Writing • AGE 91
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (/ˈsɒndhaɪm/; March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theatre, he is cr...


Merrily We Roll Along
Music
2025

West Side Story
Lyricist
2025

Into The Woods (AUS Productions)
Writer
2024

Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023
Music
2023

Candide
Lyricist
2023

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Stephen Sondheim
2022

Keeping Company with Sondheim
Self
2022

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Songs
2022

Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
Music
2022

The Stories of West Side Story
Self
2022

Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
Self
2021

West Side Story
Thanks
2021

Something's Coming: West Side Story
Self
2021

tick, tick... BOOM!
Stephen Sondheim (voice on phone) (uncredited)
2021

Simply Sondheim
Writer
2021

Marry Me a Little
Songs
2020

Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim
Songs
2020

Chita: A Legendary Celebration
Lyricist
2020

On Broadway
Self (archive footage)
2019

Harold Prince: The Director's Life
2018

National Theatre Live: Follies
Musical
2017

West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
Self
2016

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
Self
2016

Judy Collins: A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim
Music
2016

West Side Story
Songs
2016

Gypsy
Musical
2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015

Into the Woods
Songs
2014

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Musical
2014

Follies
Lyricist
2013

Six by Sondheim
Self / Joe
2013

Merrily We Roll Along
Lyricist
2013

Sunday In the Park with George
Musical
2013

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Original Music Composer
2012

A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
Self
2011

Company
Lyricist
2011

Into the Woods
Musical
2011

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Self - Honoree
2010

Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Writer
2009

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Songs
2008

Company: A Musical Comedy
Songs
2008

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Musical
2007

Witness to 'Reds'
Self
2006

The Colbert Report
Self
2005

Passion
Songs
2005

Candide
Lyricist
2005

Broadway: The American Musical
Self
2004

Assassins
Music
2004

Children Will Listen
self
2004

Camp
Self
2003

Mostly Sondheim
Songs
2003

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003

West Side Memories
Self
2003

A Little Night Music: Ravinia Festival Concert
Music
2002

A Little Night Music: Live from the Kennedy Center
Songs
2002

The Making of Sweeney Todd at the San Francisco Symphony
Self
2002

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
Self
2001

Putting It Together
Musical
2001

Ned Rorem Interviews Stephen Sondheim
Self
2000

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Self
1998

A Conversation With Composer Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
1997

Company
Self
1996

Passion
Musical
1996

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Lyricist
1995

Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
Original Music Composer
1995

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
Self
1995

A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
1995

Gypsy
Lyricist
1994

Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994

Gypsy: Live from the Southern Arizona Light Opera Company
Songs
1992

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Self
1992

Candide
Lyricist
1991

Performance
Original Music Composer
1991

Assassins: A Conversationpiece
Self
1991

Into the Woods
Musical
1991

Assassins
Music
1990

New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
Music
1990

Dick Tracy
Original Music Composer
1990

Into the Woods: A Conversationpiece
Self
1990

Sunday in the Park with... Stephen
1990

The Simpsons
Stephen Sondheim (voice)
1989

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
Lyricist
1989

Candide
Writer
1986

Sunday in the Park with George
Musical
1986

Follies: In Concert
Self- Composer
1986

Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York
Self
1986

Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Self
1986

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Musical
1982

American Playhouse
Writer
1982

Reds
Original Music Composer
1981

Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
Self
1980

The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978

A Little Night Music
Songs
1977

Previn and the Pittsburgh
Self
1977

All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
Writer
1977

Pacific Overtures
Musical
1976

Anatomy of a Song
1976

Live from Lincoln Center
Self
1976

Stavisky...
Original Music Composer
1974

June Moon
Maxie Schwartz
1974

The Last of Sheila
Writer
1973

Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1973

Great Performances
Maxie Schwartz
1971

Original Cast Album: Company
Self
1970

Evening Primrose
Writer
1966

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Songs
1966

Gypsy
Lyricist
1962

The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962

West Side Story
Lyricist
1961

Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956

Follies
Songs