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Call the Box Office on 0844 482 5151. The stars showed up in full force for Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheims virtual 90th birthday bash which has wracked up nearly 800000 views on YouTube in less than 24 hours.

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That show turned out to be one of the biggest hits and most memorable works of its time and it brought many proposals.

. Stephen Sondheim is a legend in the theatre world. The words intellectual and Broadway musical were seldom mentioned in the same breath until the era of Stephen Sondheim the dominant artistic force in the American musical theater since the 1970s. His father was a. A guide to the work of Stephen Sondheim including production information publications recordings a complete song listing and more.

The Stephen Sondheim Society is a charitable trust that promotes the public knowledge and appreciation of the works of Stephen Sondheim. Her won the Hutchinson prize to study music composition for 2 years. Stephen Joshua Sondheim was born on March 22 1930 in New York City. Please donate to ASTEP Artists Striving to End Poverty.

He did his pre college training at George School Newtown then was in a class of 50 at Williams College majoring in music as an undergraduate distinguishing himself by writing a book lyrics and music for two college shows based on the adaption of Beggar on Horseback. He studied piano and organ. Stephen Sondheim the 91-year-old composer and lyricist widely regarded as among the greatest musical theater artists in history is writing another show and said he hopes that a. Phone lines are open Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm.

The Clock 1945 Vincente Minnellis classic film of war-time love starring Judy Garland. Stephen Sondheim was the Turner Classic Movies programmer for March 22 2005 the cable networks way of honoring him on his 75th birthday. Shaftesbury Avenue London W1D 6BA. Calls to Delfont Mackintosh Theatres 0844 numbers cost 7p per minute plus your phone companys access charge.

The new staging of Sondheims musical is a delicious and sweet treat but with the songs rendered so beautifully something of the works psychological edge is lost Published. Not only has he achieved the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre he has also received eight Grammys a Pulitzer Prize an Olivier Award and a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Sondheim became a protege of Hammersteins after befriending the lyricists son in school but he got his first big break when he was hired to adapt Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet for Leonard Bernsteins West Side Story 1957. Stephen Sondheim was born in New York on 22 March 1930 and is widely acknowledged as the most innovative most influential and most important composer and lyricist in modern Broadway history.

Stephen Sondheim in full Stephen Joshua Sondheim born March 22 1930 New York City New York US American composer and lyricist whose brilliance in matching words and music in dramatic situations broke new ground for Broadway musical theatre. The six films he picked for his birthday tribute were The Mind Reader 1933 starring the under-appreciated Warren William as a con-man posing as a clairvoyant. His parents Herbert and Janet née Fox Sondheim worked in New Yorks garment industry. Precocious as a child Sondheim showed an early musical aptitude among other wide-ranging interests.

For more than 50 years he has set an unsurpassed standard of brilliance and.

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