Stephen Sondheim

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in New York, New York, The United States

March 22, 1930

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Literature & Fiction, Music, Drama

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Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American musical and film composer and lyricist, winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven, more than any other composer), multiple Grammy Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize. He has been described by Frank Rich in the The New York Times as "the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater." 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. He was president of the Dramatists Guild from 1973 to 1981.

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	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Stephen Sondheim (Music, Lyrics), Hugh Wheeler, Christopher Bond (Introduction) 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 5,488 ratings — published 1974 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 5,082 ratings — published 1987 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunday in the Park With George by Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 1,284 ratings — published 1983 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Company: A Musical Comedy by Stephen Sondheim, George Furth 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 994 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics, 1954-1981, With Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines, and Anecdotes 4.52 of 5 stars 4.52 avg rating — 692 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Assassins by Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman 4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 543 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim (Composer), Hugh Wheeler, Jonathan Tunick (Introduction) 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 481 ratings — published 1973 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Stephen Sondheim, Larry Gelbart, Burt Shevelove 3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 489 ratings — published 1961 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics, 1981-2011, With Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes, and Miscellany 4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Passion by Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Hat Box (2 books)
by Stephen Sondheim
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“If I cannot fly, let me sing.”
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“I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.”
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“Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos. ”
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