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  1. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (/ ˈ s ɒ n d h aɪ m /; March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater , he is credited with reinventing the American musical. [1]

  2. Apr 10, 2024 · Stephen Sondheim (born March 22, 1930, New York, New York, U.S.—died November 26, 2021, Roxbury, Connecticut) was an American composer and lyricist whose brilliance in matching words and music in dramatic situations broke new ground for Broadway musical theater. Precocious as a child, Sondheim showed an early musical aptitude among other wide ...

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  3. Nov 26, 2021 · Stephen Sondheim was born on March 22, 1930, to upper-middle-class parents on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. His father manufactured dresses, and his mother designed them. But his childhood ...

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  4. Dec 3, 2021 · Learn about the life and works of Stephen Sondheim, one of the most influential and acclaimed composers and lyricists of Broadway musicals. From West Side Story to Sweeney Todd to Into the Woods, explore his remarkable range and legacy.

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  5. Nov 27, 2021 · Nov. 26, 2021 Updated 7:28 PM PT. Stephen Sondheim, the award-winning composer-lyricist who took the Broadway musical to a higher level of emotional complexity than his predecessors in shows such ...

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  6. Nov 27, 2021 · Stephen Sondheim, the renowned composer of “Into the Woods,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Gypsy,” “Sunday in the Park with George” and other essential works of musical theater, died early ...

  7. Nov 28, 2021 · Stephen Sondheim, who has died aged 91, was a leading light of musical theatre over the course of more than six decades, from the moment in 1957 when he achieved renown as Leonard Bernstein’s ...

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