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      • Stephen Joshua Sondheim (/ ˈsɒndhaɪm /; March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theatre, he is credited with reinventing the American musical.
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  3. 1 day ago · Stephen Joshua Sondheim ( / ˈsɒndhaɪm /; March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theatre, he is credited with reinventing the American musical. [1] .

  4. May 14, 2024 · Stephen Sondheim was born in New York on 22 March 1930, and is widely acknowledged as the most innovative, most influential and most important composer and lyricist in modern Broadway history. For more than 50 years, Stephen Sondheim set an unsurpassed standard of brilliance and artistic integrity in the musical theatre.

  5. May 8, 2024 · Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021): A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; 1996 Broadway Cast; Angel 52223. On This Day Births. 1745 - Baptismal date of Bohemian violinist and composer Carl Philipp Stamitz, in Mannheim. He was the son of the composer Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (b. 1717), and the brother of composer Johann Anton Stamitz (b ...

  6. May 4, 2024 · In the world of musical theatre, Stephen Sondheim might as well be God. The celebrated songwriter who died in 2021 was so fully aware of his deity-like status, he openly poked fun at it, penning a song in response to the 1995 headline in New York Magazine, “Is Stephen Sondheim God?”

  7. 1 day ago · Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (often referred to simply as Sweeney Todd) is a 1979 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. It is based on the 1970 play Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond. The character of Sweeney Todd first appeared in a Victorian penny dreadful titled The String of Pearls.

  8. 23 hours ago · West Side Story is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare 's play Romeo and Juliet , the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial , blue-collar neighborhood.

  9. Apr 27, 2024 · Stephen Sondheim, renowned for his contributions to musical theatre, has composed yet another masterpiece titled “Invocation to the Muses.” This captivating song is part of the album “The Frogs/Evening Primrose (2001 Studio Cast Recording)” and was released on October 16, 2001.

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