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Stephen Sondheim: An American Composer
Stephen Sondheim is an american composer and his age as of now is 87. He was born on 3/22/1930 And is known for writing lyrics for Gypsy and also many more such as Into the Woods and Follies. He is still a active writer he has been writing for more that 50 years he started writing in 1954 and he is currently writing. He was born in a jewish family in new york city. His father manufactured dresses for his mother. His most interest was theatre he always wanted to be in musical theatre. So he kept writing. Also he kept musical theatre because of this show he saw when he was only nine years old what a young age to start watching theatre productions me i'd stick with regular tv. His mother was psychologically abusive to him she lost her marriage so she took all the anger out on her son man that is so harsh. She also said that the only regret she ever had was giving him birth well guess what the man got 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 m’s in his bank account. And when she died in 1992 Stephen sondheim did not attend his mother's funeral. People mostly call him the best lyricist ever. In my opinion he is one of the best lyricist in the entire world his story is so sad so far. His net worth is over 20 million dollars i told you he got 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 m’s in his bank account. In 2012 Stephen Sondheim collaborated with David Ives. …show more content…
The best lyrics he wrote for a show was sweeney todd and it's my favorite show in theatre because the movie was cool and i like how they made pies out of humans and people didn't know and sweeney killed everyone it was
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