Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American musical theater lyricist and composer.

Major works

Unless otherwise noted, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

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• West Side Story (1957) (lyrics by Sondheim; music by Leonard Bernstein; book by Arthur Laurents)
• ' (1959) (lyrics by Sondheim; music by Jule Styne; book by Arthur Laurents)
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962) (book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart)
• Anyone Can Whistle (1964) (book by Arthur Laurents)
• Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965) (lyrics by Sondheim; music by Richard Rodgers; book by Arthur Laurents)
• Company (1970) (book by George Furth)
• Follies (1971) (book by James Goldman)
• A Little Night Music (1973) (book by Hugh Wheeler)
• Pacific Overtures (1976) (book by John Weidman)
• Sweeney Todd (1979) (book by Hugh Wheeler)
• Merrily We Roll Along (1981) (book by George Furth)
• Sunday in the Park with George (1984) (book by James Lapine)
• Into the Woods (1987) (book by James Lapine)
• Assassins (1990) (book by John Weidman)
• Passion (1994) (book by James Lapine)
• Saturday Night (1997, though composed in 1954) (book by Julius Epstein and Philip Epstein)
• Bounce (book by John Weidman) (Abandoned working titles were Wise Guys and Gold!; played at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. in 2003)
• The Frogs (2004) (revised book by Nathan Lane), from Burt Shevelove's 1974 book. Contains seven new songs)