Sondheim's work as a composer-lyricist over the past four decades has set the standard for modern American musical theater. He has won a record seven Tony Awards for his songwriting, and received a Pulitzer Prize for Sunday in the Park with George. Sondheim was an unpaid and uncredited clapper boy on
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2007Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(music: "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" Instrumental, "No Place Like London", "The Worst Pies In London", "Poor Thing", "My Friends", "Green Finch And Linnet Bird", "Alms Alms", "Johanna Parts 1 & 2", "Pirelli's Miracle Elixir", "Pirelli's Entrance", "The Contest", "Wait", "Ladies In Their Sensitivities", "Pretty Women", "Epiphany", "A Little Priest", "Johanna Act II", "God, That's Good!", "By The Sea", "Not While I'm Around", "Toby's Finger Searching, Part 1", "Searching Part 2", "The Judge's Return", "Final Scene Part 1", "Final Scene Part 2" / lyrics: "No Place Like London", "The Worst Pies In London", "Poor Thing", "My Friends", "Green Finch And Linnet Bird", "Alms Alms", "Johanna Parts 1 & 2", "Pirelli's Miracle Elixir", "Pirelli's Entrance", "The Contest", "Wait", "Ladies In Their Sensitivities", "Pretty Women", "Epiphany", "A Little Priest", "Johanna Act II", "God, That's Good!", "By The Sea", "Not While I'm Around", "Toby's Finger Searching, Part 1", "Searching Part 2", "The Judge's Return", "Final Scene Part 1", "Final Scene Part 2")
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Company: A Musical Comedy
(2007)
(music: "Company", "The Little Things You Do Together", "Sorry-Grateful", "You Could Drive a Person Crazy", "Have I Got a Girl for You?", "Someone Is Waiting", "Another Hundred People", "Getting Married Today", "Marry Me a Little", "Side by Side by Side", "What Would We Do Without You?", "Poor Baby", "Barcelona", "The Ladies Who Lunch", "Being Alive" / lyrics: "Company", "The Little Things You Do Together", "Sorry-Grateful", "You Could Drive a Person Crazy", "Have I Got a Girl for You?", "Someone Is Waiting", "Another Hundred People", "Getting Married Today", "Marry Me a Little", "Side by Side by Side", "What Would We Do Without You?", "Poor Baby", "Barcelona", "The Ladies Who Lunch", "Being Alive")
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Episode #1.3
(2000)
(lyrics: "I Feel Pretty" - uncredited)
2000Putting It Together
(TV movie)
(writer: "Invocation and Instructions to the Audience", "Putting It Together", "Rich and Happy", "Do I Hear a Waltz?", "Merrily We Roll Along", "Lovely", "Hello Little Girl", "My Husband the Pig", "Every Day a Little Death", "Everybody Ought to Have a Maid", "Have I Got a Girl for You", "Pretty Women", "Sooner or Later", "Bang!", "Country House", "Unworthy of Your Love", "Could I Leave You?", "Back in Business", "It's Hot Up Here", "The Ladies Who Lunch", "The Road You Didn't Take", "Live Alone and Like It", "More", "There's Always a Woman", "Marry Me a Little", "Not Getting Married Today", "Buddy's Blues", "Good Thing Going", "Being Alive", "Like It Was", "Finale/Old Friends")
1993Gypsy
(TV movie)
(lyrics: "May We Entertain You", "Some People", "Small World", "Baby June and Her Newsboys", "Mr. Goldstone", "Little Lamb", "You'll Never Get Away from Me", "Dainty June and Her Farmboys", "If Momma Was Married", "All I Need Is the Girl", "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Together, Wherever We Go", "You Gotta Get a Gimmick", "Let Me Entertain You", "Rose's Turn")
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Into the Woods
(1991)
(music: "Prologue: Into the Woods", "Cinderella at the Grave", "Hello, Little Girl", "I Guess This Is Goodbye", "Maybe They're Magic", "A Very Nice Prince", "First Midnight", "Giants in the Sky", "Agony", "It Takes Two", "Stay with Me", "On the Steps of the Palace", "Ever After", "Act II Prologue: So Happy", "Agony II", "Lament", "Any Moment", "Moments in the Woods", "Your Fault", "Last Midnight", "No More", "No One Is Alone", "Children Will Listen / Finale" / lyrics: "Prologue: Into the Woods", "Cinderella at the Grave", "Hello, Little Girl", "I Guess This Is Goodbye", "Maybe They're Magic", "A Very Nice Prince", "First Midnight", "Giants in the Sky", "Agony", "It Takes Two", "Stay with Me", "On the Steps of the Palace", "Ever After", "Act II Prologue: So Happy", "Agony II", "Lament", "Any Moment", "Moments in the Woods", "Your Fault", "Last Midnight", "No More", "No One Is Alone", "Children Will Listen / Finale")
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Sunday in the Park with George
(1986)
(writer: "Sunday in the Park with George", "No Life", "Color and Light", "Gossip", "The Day Off", "The Boatman and George", "Everybody Loves Louis", "Finishing the Hat", "We Do Not Belong Together", "Beautiful", "Sunday", "It's Hot Up Here", "Putting It Together", "Children and Art", "Lesson #8", "Move On", "Sunday" reprise)
1982Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(TV movie)
(music: "Ballad Of Sweeney Todd", "No Place Like London", "The Barber And His Wife", "Worst Pies In London", "Poor Thing", "My Friends", "Green Finchet And Linnet Bird", "Ah Miss", "Johanna", "Pirellis Miracle Elixir", "The Contest", "Wait", "Ladies In Their Sentivies", "Kiss Me", "Pretty Women", "Epiphany", "Little Priest", "God Thats Good!", "Johanna Reprise", "By The Sea", "Wigmaker Sequence", "Not While Im Around", "Parlor Songs", "The Judges Return", "Final Sequence" / lyrics: "Ballad Of Sweeney Todd", "No Place Like London", "The Barber And His Wife", "Worst Pies In London", "Poor Thing", "My Friends", "Green Finchet And Linnet Bird", "Ah Miss", "Johanna", "Pirellis Miracle Elixir", "The Contest", "Wait", "Ladies In Their Sentivies", "Kiss Me", "Pretty Women", "Epiphany", "Little Priest", "God Thats Good!", "Johanna Reprise", "By The Sea", "Wigmaker Sequence", "Not While Im Around", "Parlor Songs", "The Judges Return", "Final Sequence")
1977A Little Night Music
(writer: "Love Takes Time", "Now/Soon/Later", "The Glamorous Life", "You Must Meet My Wife", "Every Day A Little Death", "A Weekend in the Country", "It Would Have Been Wonderful", "Send in the Clowns", "Finale", "Night Waltz")
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The Judy Cohen Story
(1976)
(writer: "Send In The Clowns" - uncredited / music: "Send In The Clowns" - uncredited / lyrics: "Send In The Clowns" - uncredited)
1976The Ritz
(lyrics: "Everything's Coming Up Roses" - uncredited)
1976The Big Bus
("Everything's Coming Up Roses" - uncredited)
1976Pacific Overtures
(TV movie)
(music: "Prologue", "The Advantages Of Floating In The Middle Of The Sea", "There Is No Other Way", "Four Black Dragons", "Chrysanthemum Tea", "Poems", "Welcome To Kanagawa", "March To The Treaty House", "Someone In A Tree", "Lion Dance", "Please Hello", "A Bowler Hat", "Pretty Lady", "Next" / lyrics: "The Advantages Of Floating In The Middle Of The Sea", "There Is No Other Way", "Four Black Dragons", "Chrysanthemum Tea", "Poems", "Welcome To Kanagawa", "Someone In A Tree", "Lion Dance", "Please Hello", "A Bowler Hat", "Pretty Lady", "Next")
1974Really Raquel
(TV special)
(lyrics: "Let Me Entertain You")
1966Evening Primrose
(TV movie)
(music: "If You Can Find Me I'm Here", "Arts and Crafts", "I Remember Sky", "When", "Take Me to the World", "Take Me to the World reprise" / lyrics: "If You Can Find Me I'm Here", "Arts and Crafts", "I Remember Sky", "When", "Take Me to the World", "Take Me to the World reprise")
1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
(writer: "COMEDY TONIGHT", "EVERYBODY OUGHT TO HAVE A MAID", "BRING ME MY BRIDE", "LOVELY", "LOVELY" reprise, "THE DIRGE", "COMEDY TONIGHT" reprise)
1962Gypsy
(lyrics: "Let Me Entertain You" 1959 - uncredited, "Small World" 1959 - uncredited, "Some People" 1959 - uncredited, "Baby June and Her Newsboys" 1959 - uncredited, "Mr. Goldstone, I Love You" 1959 - uncredited, "Little Lamb" 1959 - uncredited, "You'll Never Get Away from Me" 1959 - uncredited, "Dainty June and Her Farmboys" 1959 - uncredited, "Broadway" 1959 - uncredited, "If Momma Was Married" 1959 - uncredited, "All I Need Is the Girl" 1959 - uncredited, "Everything's Coming Up Roses" 1959 - uncredited, "You Gotta Have a Gimmick" 1959 - uncredited, "Rose's Turn" 1959 - uncredited, "Together, Wherever We Go" 1959 - uncredited)
On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that's the point. Static action - if that's not an oxymoron - is accepted. It's what writer Burt Shevelove used to call "savouring the moment". That's a very tricky business on film...
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He was awarded the 1989 London Evening Standard Theatre Award's Special Award for Lifetime Achievement to Theatre.
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