Stephen Sondheim
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 Stephen Sondheim facts

• haɪm/) (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to musical theatre
• Sondheim has received an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer, including a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, the Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom
• He has been described by Frank Rich of The New York Times as ow the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater
• " His best-known works as composer and lyricist include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, and Into the Woods
• He wrote the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy
• Sondheim has also written film music, contributing "Goodbye for Now" to Warren Beatty's 1981 Reds
• He wrote five songs for 1990's Dick Tracy, including "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" by Madonna, which won the Academy Award for Best Song
• The composer was president of the Dramatists Guild from 1973 to 1981
• To celebrate his 80th birthday, the former Henry Miller's Theatre was renamed the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on September 15, 2010, and the BBC Proms held a concert in his honor
• Cameron Mackintosh has called Sondheim "possibly the greatest lyricist ever