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Jun 4, 2019 · Want to learn more about Stephen Sondheim? Then check out this full list of the the legendary musicals by Sondheim, sorted chronologically.
Aug 15, 2023 · August 15, 2023. Share. One of the most recognizable names in all of Broadway history, Stephen Sondheim is beloved by many for his extensive repertoire of musicals ranging from short-lived off-Broadway productions to best-selling, multi-revived Broadway hits.
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- Saturday Night (1954) Skipping over Stephen Sondheim's nonprofessional college musicals, "Saturday Night" is a peculiar case to kickstart this chronological list.
- West Side Story (1957) and (2021) Stephen Sondheim journaled that "West Side Story" is about the collaborative art of theater rather than the sociological and racial commentary ascribed to its lyrics and Arthur Laurents' book.
- Gypsy (1959) Although "Gypsy" is based on the 1957 memoirs of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, the show spotlights her domineering mother Rose, who would become one of the most wildly frustrating yet compelling mothers in musical theater.
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962) Plucked like geese feathers from the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" — with the book written by Burt Shevelove — sprouts a river of irreverence and spells out that it is "comedy tonight, tragedy tomorrow" in the opening.
Songbook: A Guide To Stephen Sondheim's Essential Works & Classic Tributes. With his name appearing in three categories at the 2024 GRAMMYs, musical theater icon Stephen Sondheim's legacy continues to thrive. Take a deep dive into the masterful works of the late composer/lyricist, from "Company" to "Sweeney Todd." Shawn Setaro.
- Who Was Stephen Sondheim?
- Early Life and Musical Interests
- Learning from Oscar Hammerstein
- Theater Beginnings: 'West Side Story' and 'A Funny Thing Happened'
- Broadway Hits: 'Company' and 'Sweeney Todd'
- More Successes: 'Sunday in The Park' and 'Into The Woods'
- Later Works and Revivals: 'Passion' to 'Follies'
- Awards
After early practice at songwriting, Stephen Sondheim's knowledge of musical theater was influenced by master lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, who served as a mentor. Sondheim's contributions to West Side Story and Gypsy in the 1950s brought him recognition as a rising star of Broadway. Known for the startling complexity of his lyricism and music, hi...
Stephen Joshua Sondheim was born on March 22, 1930, in New York City. His parents, Herbert and Janet (née Fox) Sondheim, worked in New York's garment industry; his father was a dress manufacturer and his mother was a designer. They divorced in 1942 and Sondheim moved to Doylestown, Pennsylvania, with his mother. He began studying piano and organ at...
In Pennsylvania, Sondheim became friends with the son of Broadway lyricist and producer Oscar Hammerstein II, who gave the young Sondheim advice and tutelage in musical theater, and served as a surrogate father during a time of tumult. In his teens, Sondheim had penned a satire about his school, the musical By George!, which he thought his mentor w...
In the early 1950s, Stephen Sondheim moved to Los Angeles, California, and wrote scripts for the television series Topper and The Last Word. Returning to New York, he composed background music for the play The Girls of Summer in 1956. An acquaintance with director Arthur Laurents brought Sondheim into contact with composer Leonard Bernstein and cho...
Sondheim won several more Tony Awards in the 1970s for his collaborations with producer/director Harold Prince, including the musicals Company (1970), a meditation on contemporary marriage and commitment; Follies (1971), an homage to the Ziegfeld Follies and early Broadway; A Little Night Music (1973), a period comedy-drama that included the hit so...
In the 1980s, Sondheim collaborated several times with playwright/director James Lapine. Their Sunday in the Park with George, which opened in 1984, was inspired by the iconic painting "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat, and 1987's Into the Woods was a collage of plots from classic fairy tales. (The latter was eventually made into a 20...
Sondheim continued to combine various musical genres with sharp lyrical writing and unexpected subject matter in the 1990s, though some of his work of that decade received less critical and popular acclaim. Assassins (1990) told the tales of nine presidential assassins in American history; and Passion, a 1994 collaboration with Lapine, was a melodr...
Sondheim claimed eight Tony Awards, a record for a composer, as well as eight Grammy Awards. He shared the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Lapine for Sunday in the Park with George, and won an Academy Award for the song "Sooner or Later," one of five tracks written for the 1990 film Dick Tracy, starring Warren Beatty and Madonna. Sondheim was ho...
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Gypsy. 1962 2h 23m Approved. 7.1 (7K) Rate. Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose. Director Mervyn LeRoy Stars Rosalind Russell Natalie Wood Karl Malden. 3. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. 1966 1h 39m Approved.
Mar 12, 2020 · By Ben Brantley and Jesse Green. March 12, 2020. Stephen Sondheim has been the composer and lyricist of 15 stage musicals and the lyricist for three others. Our chief critics weigh in on all of ...
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Good Thing Going: The Songs of Stephen Sondheim
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Company [2018 London Cast Recording]
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2021
Gypsy [Original Broadway Cast]
1959
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]
2023
Company [Original Spanish Cast Recording]
2022
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