Summer 1991: Stephen Sondheim in a Q&A Session, Part 2
Stephen Sondheim

What kind of score do you compose for your shows, and how much do you contribute to the orchestration?

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Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim

(1930-2021) wrote music and lyrics for Saturday Night, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone Can Whistle, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, The Frogs, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, Assassins, Passion, and Road Show, and lyrics for West Side Story, Gypsy, and Do I Hear A Waltz? He composed music for the films Stavisky, Reds, and Dick Tracy and for the television production Evening Primrose. His collected lyrics with attendant essays have been published in two volumes: Finishing the Hat and Look, I Made A Hat. In 2010 the Broadway theatre formerly known as Henry Miller’s Theatre was renamed in his honor.