Sometimes referred to as the Liebeslieder Singers although Sondheim and Wheeler did not script them to have that title, using Quintet instead.

Most biographers blame Lerner's professional decline on the lack of a strong director with whom Lerner could collaborate, as Neil Simon did with Mike Nichols or Stephen Sondheim with Harold Prince ( Moss Hart, who had directed My Fair Lady, died shortly after Camelot opened ).

These plans also did not work out, and finally Harold Prince, who had worked previously with Sondheim, became the producer and director.

Even though the show won several Tony Awards, including best musical, Sondheim did not receive a nomination.

After completing Evening Primrose, Jerome Robbins had tried to convince Sondheim to adapt Bertolt Brecht's The Measures Taken, but Sondheim admitted that he did not like the play and did not like a lot of his work.

Sondheim was asked to translate Mahagonny-Songspiel, although he did not state the time.

However, Suskin states in Show Tunes that " As the writing progressed and the extent of Bernstein's lyric contributions became less, the composer agreed to rescind his credit ... Contrary to rumor, Sondheim did not write music for the show ; his only contribution came on " Something's Coming ", where he developed the main strain of the chorus from music Bernstein wrote for the verse.

Although he felt the original play did not lend itself to musicalization, Sondheim agreed.

He did notable solo singing work in productions including Much Ado About Nothing ( 1974 ), an episode of Rock Follies of ' 77 ( 1977 ), The Tempest ( 1978 – 1979 ), Piaf ( 1978 – 1980 ), Guys and Dolls ( 1982 ), A Royal Night of One Hundred Stars ( 1985 ), After Aida ( 1985 – 1986 ), Andrew Lloyd Webber's and Tim Rice's Cricket ( 1986 ), Sondheim: A Celebration ( 1988 benefit for Crusaid ), and Bent ( 1989 ).

Stephen Sondheim wrote lyrics for the " Night Waltz " theme (" Love Takes Time ") and wrote an entirely new version of " The Glamorous Life ", which has been incorporated into several subsequent productions of the stage musical.

Sondheim said: " As for the three songs ... going together well, I might as well confess.

Sondheim initially conceived Desiree as a role for a more-or-less non-singing actress.

Stephen Sondheim wrote the song " Comedy Tonight " for this new opening.

The Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts produced a limited-run revival of the musical from January 11 to 27, 2008.

( 1965 ), for which he had written the lyrics to Richard Rodgers's music, Sondheim decided that he would henceforth work only on projects where he could write both the music and lyrics himself.

He continues to appear in live stage shows, including Barbra Streisand's memorable birthday party for Stephen Sondheim at the Hollywood Bowl, in which he appeared with Angela Lansbury, performing selections from Sweeney Todd.

He is a noted interpreter of the musical works of Stephen Sondheim, and is best known for his work in musical theatre, originating iconic roles such as Georges Seurat in Sunday in the Park with George and Che in the original Broadway production of Evita.

The show, which lasted for 871 performances during its initial run, featured sketches written by Mad regulars Stan Hart and Larry Siegel interspersed with comedic songs ( one of which was written by an uncredited Stephen Sondheim ).

Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; born March 22, 1930 ) is an American composer and lyricist known for his contributions to musical theatre.

Sondheim has written material for movies, including the 1981 Warren Beatty film Reds, for which he contributed the song " Goodbye For Now ".

Sondheim traces his interest in theatre to Very Warm for May, a Broadway musical he saw at age nine.

Sondheim famously hated his mother ; he once wrote a thank-you note to close friend Mary Rodgers that read, " Dear Mary and Hank, Thanks for the plate, but where was my mother's head?

Sondheim said, " When my father left her, she substituted me for him.

Thus began one of the most famous apprenticeships in the musical theatre, as Hammerstein designed a kind of course for Sondheim on the construction of a musical.

Sondheim says that when he asked Babbitt if he could study atonality, Babbitt replied " You haven ’ t exhausted tonal resources for yourself yet, so I ’ m not going to teach you

" A few painful years of struggle " followed for Sondheim, during which he continually auditioned songs, living in his father's dining room to save money ; he also spent time in Hollywood writing for the television series Topper.

In 1954, Sondheim wrote both music and lyrics for Saturday Night, which was never produced on Broadway and was shelved until a 1997 production at London's Bridewell Theatre.

It has been rumored that while Bernstein was off trying to fix the musical Candide, Sondheim wrote some of the music for West Side Story, and that Bernstein ’ s co-lyricist billing credit mysteriously disappeared from the credits of West Side Story during the tryout, presumably as a trade-off.

Sondheim questioned if he should write only the lyrics for another show, but Hammerstein told him writing for a star would be valuable experience.

Eventually Sondheim wrote both the music and lyrics for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

After the completion of Do I Hear a Waltz, Sondheim has devoted himself to both composing and writing lyrics for a series of varied and adventurous musicals, beginning with the innovative " concept musical " Company in 1970.

Anyone Can Whistle is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Sondheim discovered that Laurents hated doing backers ' auditions and he took over that responsibility, playing and singing more than 30.

Eager to work with both Laurents and Sondheim, Angela Lansbury accepted the lead role as Mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper, despite her strong misgivings about the script and her ability to handle the score.

Sondheim worked closely with book writer Arthur Laurents to create the show.

* Invitation to a March ( 1960 ) ( incidental music by Sondheim ; play by Arthur Laurents )

West Side Story is an American musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and conception and choreography by Jerome Robbins.

Laurents, however, was committed to Gabel, who introduced him to the young composer / lyricist Stephen Sondheim.

In New York, Laurents went to the opening night party for a new play by Ugo Betti, and there he met Sondheim, who had heard that East Side Story, now retitled West Side Story, was back on track.

Laurents asked Sondheim if he would be interested in tackling the task.

With the help of Oscar Hammerstein, Laurents convinced Bernstein and Sondheim to move " One Hand, One Heart ", which he considered too pristine for the balcony scene, to the scene set in the bridal shop, and as a result " Tonight " was written to replace it.

Remick appeared in the 1964 Broadway musical Anyone Can Whistle, written by Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents, which ran for only a week.

Gypsy's memoir, titled Gypsy, was published in 1957 and was taken as inspirational material for the Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents Broadway musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable.

** West Side Story – Book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Richard Rodgers, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

By the time the project began to jell, however, Hammerstein had died, and Stephen Sondheim was asked by Laurents and Mary Rodgers, Richard Rodgers ' daughter, to write the lyrics.

Franco Zeffirelli was the first choice for director, and he met with Laurents, Sondheim, and Rodgers, who fell asleep during their discussion.

Laurents rued the casting-he felt Allen was too young and colorless and Franchi couldn't act-and ignored all the ongoing problems in favor of making his dream a reality, but most of all he regretted the break in his friendship with Sondheim after the show.

The show, with music by Leonard Bernstein, marked the first collaboration between Robbins and Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the lyrics, as well as Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book.

Robbins re-teamed with Sondheim and Laurents, and the music was by Jule Styne.

* West Side Story ( 6 October 1998-9 January 1999 ) by Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurents