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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]
Jul 25, 2024 · Stephen Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist whose brilliance in matching words and music in dramatic situations broke new ground for Broadway musical theater. His credits included West Side Story, Gypsy, Into the Woods, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Steet.
Nov 26, 2021 · Stephen Sondheim, one of Broadway history’s songwriting titans, whose music and lyrics raised and reset the artistic standard for the American stage musical, died early Friday at his home...
Dec 3, 2021 · American lyricist and composer Stephen Sondheim wrote musicals based on sources as varied as fairy tales, a painting by Georges Seurat, ancient Roman comedy and an Ingmar Bergman film.
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 Friday...
Nov 27, 2021 · 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 as “Company,” “Follies” and...
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.