Stephen Joshua Sondheim (March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was a composer and lyricist from the United States. Sondheim is credited with “reinventing the American musical” with shows that tackle “unexpected themes that range far beyond the (genre’s) traditional subjects” with “music and lyrics of unprecedented complexity and sophistication.” His shows are about the “darker, more harrowing elements of the human experience,” with songs that are often tinged with “ambivalence” about various aspects of life.
On the Broadway stage, he was known for his frequent collaborations with Hal Prince and James Lapine.
Sondheim was trained by Oscar Hammerstein II and had an early interest in musical theater. In 1957, he started his career by penning the lyrics for Gypsy and West Side Story (1959). A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1984) are some of his best-known works. He later transitioned to writing both music and lyrics for the theater (1987).
Sondheim has received eight Tony Awards (including one for Lifetime Achievement in 2008), an Academy Award, eight Grammy Awards, an Olivier Award, a Pulitzer Prize, a Kennedy Center Honor, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom. On Broadway and in London’s West End, he has a theater named after him. West Side Story (1961), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Into the Woods (2014), and West Side Story (2015) are all film adaptations of his works (2021).
Who is Stephen Sondheim’s husband Jeff Romley?
Jeff Romley (born between 1980 and 1981, age 41) is a producer and the husband of the late American music composer and lyricist Stephen.
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