List of awards and nominations received by Stephen Sondheim

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List of Stephen Sondheim awards
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Sondheim circa 1970

Award Wins Nominations
Academy Award
 1 1
Golden Globe Award
 0 2
Grammy Award
 8 18
Tony Award
 8 12

Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021) was an American composer and lyricist known for his work in musical theatre and film. Sondheim received a Presidential Medal of Freedom (2015) and the Kennedy Center Honors (1993) for an outstanding career of excellence. His accolades include a Pulitzer Prize (1985), eight Tony Awards, including a 2008 Lifetime Achievement award for his work on Broadway, an Academy Award, eight Grammy Awards, and the 2011 Olivier Special Award. Theaters named in his honor stand on Broadway since 2010 and London's West End since 2019.

Major awards[]

Academy Awards[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1990 Best Original Song "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)", Dick Tracy Won [1]

Golden Globe Awards[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1990 Best Original Song "Sooner or Later", Dick Tracy Nominated [2]
"What Can You Lose?", Dick Tracy Nominated

Grammy Award[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1960 Song of the Year "Small World" Nominated [3]
1963 Best Musical Theater Album A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Nominated
1966 Do I Hear a Waltz? Nominated
1971 Company Won
1972 Follies Nominated
1974 A Little Night Music Won
1976 Best Cast Show Album Nominated
Song of the Year "Send In the Clowns" Won
1977 Best Musical Theater Album Pacific Overtures Nominated
1980 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Won
1983 Merrily We Roll Along Nominated
1985 Sunday in the Park with George Won
1989 Into the Woods Won
1991 Best Song Written for Visual Media "Sooner or Later", Dick Tracy Nominated
"More", Dick Tracy Nominated
1992 Best Musical Theater Album Assassins Nominated
1995 Passion Won
2008 Trustees Award Stephen Sondheim Won

Tony Awards[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1965 Best Original Score Do I Hear a Waltz? Nominated [4]
1971 Best Lyrics Company Won
Best Original Score Won
1972 Follies Won
1973 A Little Night Music Won
1976 Pacific Overtures Nominated
1979 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Won
1982 Merrily We Roll Along Nominated
1984 Sunday in the Park with George Nominated
1988 Into the Woods Won
1994 Passion Won
2008 Special Tony Award Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Honoree

Industry awards[]

Drama Desk Awards[]

  • Company (Best Musical, Outstanding Music, and Lyrics, 1969–70)
  • Follies (Outstanding Music and Lyrics, 1970–71)
  • A Little Night Music (Outstanding Music and Lyrics, 1972–73)
  • Sweeney Todd (Outstanding Musical, Music, and Lyrics, 1978–79)
  • Merrily We Roll Along (Outstanding Lyrics, 1981–82)
  • Sunday in the Park with George (Outstanding Musical and Lyrics, 1983–84)
  • Into the Woods (Outstanding Musical and Lyrics, 1987–88)
  • Passion (Outstanding Musical, Music, and Lyrics, 1993–94)

Obie Award[]

  • Road Show (Music and Lyrics, 2009)

Pulitzer Prize[]

  • Sunday in the Park with George (Drama, 1985)

Laurence Olivier Award[]

  • Sweeney Todd (Best New Musical, 1980)
  • Follies (Best New Musical, 1987)
  • Candide (Best New Musical, 1988)
  • Sunday in the Park with George (Best New Musical, 1991)
  • Merrily We Roll Along (Best New Musical, 2001)

Edgar Awards[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Stephen Sondheim Awards". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on August 17, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Stephen Sondheim". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Grammy Awards: Stephen Sondheim". Recording Academy Grammy Awards.com. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  4. ^ "Stephen Sondheim". Playbill.com. Archived from the original on March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
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