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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... He was also known for his stage acting, with roles in Stephen Sondheim s Follies and as Danny Zuko in the original Broadway production of Grease...
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... 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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WhatsOnStage Awards: Jodie Comer and Lucie Jones among winners
By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter
Jodie Comer was among The Winners at The First gender-neutral Whatsonstage Awards , which saw all four of The Major Acting prizes go to women.
The Killing Eve star was named best performer in a Play at Sunday's ceremony After starring in sexual assault drama Prima Facie Last Year .
Other winners included The Stars of To Kill A Mockingbird and Legally Blonde .
There was only one male winner for Acting - in a newly created additional category for best professional debut.
The Whatsonstage Awards , where The Winners are voted by The Public , have run annually since 2008, But this is The First year where The leading and supporting categories were named " best performer" instead of Best Actor or actress.
More awards ceremonies have been going gender neutral in recent years to allow non-binary performers to compete. But at other ceremonies, this has often resulted in an imbalance in favour of Men .
After their decision to merge best male and best female into one best artist category resulted in an all-male shortlist, which Harry Styles ultimately won.
The First gender-neutral Whatsonstage Awards saw Men nominated in all of The Major Acting categories, But The Four main prizes went to women.
They were Comer for Prima Facie, To Kill a Mockingbird's Gwyneth Keyworth , and Legally Blonde stars Courtney Bowman and Lauren Drew.
The decision to merge The gendered categories meant The Number of Acting prizes was almost halved, although The Ceremony maintained separate awards for plays and musicals.
However, The awards body also introduced an additional Acting prize this year for newcomers. The inaugural best professional debut trophy was won by 19-year-old Joe Locke , who appeared in The Trials at The Donmar Warehouse.
in The one-woman Show Prima Facie of a lawyer who struggles to reconcile Her Job of defending Men accused of rape After she is sexually assaulted herself.
Other big winners at Sunday's awards included My Neighbour Totoro , a stage adaptation of The Japanese animation classic, which won five of The Nine awards it was nominated for.
Legally Blonde , an adaptation of The Reese Witherspoon film about a fashion-loving lawyer, also won big, scooping two of The Acting prizes.
Bonnie & Clyde The Musical and Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! won best new Musical and best Musical Revival respectively, while Prima Facie and Cock were named best new Play and best Play Revival .
A West End transfer of To Kill A Mockingbird, Aaron Sorkin 's adaptation of The Classic Harper Lee novel, won an Acting prize for Keyworth, who plays Scout Finch - The young girl whose perspective The Story is told from.
Former X Factor contestant Lucie Jones , who currently stars in The long-running Wicked, won best takeover Performance - an award given to an actor who has inherited a major role from a previous actor.
The Whatsonstage Awards have been held annually for 15 years, although during a Covid lockdown in 2021 The Ceremony was held virtually, and while theatres were closed it instead honoured members of The Public who had supported theatre during The pandemic.
The Winners in fullBest performer in a Musical - Courtney Bowman , Legally Blonde , Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Best supporting performer in a Musical - Lauren Drew, Legally Blonde , Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Best performer in a Play - Jodie Comer , Prima Facie, Harold Pinter Theatre
Best supporting performer in a Play - Gwyneth Keyworth , To Kill a Mockingbird, Gielgud Theatre
Best takeover Performance - Lucie Jones , Wicked, Apollo Victoria Theatre
Best professional debut Performance - Joe Locke , The Trials, Donmar Warehouse
Best new Musical - Bonnie & Clyde The Musical , Arts Theatre
Best Musical Revival - Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Young Vic
Best new Play - Prima Facie, Harold Pinter Theatre
Best Play Revival - Cock , Ambassadors Theatre
Best West End Show - Six , Vaudeville Theatre
Best regional production - Billy Elliot The Musical , Curve, Leicester
Best off-West End Production - But I'm A Cheerleader: The Musical , The Turbine Theatre
Best concert Event - Stephen Sondheim 's Old Friends , Sondheim Theatre
Best direction - Phelim Mcdermott , My Neighbour Totoro , Barbican Theatre
Best Musical direction/supervision - Bruce O'Neil and Matt Smith , My Neighbour Totoro , Barbican Theatre
Best casting direction - Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher, Spring Awakening , Almeida Theatre
Best Choreography - Arlene Phillips , Grease, Dominion Theatre
Best costume Design - Gabriella Slade , The Cher Show , UK tour
Best lighting Design - Jessica Hung Han Yun, My Neighbour Totoro , Barbican Theatre
Best set Design - Tom Pye and Basil Twist , My Neighbour Totoro , Barbican Theatre
Best sound Design - Tony Gayle, My Neighbour Totoro , Barbican Theatre
Best video Design - Joshua Thorson, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Young Vic
Best Graphic Design - Studio Doug, Prima Facie, Harold Pinter Theatre
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com