Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (eight, more than any other composer) including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre,[multiple Grammy Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize. He has been described as...more
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (eight, more than any other composer) including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre,[multiple Grammy Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize. He has been described as "the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theatre." His most famous scores include (as composer/lyricist) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Assassins, as well as the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy.
The Gustavus Department of Theatre and Dance is pleased to bring one of Stephen Sondheim's most controversial musicals, Assassins, to the Anderson Theatre stage February 17 - 26. With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman, Assassins is the story of 13 of the most notorious characters in American history: 13 individuals who attempted (both with and without success) to murder the President of the United States...
It started out like a flop in 1981.
And despite wonderful Stephen Sondheim songs, the middling new production of “Merrily We Roll Along,” at Encores! through Feb. 19, isn’t an ideal showcase. It won’t redeem its reputation as a troubled work.
February 13 All dayTickets are now on sale at gustavustickets.com for Anderson Theatre's production of Stephen Sondheim's musical ASSASSINS. Based on the stories of 13 (successful and not successful) Presidential assassins, ASSASSINS is a great study of the American dream, failure and the role of social justice in theatre. And the music's good as well. Don't miss this two-week run of Stephen Sondheim's ASSASSINS, February 17 - 26, in Anderson...
Selections fron Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Pacific Overtures will be performed as part of the March 11 benefit Shinsai: Theatres for Japan at the Great Hall at Cooper Union.
NEW YORK — Celebrated playwrights including Stephen Sondheim, Tony Kushner and Edward Albee have joined a fundraiser to mark the anniversary of a devastating earthquake in Japan. All will be offering 10-minute plays and songs to be performed March 11.