend to sing very loud, often off-pitch, and always write in keys that are just out of my range.
• Oscar Hammerstein really believed that there was 'A bright golden haze in the meadow'. I never have.
• I want people to enjoy what I write. I'm a product of Broadway, no matter how pretentious anybody thinks what I write is. I'm not writing for myself. I'm writing to entertain, to make people laugh and cry and think. I want as big an audience as possible.
• I suppose if there's one show that's closest to my heart, it would probably be 'Sunday in the Park With George,' because of the ambitiousness of what it's trying to say, and because I really feel, obviously, for the subject matter.
• [on the labeling of 'Sweeney Todd' as an opera or a musical] 'Dark operetta' is the closest I can come, but that's as much a misnomer as any of the others. What 'Sweeney Todd' really is is a movie for the stage.
• [on Oscar Hammerstein II] Oscar was able to write about dreams and grass and stars because he believed in them.
• No-one can be put in jail for their dreams.
• Awards have three things to offer: cash, confidence, and bric-a-brac. A few offer all three, but even though some of the bric-a-brac is handsome indeed, the only awards that have significant value are the ones that come with cash.
• The most valuable asset a theater songwriter can have, apart from talent, is a good book writer. In fact, with a good book writer, the songwriter doesn't need much talent, as has been proven more than once.
• Art is work and not inspiration... invention comes with craft.
• [on "Sweeney Todd"] Hal always thought it was about the Industrial Revolution. I thought it was about scaring people.
• I have always conscientiously tried not to do the same thing twice. If you're broken-field running, they can't hit you with so many tomatoes.
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