Stephen Sondheim

Personal Information
Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (1962), Anyone Can Whistle(1964), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), The Frogs (1974), Pacific Overtures (1976), Sweeney Todd (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday In The Park With George (1984), Into The Woods (1987), Assassins (1991) and Passion (1994), as well as lyrics for West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), Do I Hear A Waltz? (1965) and additional lyrics for Candide (1973). Side By Side By Sondheim (1976), Marry Me A Little (1981), You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow (1983), Putting It Together (1993/99) and Moving On (2001) are anthologies of his work as composer and lyricist. For films, he composed the scores of Stavisky (1974) and Reds (1981) and songs for Dick Tracy (1990). He also wrote songs for the television production Evening Primrose (1966), co-authored the film The Last of Sheila (1973) and the play Getting Away With Murder (1996) and provided incidental music for the plays The Girls Of Summer (1956), Invitation To A March (1961), Twigs (1971) and The Enclave (1973). Saturday Night (1954), his first professional musical, finally had its New York premiere in 1999. Mr. Sondheim is on the Council of the Dramatists Guild, the national association of playwrights, composers and lyricists, having served as its President from 1973 to 1981.
 
Credits

Author
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Assassins East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 11/14/2021 Music & Lyrics
2 Merrily We Roll Along Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 02/19/2019 Music & Lyrics
3 Pacific Overtures East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 05/04/2017 Music
4 Pacific Overtures East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 05/04/2017 Lyricist
5 Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Barrow Street Theatre 03/01/2017 Composer/Lyricist
6 Into the Woods Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 01/22/2015 Composer/Lyricist
7 Passion East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 02/28/2013 Composer/Lyricist
8 Into the Woods Delacorte Theater 08/09/2012 Composer/Lyricist
9 Road Show Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater 11/18/2008 Music
10 Road Show Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater 11/18/2008 Lyricist
11 King Lear Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Anspacher Theater 03/07/2007 Music
12 Saturday Night Second Stage Theatre 02/17/2000 Lyricist
13 Saturday Night Second Stage Theatre 02/17/2000 Composer
14 Merrily We Roll Along York Theatre at St. Peter's 05/26/1994 Lyricist
15 Merrily We Roll Along York Theatre at St. Peter's 05/26/1994 Composer
16 Putting It Together New York City Center/ Stage I 03/02/1993 Book
17 Putting It Together New York City Center/ Stage I 03/02/1993 Lyricist
18 Putting It Together New York City Center/ Stage I 03/02/1993 Composer
19 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Parish Hall at the Church of Heavenly Rest 03/22/1991 Composer/Lyricist
20 Assassins Playwrights Horizons 12/18/1990 Lyricist
21 Assassins Playwrights Horizons 12/18/1990 Composer
22 Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Parish Hall at the Church of Heavenly Rest 03/31/1989 Lyricist
23 Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Parish Hall at the Church of Heavenly Rest 03/31/1989 Composer
24 Pacific Overtures Promenade Theatre 10/25/1984 Lyricist
25 Pacific Overtures Promenade Theatre 10/25/1984 Composer
26 Sunday in the Park with George Playwrights Horizons 07/06/1983 Lyricist
27 Sunday in the Park with George Playwrights Horizons 07/06/1983 Composer
28 Marry Me a Little Actors' Playhouse 03/12/1981 Lyricist
29 Marry Me a Little Actors' Playhouse 03/12/1981 Composer
30 Das Lusitania Songspiel Westside Theatre/ Downstairs 01/10/1980 Music
31 By Bernstein Westside Theatre/ Upstairs 11/23/1975 Lyricist
32 The Enclave Theater Four 11/15/1973 Incidental Music
33 The Mad Show New Theatre 01/09/1966 Additional Lyrics
Awards
Award Production Function
1 NOMINATED 2022 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival Assassins Music & Lyrics
2 NOMINATED 2018 Drama League Award, Outstanding Revival of a Musical Pacific Overtures Music
      Pacific Overtures Lyricist
3 NOMINATED 2018 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Revival of a Musical Pacific Overtures Music
      Pacific Overtures Lyricist
4 WON 2017 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Composer/Lyricist
5 WON 2015 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival Into the Woods Composer/Lyricist
6 NOMINATED 2015 Drama League Award, Outstanding Revival of a Musical Into the Woods Composer/Lyricist
7 NOMINATED 2015 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Revival of a Musical Into the Woods Composer/Lyricist
8 NOMINATED 2013 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival Passion Composer/Lyricist
9 NOMINATED 2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Revival of a Musical Passion Composer/Lyricist
10 NOMINATED 2013 Off Broadway Alliance Award, Best Musical Revival Passion Composer/Lyricist
11 NOMINATED 2013 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Revival of a Musical Passion Composer/Lyricist
12 NOMINATED 2009 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical Road Show Music
      Road Show Lyricist
13 NOMINATED 2009 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Music Road Show Music
14 WON 2009 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Lyrics Road Show Lyricist
15 NOMINATED 2009 GLAAD Media Award, Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway Road Show Music
      Road Show Lyricist
16 WON 2009 Obie Award, Music and Lyrics Road Show Music
17 WON 2009 Obie Award, Music and Lyrics Road Show Lyricist
18 WON 2003 Lucille Lortel Award, Lifetime Achievement Award    
19 WON 2000 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Lyrics Saturday Night Lyricist
20 WON 1995 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival Merrily We Roll Along Lyricist
      Merrily We Roll Along Composer
21 WON 1991 Drama League Award, Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Assassins Composer