Awards & Winners

Stephen Sondheim

Date of Birth 22-March-1930
Place of Birth New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Sondheim, Steven Sondheim, Stephen Joshua Sondheim
Profession Composer, Lyricist, Songwriter, Writer, Screenwriter, Film Score Composer, Actor
Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist known for his immense contributions to musical theatre for over 50 years. He is the winner of an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award. Described by Frank Rich of the New York Times as "now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater", his most famous works include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods. He also wrote the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy. Sondheim has written material for movies, including the 1981 Warren Beatty film Reds, for which he contributed the song "Goodbye For Now". He also wrote five songs for the 1990 movie Dick Tracy, including "Sooner or Later" which won the Academy Award for Best Song. He was president of the Dramatists Guild from 1973 to 1981. In celebration of his 80th birthday, the former Henry Miller's Theatre was renamed the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on September 15, 2010, and the BBC Proms staged a concert in his honor. Cameron Mackintosh has described Sondheim as "possibly the greatest lyricist ever."

Awards by Stephen Sondheim

Check all the awards nominated and won by Stephen Sondheim.

2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album A Little Night Music (2009 Broadway revival cast)
2009 Broadway Revival Cast With Catherine Zeta-Jones, Angela Lansbury & Others
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album Silver Series
Original Broadway Cast With Barbara Cook , Vanessa Williams, Tom Wopat & Others

2009


Obie Award for Music And Lyrics
Honored for : Road Show
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
Honored for : Road Show

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Road Show
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Road Show
GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway Road Show

2008


Special Tony Award
(For Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre)

2000


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
Honored for : Saturday Night

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Saturday Night
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Saturday Night

1994


Tony Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : Passion
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
Honored for : Passion (1994 original Broadway cast)
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
Honored for : Passion
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
Honored for : Passion

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Passion
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Passion
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Passion
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album Passion (1994 original Broadway cast)

1991


Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Assassins
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Assassins
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Sooner or Later
Dick Tracy
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song What Can You Lose
Dick Tracy

1990


Academy Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : Sooner or Later
(Dick Tracy)

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song Sooner or Later
Dick Tracy

1988


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
Honored for : Into the Woods
Tony Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : Into the Woods
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
Honored for : Into the Woods (1987 original Broadway cast)
(Composer and Lyricist, Producer)

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Into the Woods
Tony Award for Best Original Score Into the Woods
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Into the Woods
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album Into the Woods (1987 original Broadway cast)

1985


Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Honored for : Sunday in the Park with George

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Drama Sunday in the Park with George

1984


Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
Honored for : Sunday in the Park With George (1984 original Broadway cast)
(Producer, Composer/Lyricist)
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
Honored for : Sunday in the Park with George

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Sunday in the Park with George
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Sunday in the Park with George
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Sunday in the Park with George
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album Sunday in the Park With George (1984 original Broadway cast)

1982


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
Honored for : Merrily We Roll Along

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Merrily We Roll Along
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Merrily We Roll Along
Tony Award for Best Original Score Merrily We Roll Along

1979


Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
Honored for : Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(Composer, Lyricist, Producer)
Tony Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
Honored for : Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
Honored for : Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1976


Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Pacific Overtures
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics Pacific Overtures
Composer
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics Pacific Overtures
Lyricist

1975


Grammy Award for Song of the Year
Honored for : Send in the Clowns
(Songwriter)

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Song of the Year Send in the Clowns

1974


Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay
Honored for : The Last of Sheila

Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay The Last of Sheila

1973


Tony Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : A Little Night Music
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
Honored for : A Little Night Music
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
Honored for : A Little Night Music
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
Honored for : A Little Night Music (1973 original Broadway cast)
(Producer, Composer)

Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score A Little Night Music
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics A Little Night Music
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music A Little Night Music
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album A Little Night Music (1973 original Broadway cast)

1972


Tony Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : Follies

Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Follies

1971


Tony Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : Company
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
Honored for : Follies
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director
Honored for : Follies

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director Follies
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Follies
Tony Award for Best Original Score Company

1970


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
Honored for : Company
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
Honored for : Company
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
Honored for : Company (1970 original Broadway cast)
(Producer, Composer)

Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Company
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Company
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album Company (1970 original Broadway cast)

1965


Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Do I Hear a Waltz?

1959


Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Song of the Year Small World