List of awards and nominations received by Stephen Sondheim
Awards and nominations | |||
---|---|---|---|
Award | Wins | Nominations | |
Academy Awards | 1 | 1 | |
Drama Desk Awards | 16 | 25 | |
Edgar Awards | 1 | 1 | |
Golden Globe Awards | 0 | 2 | |
Grammy Awards | 8 | 18 | |
1 | 1 | ||
Laurence Olivier Awards | 5 | 9 | |
Obie Awards | 1 | 1 | |
Online Film & Television Association | 1 | 3 | |
Pulitzer Prize | 1 | 1 | |
1 | 1 | ||
Tony Awards | 8 | 12 | |
Note
- ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
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, fifteen Drama Desk Awards, five Laurence Olivier Awards, including a 2011 Olivier Special Award. Theaters named in his honor stand on Broadway since 2010 and London's West End since 2019.
Major awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1990 | Best Original Song | "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" (from Dick Tracy) | Won | [1] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | Best Original Song | "Sooner or Later" (from Dick Tracy) | Nominated | [2] |
"What Can You Lose?" (from Dick Tracy) | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | Song of the Year | "Small World" | Nominated | [3] |
1963 | Best Original Cast Show Album | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Nominated | |
1966 | Best Score from an Original Cast | Do I Hear a Waltz? | Nominated | |
1971 | Company | Won | ||
1972 | Follies | Nominated | ||
1974 | Best Score from the Original Cast Show Album | A Little Night Music | Won | |
1976 | Best Cast Show Album | Nominated | ||
Song of the Year | "Send In the Clowns" | Won | ||
1977 | Best Cast Show 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 | Best Musical Cast Show Album | Into the Woods | Won | |
1991 | Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | "More" (from Dick Tracy) | Nominated | |
"Sooner or Later" (from Dick Tracy) | Nominated | |||
1992 | Best Musical Theater Album | Assassins | Nominated | |
1995 | Passion | Won | ||
2008 | Trustees Award | — | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | Musical of the Year | Side by Side by Sondheim | Nominated | [4] |
1980 | Sweeney Todd | Won | [5] | |
1987 | Follies | Won | [6] | |
1991 | Best New Musical | Sunday in the Park with George | Won | [7] |
Into the Woods | Nominated | |||
1993 | Assassins | Nominated | [8] | |
1997 | Passion | Nominated | [9] | |
2001 | Merrily We Roll Along | Won | [10] | |
2011 | Society of London Theatre Special Award | Honored | [11] | |
2018 | Best Original Score or New Orchestrations | Follies | Nominated | [12] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | Best Original Score (with Richard Rodgers) | Do I Hear a Waltz? | Nominated | [13][14] |
1971 | Best Original Musical Score | Company | Won | [15] |
Best Lyricist of a Musical | Won | |||
1972 | Best Original Score | Follies | Won | [16] |
1973 | A Little Night Music | Won | [17] | |
1976 | Pacific Overtures | Nominated | [18] | |
1979 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Won | [19] | |
1982 | Merrily We Roll Along | Nominated | [20] | |
1984 | Sunday in the Park with George | Nominated | [21] | |
1988 | Into the Woods | Won | [22] | |
1994 | Passion | Won | [23] | |
2008 | Special Tony Award | Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre | Honored | [24] |
Miscellaneous awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1970 | Outstanding Musical | Company | Won | [25] |
Outstanding Music | Won[a] | |||
Outstanding Lyrics | Won[b] | |||
1971 | Outstanding Music | Follies | Won | [26] |
Outstanding Lyrics | Won | |||
1973 | Outstanding Music | A Little Night Music | Won | [27] |
Outstanding Lyrics | Won | |||
1976 | Outstanding Music | Pacific Overtures | Nominated | [28] |
Outstanding Lyrics | Nominated | |||
1979 | Outstanding Music | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Won | [29] |
Outstanding Lyrics | Won | |||
1982 | Outstanding Music | Merrily We Roll Along | Nominated | [30] |
Outstanding Lyrics | Won[c] | |||
1984 | Outstanding Music | Sunday in the Park with George | Nominated | [31] |
Outstanding Lyrics | Won | |||
1988 | Outstanding Music | Into the Woods | Nominated | [32] |
Outstanding Lyrics | Won | |||
1991 | Outstanding Music | Assassins | Nominated | [33] |
Outstanding Lyrics | Nominated | |||
1994 | Outstanding Music | Passion | Won | [34] |
Outstanding Lyrics | Won | |||
2000 | Outstanding Music | Saturday Night | Nominated | [35] |
Outstanding Lyrics | Won | |||
2009 | Outstanding Music | Road Show | Nominated | [36] |
Outstanding Lyrics | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1974 | Best Motion Picture | The Last of Sheila (Shared with Anthony Perkins) | Won | [37] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Kyle Renick Special Award | West Side Story | Won | [38] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Music and Lyrics | Road Show | Won | [39] |
OFTA Awards
- Online Film & Television Association Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Best Adapted Song | "Johanna" (from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) | Nominated | [40] |
2019 | "Being Alive" (from Marriage Story) | Won | [41] | |
2021 | "America" (for West Side Story) | Runner-up | [42] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Best Score | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Won | [43] |
Special honors
Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1982 | American Theater Hall of Fame | Inducted | [44] |
Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1993 | Kennedy Center Honors | Inducted | [45] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1985 | Drama | Sunday in the Park with George | Won | [46] |
Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
2015 | Presidential Medal of Freedom | Honored | [47] |
Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1975 | Songwriters Hall of Fame | Inducted | [48] |
Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
2013 | Edward MacDowell Medal | Won | [49] |
See also
Notes
- ^ Tied with Kurt Weill for Mahagonny.
- ^ Tied with Bertolt Brecht for Mahagonny.
- ^ Tied with Maury Yeston for Nine.
References
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- ^ "Stephen Sondheim". Grammy Awards. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
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- Works
- Awards and nominations
- Saturday Night
- West Side Story (lyrics only)
- Gypsy (lyrics only)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- Anyone Can Whistle
- Do I Hear a Waltz? (lyrics only)
- Evening Primrose
- Company
- Follies
- A Little Night Music
- The Frogs
- Pacific Overtures
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Merrily We Roll Along
- Sunday in the Park with George
- Into the Woods
- Assassins
- Passion
- Road Show
- Here We Are
- West Side Story (1961)
- Gypsy (1962)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
- A Little Night Music (1977)
- Gypsy (1993)
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
- Company (2011)
- Into the Woods (2014)
- West Side Story (2021)
- Merrily We Roll Along (TBA)
- "Something's Coming"
- "Maria"
- "Tonight"
- "America"
- "Cool"
- "One Hand, One Heart"
- "Tonight Quintet"
- "I Feel Pretty"
- "Somewhere"
- "Gee, Officer Krupke"
- "A Boy Like That"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Everything's Coming Up Roses"
- "Together, Wherever We Go"
- "You Gotta Get a Gimmick"
- "Rose's Turn"
- "Company"
- "Getting Married Today"
- "The Ladies Who Lunch"
- "Being Alive"
- "I'm Still Here"
- "Could I Leave You?"
- "Losing My Mind"
- "Send In the Clowns"
- "Not While I'm Around"
- "No One Is Alone"
- "Sooner or Later"
- Original Cast Album: Company (1970)
- Six by Sondheim (2013)
- Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened (2016)
- Topper (1953–54)
- The Last of Sheila (1973)
- Getting Away with Murder (1996)
- Stavisky (1974)
- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
- Reds (1980)
- Dick Tracy (1990)
- The Birdcage (1996)