Stephen Sondheim
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 3 years ago |
Web site | www.sondheim.com |
Date of birth | March 22,1930 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | New York |
United States | |
Listen artist | www.youtube.com |
Died | Roxbury |
Connecticut | |
United States | |
Spouse | Jeff Romley |
Plays | Company |
Into the Woods | |
Merrily We Roll Along | |
Songs | 1991 |
List | Being AliveA Stephen Sondheim Evening · 1983 |
A Little PriestSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street · 1979 | |
Could I Leave You?Follies · 1971 | |
Getting Married TodaySide by Side by Sondheim (1978 Australian cast) · 1978 | |
1991 | |
1983 | |
1978 | |
Albums | Bernstein's West Side Story (1957 original Broadway cast) |
Date of died | November 26,2021 |
Parents | Herbert Sondheim |
Etta Janet Fox | |
Songwriting partner | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
Leonard Bernstein | |
Record labels | Masterworks Broadway |
Columbia Records | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 407107 |
West Side Story
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
The Birdcage
Company
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
A Little Night Music
Gypsy
Six By Sondheim
The Last of Sheila
Reds
Stavisky. . .
The Seven- Per-Cent Solution
Camp
Putting It Together
Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Into the Woods
Follies
Academy Award for Best Original Song
Tony Award for Best Original Score
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
Special Tony Award
Grammy Award for Song of the Year
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement
Laurence Olivier Award for Society of London Theatre Special Award
Grammy Trustees Award
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical
Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival
Obie Award for Music And Lyrics
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Musical
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement
Laurence Olivier Mastercard Award for Best New Musical
Stephen Sondheim Life story
Stephen Joshua Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, he is credited for reinventing the American musical.
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Hannah Waddingham: From Ted Lasso to a Eurovision Song Contest star
... Waddingham now has three Olivier nominations to her name - for Monty Python show Spamalot, Stephen Sondheim s A Little Night Music and Cole Porter s Kiss Me, Kate...
WhatsOnStage Awards: Jodie Comer and Lucie Jones among winners
... The winners in fullBest performer in a musical - Courtney Bowman, Legally Blonde, Regent s Park Open Air TheatreBest supporting performer in a musical - Lauren Drew, Legally Blonde, Regent s Park Open Air TheatreBest performer in a play - Jodie Comer, Prima Facie, Harold Pinter TheatreBest supporting performer in a play - Gwyneth Keyworth, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gielgud TheatreBest takeover performance - Lucie Jones, Wicked, Apollo Victoria TheatreBest professional debut performance - Joe Locke, The Trials, Donmar WarehouseBest new musical - Bonnie & Clyde the Musical, Arts TheatreBest musical revival - Rodgers & Hammerstein s Oklahoma! Young VicBest new play - Prima Facie, Harold Pinter TheatreBest play revival - Cock, Ambassadors TheatreBest West End show - Six, Vaudeville TheatreBest regional production - Billy Elliot the Musical, Curve, LeicesterBest off-West End Production - But I m A Cheerleader: The Musical, The Turbine TheatreBest concert event - Stephen Sondheim s Old Friends, Sondheim TheatreBest direction - Phelim McDermott, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican TheatreBest musical direction/supervision - Bruce O Neil and Matt Smith, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican TheatreBest casting direction - Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher, Spring Awakening, Almeida TheatreBest choreography - Arlene Phillips, Grease, Dominion TheatreBest costume design - Gabriella Slade, The Cher Show, UK tourBest lighting design - Jessica Hung Han Yun, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican TheatreBest set design - Tom Pye and Basil Twist, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican TheatreBest sound design - Tony Gayle, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican TheatreBest video design - Joshua Thorson, Rodgers & Hammerstein s Oklahoma! Young VicBest graphic design - Studio Doug, Prima Facie, Harold Pinter TheatreRelated Topics...
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Hannah Waddingham: From Ted Lasso to a Eurovision Song Contest star
By Ian YoungsEntertainment & arts reporter
The standout stars of this year's Eurovision Song Contest do not just include the competitors - One of the hosts has become a fan favourite as well.
Hannah Waddingham has been a Leading Lady On Stage for More Than two decades and found wider fame thanks to TV shows Game of Thrones, Ted Lasso and Sex Education .
She can now add " Eurovision icon" to her CV.
The English actress is co-hosting The Contest 's semi-finals with British presenter Alesha Dixon and Ukrainian singer Julia Salina.
While they have all been excellent So Far , Waddingham in particular has earned rave reviews, and her appearances have capped her elevation to A-list status.
Viewers have responded to her unbridled energy and overflowing sense of fun, plus the effortless composure and assured stage presence that come from years in The West End and on Broadway.
Her enthusiastic facial expressions, exuberant style, impromptu dance moves and impressive language skills also have The Crowd Eating Out of the palm of her hand.
" The co-presenter looked like she was having The Time of her life playing air guitar and trading quips with a rubber turkey, " the Telegraph's Ed Power wrote in.
After a decade of notching up hit TV shows, and after a similarly joyful hosting job, Waddingham is now One of the UK's most in-demand stars.
Asked before The Song contest about the prospect of announcing the Eurovision results in Liverpool, " That literally gives me shivers of excitement. My 12-year-old self couldn't believe that I would ever be saying [it].
" Honestly it makes me quite emotional to be calling different countries and see the delegations there. It's Just Crazy . "
Waddingham is from London and spent her childhood in theatres watching her mother, a singer with the English National Opera.
By her 20s, she was in leading roles in The West End herself. Waddingham now has three Olivier nominations to her name - for Monty Python show Spamalot, Stephen Sondheim 's A Little Night Music and Cole Porter 's Kiss Me , Kate.
After mostly bit parts on TV, her Screen breakthrough came when she was cast as Septa Unella , better known as The Shame Nun in Game of Thrones, joining in Season Five .
It was " horrifically difficult" to be taken seriously enough to make The Leap from stage to Screen - and she had to go to the US to achieve it, she has said.
" You see the same faces constantly, I think, on British television. And that was my frustration, " she told in 2021.
" I had to jump over to The Other side of The Pond in order to get recognised. And I don't think that's right, personally. "
But with a baby on The Way , she no longer wanted to be On Stage six nights a week. She started filming Game of Thrones just eight weeks after giving birth.
That led to shows like Superman prequel Krypton. But while filming that, Her Daughter , three at The Time , became seriously ill with Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP), which affects The Blood vessels. It was " all a bit touch and go" Waddingham said.
After being unable to immediately get home to be with her, so told her agents she no longer wanted acting jobs that would require her to travel.
" I Am first and foremost a mum, and more importantly, a single mum, " She Said . While Her Daughter was recovering a month later, she stood in her garden One Night and " thanked The Universe " for making her better.
While she was at it, she asked The Universe for another job that would allow her to be near Her Daughter and keep them afloat financially.
" And also, can I be so cheeky as to say, could it be something that shows everything that I can do, and things that I don't feel like I've been able to do yet? And is there any way it could Just Be around The Corner ? " she asked.
" And I'm not joking, within two months The Audition came in for Ted Lasso, that shoots 40 Minutes away from My House . "
The Universe came through. Waddingham won The Role in The Apple TV+ comedy as Richmond FC owner Rebecca Welton, who hires hapless US coach Ted because she wants The Team to fail to spite her former husband.
It became a hit, and Waddingham won an Emmy, a Critics' Choice Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Global fame has come relatively late. " You don't think your career is going to rev up during your 40s, " " Being A Mother , you think it's going to slow down a bit. "
There's not much chance of that. She recently appeared in Hocus Pocus 2 and ITV's Tom Jones , and will be in forthcoming films The Fall Guy, Garfield and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two.
If she hadn't made it as an actress, she would have liked to work as an interpreter, she has said. " I love languages. "
She speaks Italian and French - as she demonstrated during The First Eurovision semi-final.
" You see, Europe, some of us Brits do bother to learn Another Language , " she told The Crowd to huge cheers, before blowing them a kiss.
That's just One reason why the Eurovision fans ended up chanting her name That Night .
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com