MusicatlasNews for Sondheim
- Handel Medallion for Sondheim
[posted 10 October 2011]According to the The New York Times, Stephen Sondheim will receive New York City’s highest prize for achievement in the arts: The Handel Medallion.
On 1 November Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Alec Baldwin will hand out the award to Mr. Sondheim at a ceremony at Alice Tully Hall.
[Source: artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com]
Music
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962)
- Anyone Can Whistle (1964)
- Company (1970)
- Follies (1971)
- A Little Night Music (1973)
- Pacific Overtures (1976)
- Sweeney Todd (1979)
- Merrily We Roll Along (1981)
- Sunday in the Park with George (1984)
- Into the Woods (1987)
- Assassins (1990)
- Passion (1994)
Life
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (eight, more than any other composer) including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize. Described by Frank Rich of the New York Times as “the greatest, and perhaps best-known artist working in musical theatre”, his most famous scores include (as composer/lyricist) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Assassins, as well as the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy. He was president of the Dramatists Guild from 1973 to 1981. (source:Wikipedia)
