His mother sent him to New York Military Academy in 1940. He spent several summers at Camp Androscoggin.
When he lived in New York City, Sondheim attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. As the only child of affluent parents living in the San Remo at 145 Central Park West, he was described in Meryle Secrest's biography ( Stephen Sondheim: A Life) as an isolated, emotionally neglected child. The composer grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and, after his parents divorced, on a farm near Doylestown, Pennsylvania. His father manufactured dresses designed by his mother. His paternal grandparents, Isaac and Rosa, were German Jews and his maternal grandparents, Joseph and Bessie, were Lithuanian Jews from Vilnius. Sondheim was born on March 22, 1930, into a Jewish family in New York City, the son of Etta Janet ("Foxy" née Fox 1897–1992) and Herbert Sondheim (1895–1966). 3.1 Conversations with Frank Rich and others.2.4 1984–1994: Collaborations with James Lapine.2.3 1970–1981: Collaborations with Hal Prince.Film adaptations of his work include West Side Story (1961), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Into the Woods (2014), and West Side Story (2021). He has a theater named for him both on Broadway and in the West End of London. Sondheim's numerous accolades include eight Tony Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Tony in 2008), an Academy Award, eight Grammy Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, a Pulitzer Prize, a Kennedy Center Honor, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom. He transitioned to writing both music and lyrics for the theater, with his best-known works including A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987).
He began his career by writing the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959). Sondheim's interest in musical theatre began at a young age and was mentored by Oscar Hammerstein II. He was known for his frequent collaborations with Hal Prince and James Lapine on the Broadway stage. His shows addressed "darker, more harrowing elements of the human experience", with songs often tinged with "ambivalence" about various aspects of life. One of the most important figures in twentieth-century musical theater, Sondheim was credited for having "reinvented the American musical" with shows that tackled "unexpected themes that range far beyond the traditional subjects" with "music and lyrics of unprecedented complexity and sophistication". Stephen Joshua Sondheim ( / ˈ s ɒ n d h aɪ m/ SOND-hyme March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist.
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