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Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim. Ilana Weinstein. “Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.” . ~Stephen Sondheim. Menu. Early Life Career Accomplishments Shows! Key Terms Review/ Questions. Early Life. Born: March 22 nd 1930 Etta Janet “Foxy ” : Designed dresses

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Stephen Sondheim

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  1. Stephen Sondheim Ilana Weinstein

  2. “Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.” ~Stephen Sondheim

  3. Menu • Early Life • Career • Accomplishments • Shows! • Key Terms • Review/Questions

  4. Early Life • Born: March 22nd1930 • Etta Janet “Foxy” : Designed dresses • Herbert Sondheim (Jewish) : Dress manufacturer • Upper West Side of Manhattan , Doylestown, PA • Neglected, isolated childhood • Fieldston School  New York Military Academy  George School (1946)

  5. Stephen Sondheim Adolescent Years

  6. Early Life (cont.) Inspiration Broken Home Dad left when he was 10 “institutionalized child” “ Dear Mary and Hank, thanks for the plate, but where is my mothers head? Love Steve” She substituted him for me Letter Did not attend her funeral Homosexual, does not believe in marriage • Very Warm for May • Age 9 • “ The curtain went up and revealed a piano…”

  7. Career • In George School, he became friends with the son of Oscar Hammerstein • Took “By George!” Hammerstein • Hammerstein was like his mentor/ big brother • Earned a master’s degree in music at Princeton University • Struggled at first to find a job, but eventually got one (eventually the musical he had a job for was not produced) • 1957: West Side Story, wrote the lyrics • Top lyricist, but he wanted to also write music

  8. Lyrics written by Stephen Sondheim

  9. Career (cont.) • 1962: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum • This gave him the reputation that he really wanted and deserved • Known for Broadway but has done a lot of work with movies • Plays with mixed reviews, books, and even crossword puzzles

  10. Accomplishments • Contribution to society, economy and culture • Won most Tony Awards than anyone (8) • Oscars and Multiple Grammies • Stephen Sondheim Theater • Stephen Sondheim Center for Performing Arts • West Side Story (lyrics) • Sweeney Todd (music and lyrics) • AND MORE!

  11. Stephen Sondheim Theatre NYC

  12. Shows! • Anyone Can Whistle (1964: music & lyrics*) • Assassins the Musical (1990 Off-Broadway, 2004 Broadway. *) • Company the Musical (1970 Broadway *) • Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965 Broadway: lyrics) • Evening Primrose (1966 TV*) • Follies (1971*) • The Frogs (1974 Yale, 2004 Broadway*) • A Funny Thing Happened To Me on the Way to the Forum (1962 Broadway *)

  13. Shows! (cont.) • Gypsy: A Musical Fable (1959 Broadway: Lyrics) • Into the Woods (1987 Broadway *) • A Little Night Music (1973 Broadway*) • Mary Me a Little (1980 Off-Off Broadway, 1981 Off-Broadway*) • Merrily We Roll Along (1981 Broadway*) • Pacific Overtures (1976 Broadway*) • Passion (1994 Broadway* 2013 Off-Broadway!) • Pulling It Together (1992 Oxford, 1999 Broadway*)

  14. Shows! (cont.) • Road Show (Chicago, Washington DC 2003, Off-B 2008*) • Saturday Night (London 1997, Off-Broadway 2000*) • Side by Side by Sondheim (1977 Broadway* Company) • Sondheim on Sondheim (2010 Broadway*) • Sunday in the Park with George (1984 Broadway*) • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979 Broadway*) • West Side Story (1957: Broadway Lyrics) • Sondheim announced that he is writing a knew musical and it is in production!!

  15. Works Movies Books All Sondheim, Volume I All Sondheim, Volume II All Sondheim, Volume III All Sondheim, Volume IV The Hansen Treasury of Stephen Sondheim Songs Lee Evans Arranges Stephen Sondheim Stephen Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall Stephen Sondheim: Film and Television Songs The Stephen Sondheim Songbook • Airplane! (1980) • Anger Management (2003) • Starsky & Hutch (2004) • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

  16. Key Terms • Institutionalized Child- has everything but connection to family • George School- School in Bucks County, Pa where Stephen Sondheim attended and met Jamie Hammerstein • Lyricist- someone who writes the lyrics, this is what Sondheim was at first • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum- big break for Stephen, this is where he first was able to write the lyrics AND the music!

  17. Review Time • Where did Stephen move to after his parents divorced? a) Atlanta, Georgia b) Brooklyn, New York c) Doyelstown, Pennsylvania d) Los Angles, California e) Holland, Pennsylvania

  18. Question 2 • Who did Stephen Sondheim meet at George School in Bucks County, PA? a) Jamie Hammerstein b) Cameron Mackintosh c) Oscar Hammerstein d) John Weidmen e) James Lapine

  19. Question 3 • What musical was his big break where he became know for writing lyrics and music? a) West Side Story b) Passion c) Follies d) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum e) Company

  20. Question 4 • Stephen Sondheim likes too: a) Write music b) Write lyrics c) Write books d) Make crossword puzzles e) all of the above!

  21. Works Cited • "Stephen Sondheim Stage." Stephen Sondheim Stage. Web. 06 May 2012. <http://www.sondheim.com/discussions/miller/>. "Stephen Sondheim's Career."– • Stephen Sondheim. Web. 06 May 2012. <http://www.sondheimonsondheim.com/stephen-sondheim-career.php> • "Stephen Sondheim Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television. Web. 06 May 2012. <http://www.biography.com/people/stephen-sondheim-9488709>. • RichieEastside. "Stephen Sondheim & Andrew Lloyd Webber Dueling Piano." YouTube. YouTube, 05 Jan. 2010. Web. 06 May 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRUSkUnc6WY>.

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