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Would Broadway be what it is today without the magic of Sondheim? Stephen Sondheim is an American composer that dates all the way back to 1930. (Stephen Sondheim Biography.com) Sondheim is a musical theatre legend who has won eight Tony awards, making him the composer who has received the most Tony’s (Tony Awards Facts and Trivia Tonyawards.com.) His words and wisdom seep onto paper and put on a variety of productions. From “West Side Story” to “Passion,” there is diversity between the shows that have come from him. Through the musical abilities of Stephen Sondheim, great plots and important characters have been arisen.

In 1930, when the icon was born, he lived a simple lifestyle. His life was normal growing up in New York City. In the year of 1940, whilst he was ten years old, his parents got a divorce and he was forced to go with his mother to Pennsylvania. However, without this, he wouldn’t have accomplished all of his works because his family befriended a neighboring family, the Hammerstein’s. Oscar Hammerstein II was a lyricist and composer who …show more content…
“Into The Woods” is a 1987 show about how three Brothers Grimm fairytales come together. It’s a funny, important show that has become very popular in the year 2014. It also did a test-run in 1986 in San Diego, California. A bloody, thrilling, 1979 musical; “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” arose from the ashes and became a hit. Full of gore and great music, it’s one of Sondheim’s most successful. One of his best, most triumphant shows titled “Sunday in the Park with George,” and is a 1984 musical that has great music, and most importantly is based off a painting titled “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.” With the help of James Lapine, lots of these shows have become hits and sensations all the way from New York to London. (Sondheim: A Chronology, Hutchins) (Stephen Sondheim
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