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Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; 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. He received numerous accolades, including eight Tony Awards, an Academy Award, eight Grammy Awards, an Olivier Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1982, and awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 1993 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.
Sondheim was mentored at an early age by Oscar Hammerstein II and later frequently collaborated with Harold Prince and James Lapine. His Broadway musicals tackle themes that range beyond the genre's traditional subjects, while addressing darker elements of the human experience. His music and lyrics are characterized by their complexity, sophistication, and ambivalence.
Sondheim began his career by writing the lyrics for both West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959). He transitioned to writing both music and lyrics, including for five works that earned Tony Awards for Best Musical: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), and Passion (1994). He is also known for Follies (1971), Pacific Overtures (1976), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into the Woods (1987), and Assassins (1990).
Theaters are named after him both on Broadway and in the West End of London. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Sooner or Later" from Dick Tracy (1990). Many of his works have been adapted for film, including West Side Story (1961), Gypsy (1962), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), A Little Night Music (1977), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Into the Woods (2014), and West Side Story (2021). He published three books, including two involving his collected lyrics.
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Date: 23 March 1930
By EDWARD ALDEN JEWELL
Edward JEWELL
Feature article on efforts to determine proper artistic surroundings for Amer child
Date: 23 March 1930
By CHARLES A. SELDEN. Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES.By CHARLES A. SELDEN
Charles SELDEN
Date: 23 March 1930
Date: 23 March 1930
By CARLISLE MacDONALD. Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Carlisle MacDONALD
Sen increase in duty on lace from 90% to 300% arouses resentment and leads to assumption that heavy retaliatory duties will be levied on Amer cars and parts
Date: 23 March 1930
Opens new plant at Newport News, Va
Date: 23 March 1930
By FRED KINGSBURY. DETROIT
Fred KINGSBURY
New convertible roadster; illus
Date: 23 March 1930
Special to The New York Times