Stephen Sondheim Autographs
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 theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical. He received numerous accolades, including eight Tony Awards, an Academy Award, eight Grammy Awards, an Olivier Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1982, and awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 1993 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.
Sondheim was mentored at an early age by Oscar Hammerstein II and later frequently collaborated with Harold Prince and James Lapine. His Broadway musicals tackle themes that range beyond the genre's traditional subjects, while addressing darker elements of the human experience. His music and lyrics are characterized by their complexity, sophistication, and ambivalence.
Sondheim began his career by writing the lyrics for both West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959). He transitioned to writing both music and lyrics, including for five works that earned Tony Awards for Best Musical: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), and Passion (1994). He is also known for Follies (1971), Pacific Overtures (1976), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into the Woods (1987), and Assassins (1990).
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Current items with a signature of Stephen Sondheim
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Traded items with a signature of Stephen Sondheim
The most expensive item with a signature of Stephen Sondheim (Stephen Sondheim handwritten & signed musical phrase from MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG) was sold in May 2022 for $8,200.00 while the cheapest item (USA 1972 Stamp FDC SIGNED by Music Composer / Lyricist - Stephen Sondheim) found a new owner for $8.06 in December 2019. The month with the most items sold (26) was November 2021 with an average selling price of $300.00 for an autographed item of Stephen Sondheim. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2022 with $4,190.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $11.89 was December 2019. In average, an autographed item from Stephen Sondheim is worth $212.00.
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Latest News about Stephen Sondheim
Stephen M. Silverman, Biographer of Stage and Screen, Is Dead at 71 (07/18/2023): An entertainment journalist, he persuaded the publicity-shy director David Lean to let him write his story and died before seeing his final book, on Stephen Sondheim, published. 
Review: ‘Shy,’ by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green (08/05/2022): The daughter of Richard Rodgers, confidante of Stephen Sondheim and composer of “Once Upon a Mattress” holds nothing back in “Shy.”
