Stephen Sondheim - Major Works
So brilliant! His work features speak/singing in quick, stacatto rhythms which layer on top of one another. Difficult to learn, but tons of fun to perform! Check out some of his works:
Unless otherwise noted, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
- Saturday Night (1954, though unproduced until 1997) (book by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein)
- West Side Story (1957) (music by Leonard Bernstein; book by Arthur Laurents; directed by Jerome Robbins)
- Gypsy (1959) (music by Jule Styne; book by Arthur Laurents; directed by Jerome Robbins)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962) (book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart; directed by George Abbott)
- Anyone Can Whistle (1964) (book by Arthur Laurents; directed by Arthur Laurents)
- Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965) (music by Richard Rodgers; book by Arthur Laurents; directed by John Dexter)
- Company (1970) (book by George Furth; directed by Hal Prince)
- Follies (1971) (book by James Goldman; directed by Hal Prince)
- A Little Night Music (1973) (book by Hugh Wheeler; directed by Hal Prince)
- Pacific Overtures (1976) (book by John Weidman; directed by Hal Prince)
- Sweeney Todd (1979) (book by Hugh Wheeler; directed by Hal Prince)
- Merrily We Roll Along (1981) (book by George Furth; directed by Hal Prince)
- Sunday in the Park with George (1984) (book by James Lapine; directed by James Lapine)
- Into the Woods (1987) (book by James Lapine; directed by James Lapine)
- Assassins (1990) (book by John Weidman; directed by Jerry Zaks)
- Passion (1994) (book by James Lapine; directed by James Lapine)
- Bounce (2003) (book by John Weidman; directed by Hal Prince); retitled Road Show
- The Frogs – a musical version of Aristophanes’ comedy with book by Burt Shevelove (1974). Second version (2004) with revised book by Nathan Lane, contains seven new songs. First performed in the Yale University swimming pool in May 1974.[69]
- Road Show (2008) (book by John Weidman; directed by John Doyle); (formerly titled Bounce)
