Stephen Sondheim turns 80 years old March 22nd and New York is gonna be honoring the legendary Broadway composer. Remember Bach’s post on West Side Story on Sunday? Sondheim wrote the lyric to it. And that’s just the begining of one of the most lustrous careers, one up there with Rodgers And Hammerstein, iever.
Here are hsome of his credits
West Side Story
Gypsy
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
Company
Follies
A Little Night Music
Merrily We Roll Along
Sweeny Todd
Sunday In The Park With George
In The Woods
and a personal favorite that blew me right through the fucking theatre walls when I saw it on Broadway in 1994
Passion
A Little Night Music is currently on Broadway. If you can afford it also catch “At Home at the Carlyle: Elaine Stritch Singin’ Sondheim … One Song at a Time.”
Merrily may the great man roll along.