Composer, lyricist, and writer Stephen Sondheim – born March 22, 1930, in New
York City, new York - was an iconic figure in musical theater since the 1950s. A
Broadway legend, he was famous for his complex musicality, meticulous attention
to rhyme and mordant sense of humor. He has won many Tony, Grammy and Olivier
Awards, an Academy Award and a Pulitzer, and the Kennedy Centre Honors. His
musicals have been revived several times and his songs recorded by an array of
major artists. He wrote television shows and movie scripts and successful
memoirs. Sondheim spent his teenage year...