The Shakespeare of the musical theater world.
Mandy Patinkin
An absolute genius. A peerless titan of musical theatre.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Musical theater’s greatest lyricist, full stop.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Art of
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021) was a legendary composer and lyricist in American musical theater.
Sondheim is often compared to William Shakespeare in terms of his influence, talent, and the depth of his work. He won numerous awards, including eight Tony Awards, eight Grammy Awards, an Oscar, and a Pulitzer Prize.
This Dutch website is dedicated to his enduring body of work:
– schedule and news on Dutch productions
– Sondheim's work in text, image, and sound
– introduction into Sondheim's work
Photo: AP / Evan Vucci (2015)
Upcoming productions (NL)
West Side Story
DE GRAAF & CORNELISSEN
Run: November 2025-June 2026
Opening: November 23rd, 2025, Nieuwe Luxor Rotterdam
Tickets/info: Click here.
Into The Woods
Scholtze Producties
Run: april 2026
Opening: 18 april 2026, LOFT Tilburg
Tickets/info: Click here.
Any additions to the schedule?:
News
Discover all Sondheim's musicals
Explore Stephen Sondheim's body of work: from Saturday Night (1955) to Here We Are (2023).
Our archives consist of video and audio for all the shows, and commentary by Stephen Sondheim, directors, producers and actors.
1955-1970: Early Work
1970-1981: Collaboration with Hal Prince
1984-2008: Collaboration with James Lapine
and John Weidman
1970-2023: Other Work and Musical Revues
Go to More Sondheim for our Sondheim Archives
with albums, full shows and more.
Stephen’s music is so beautiful, his lyrics so precise,
that even as he exposes the imperfections of everyday life, he transcends them. We transcend them.Put simply, Stephen reinvented the American musical.
Barack Obama
