Editing Stephen Sondheim (section)

==Honors and legacy==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Stephen Sondheim}}

Sondheim received an [[Academy Award]], eight [[Tony Awards]], and eight [[Grammy Awards]]. He also received the [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] for ''Sunday in the Park with George'' (1985, shared with [[James Lapine]]) and was honored with the [[Kennedy Center Honors]], Lifetime Achievement (1993).{{r|:0}} He received the Hutchinson Prize for Music Composition (1950) and was elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] (1983). He was also awarded the Golden Plate Award of the [[American Academy of Achievement]] presented by Awards Council member [[James Earl Jones]] (2005),<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement|website=achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#the-arts|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=June 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608012051/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#the-arts|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |year=2005 |title=Summit Overview Photo |url=https://achievement.org/summit/ |quote=Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim receives the Academy's Gold Medal from Awards Council member James Earl Jones at the 2005 International Achievement Summit during a Broadway symposium in New York City. |access-date=December 28, 2020 |archive-date=September 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905051833/https://achievement.org/summit/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Meadows School of the Arts|Algur H. Meadows Award]] from [[Southern Methodist University]] (1994),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sondheimguide.com/television.html#Part%20Three|title=Television and Radio listings|publisher=Sondheimguide.com|access-date=September 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206005318/http://sondheimguide.com/television.html#Part%20Three|archive-date=February 6, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> a Special [[Laurence Olivier Award]] (2011) "in recognition of his contribution to London theatre",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12644755|title=Stephen Sondheim to receive special Olivier Award|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=September 28, 2014|date=March 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016040946/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12644755|archive-date=October 16, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Bennett, Ray.[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/olivier-awards-2011-legally-blonde-167171 Olivier Awards 2011: 'Legally Blonde,' Stephen Sondheim Dominate"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401105604/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/olivier-awards-2011-legally-blonde-167171 |date=April 1, 2019 }} HollywoodReporter.com, March 13, 2011</ref> and a [[Critics' Circle Theatre Award]] (2012), which according to drama section chair [[Mark Shenton]] "is effectively a lifetime achievement award."<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/160551-Stephen-Sondheim-Receives-UK-Critics-Circle-2011-Award-for-Distinguished-Services-to-the-Arts Stephen Sondheim Receives UK Critics' Circle 2011 Award for Distinguished Services to the Arts"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906031259/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/160551-Stephen-Sondheim-Receives-UK-Critics-Circle-2011-Award-for-Distinguished-Services-to-the-Arts |date=September 6, 2013 }} Playbill.com, March 9, 2012</ref> He became a member of the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]] (2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaterhalloffame.org/members.html#S|title=Theater Hall of Fame members|access-date=February 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118013544/http://www.theaterhalloffame.org/members.html#S|archive-date=January 18, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, Sondheim was awarded The [[Edward MacDowell Medal]] by [[The MacDowell Colony]] for outstanding contributions to American culture<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.macdowell.org/medal-day-history|title=Macdowell Medalists|access-date=August 22, 2022}}</ref> In November 2015, Sondheim was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by President [[Barack Obama]] in a ceremony at the [[White House]].{{efn|Sondheim was named for this award for 2014, but was unable to attend the ceremony, and thus was named again for the 2015 award and ceremony.<ref>Ledbetter, Lucie. [http://www.theatermania.com/washington-dc-theater/news/2015-presidential-medals-of-freedom-recipients_75005.html "Stephen Sondheim, Barbra Streisand, and More to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125225524/http://www.theatermania.com/washington-dc-theater/news/2015-presidential-medals-of-freedom-recipients_75005.html |date=November 25, 2015 }} theatermania.com, November 17, 2015</ref>}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/11/10/president-obama-announces-presidential-medal-freedom-recipients |title=President Obama Announces the Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients |access-date=November 11, 2014 |date=November 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121131137/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/11/10/president-obama-announces-presidential-medal-freedom-recipients |archive-date=January 21, 2017 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |publisher=[[White House]] |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Phil Helsel – [http://www.aol.com/article/2015/11/24/obama-honoring-spielberg-streisand-and-more-with-medal-of-freed/21272337/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl3%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D-40526639 "Obama honoring Spielberg, Streisand and more with medal of freedom"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125221354/http://www.aol.com/article/2015/11/24/obama-honoring-spielberg-streisand-and-more-with-medal-of-freed/21272337/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl3%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D-40526639 |date=November 25, 2015 }}, NBC News, November 24, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.</ref>

Sondheim founded Young Playwrights Inc. in 1981 to introduce young people to writing for the theater, and was the organization's executive vice-president.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youngplaywrights.org/ |title=Young Playwrights site |publisher=Youngplaywrights.org |access-date=October 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104205112/http://www.youngplaywrights.org/ |archive-date=November 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts, at the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center in [[Fairfield, Iowa]], opened in December 2007 with performances by [[Len Cariou]], [[Liz Callaway]], and [[Richard Kind]], all of whom had participated in Sondheim musicals.<ref>Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108442.html "Near Cornfields Worthy of Hammerstein, a Theatre Named for Sondheim Rises in Midwest"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229090356/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108442.html |date=December 29, 2008 }}. Playbill.com, May 31, 2007</ref><ref>Hetrick, Adam. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/113277.html "Original Cast Members Fete Sondheim at New Midwest Arts Center Dec. 7–9"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229092415/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/113277.html |date=December 29, 2008 }}. Playbill.com, December 4, 2007</ref>

The Stephen Sondheim Society was established in 1993 to provide information about his work, with its ''Sondheim – the Magazine'' provided to its membership. The society maintains a database, organizes productions, meetings, outings, and other events, and assists with publicity. Its annual Student Performer of the Year Competition awards a £1,000 prize to one of twelve musical-theatre students from UK drama schools and universities. At Sondheim's request, an additional prize is offered for a new song by a young composer. Judged by [[George Stiles (composer)|George Stiles]] and [[Anthony Drewe]], each contestant performs a Sondheim song and a new song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/7d786c9a-2979-39be-806d-79b751993ea8#:~:text=The%20Stephen%20Sondheim%20Society%20was,musical%20theatre%2C%20including%20Sondheim%20himself.|title = Stephen Sondheim Society Archive – Archives Hub}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.londontheatre1.com/theatre-news/the-stephen-sondheim-society-student-performer-of-the-year-2/|title=The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year|date=June 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatreweekly.com/final-judges-and-guest-performers-announced-for-the-2019-west-end-gala-of-the-stephen-sondheim-society-student-performer-of-the-year-and-stiles-drewe-prize/|title=Final Judges And Guest Performers Announced For The 2019 West End Gala Of The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer Of The Year And Stiles + Drewe Prize|date=May 31, 2019}}</ref>

Most episode titles of the television series ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' refer to Sondheim's song titles or lyrics,<ref>Hetrick, Adam. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/121283.html "Tomlin to Join Fifth Season of 'Desperate Housewives'"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229090406/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/121283.html |date=December 29, 2008 }}. Playbill.com, September 12, 2008</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410975/episodes|title=Episode list, "Desperate Housewives"|publisher=IMDb|access-date=September 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719062307/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410975/episodes|archive-date=July 19, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Widdicombe, Ben. Gossip, ''Daily News'' (New York), March 23, 2005, p. 22; "Desperate Housewives" writer Marc Cherry, who congratulated Sondheim in a filmed statement, admitted the composer was such an inspiration that each episode of his blockbuster show is named after a Sondheim song."</ref><ref>Chang, Justin. ''Variety'', "Sondheim, Streisand infuse Wisteria Lane", December 20–26, 2004, p. 8; "Broadway-literate fans may have noticed the skein's first three post-pilot episodes&nbsp;... are all named after classic Stephen Sondheim showtunes&nbsp;..."</ref> and the series finale is titled "Finishing the Hat".<ref>Sperling, Daniel. [http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/s21/desperate-housewives/news/a377387/desperate-housewives-final-episode-title-revealed.html "'Desperate Housewives' final episode title revealed"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427083034/http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/s21/desperate-housewives/news/a377387/desperate-housewives-final-episode-title-revealed.html |date=April 27, 2012 }} digitalspy.com, April 19, 2012</ref> In 1990, Sondheim, as the [[Cameron Mackintosh]] chair in musical theater at [[Oxford]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-08-10-8901030668-story.html | title=Sondheim Will Teach at Oxford | website=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=August 10, 1989 | access-date=July 2, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702224851/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-08-10-8901030668-story.html | archive-date=July 2, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> conducted workshops with promising musical writers including [[George Stiles (composer)|George Stiles]], [[Anthony Drewe]], Andrew Peggie, Paul James, [[Kit Hesketh-Harvey]], and [[Stephen Keeling]]. The writers founded the Mercury Workshop in 1992, which merged with the New Musicals Alliance to become MMD (a UK-based organization to develop new musical theater, of which Sondheim was a patron).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mercurymusicals.com/|title=Welcome to MMD|website=Mercury Musical Developments}}</ref>

[[Signature Theatre (Arlington, Virginia)|Signature Theatre]] in [[Arlington County, Virginia]] established its Sondheim Award, which includes a $5,000 donation to a nonprofit organization of the recipient's choice, "as a tribute to America's most influential contemporary musical theatre composer". The first award, to Sondheim, was presented at an April 27, 2009, benefit with performances by [[Bernadette Peters]], [[Michael Cerveris]], Will Gartshore, and Eleasha Gamble.<ref>Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/122069.html "Signature Creates Sondheim Award, to Be Presented at April 2009 Gala"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229092728/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/122069.html |date=December 29, 2008 }}. Playbill.com, October 6, 2008</ref><ref>Horwitz, Jane. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100702732.html "Backstage" column] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322203325/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100702732.html |date=March 22, 2017 }} ''Washington Post'', October 8, 2008</ref><ref>Jones, Kenneth. [https://archive.today/20120909060339/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128598-Peters_and_Cerveris_Celebrate_Sondheim_at_DC_Sondheim_Award_Gala_April_27 Peters and Cerveris Celebrate Sondheim at DC Sondheim Award Gala April 27"]. ''Playbill'', April 27, 2009</ref> The 2010 recipient was [[Angela Lansbury]], with Peters and [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]] hosting the April benefit.<ref>Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/138636-Garber-Mazzie-Danieley-and-More-Celebrate-Lansbury-in-DC-Gala-April-12 "Garber, Mazzie, Danieley and More Celebrate Lansbury in DC Gala April 12"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317225737/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/138636-Garber-Mazzie-Danieley-and-More-Celebrate-Lansbury-in-DC-Gala-April-12 |date=March 17, 2014 }} Playbill.com, April 12, 2010</ref> The 2011 honoree was Bernadette Peters.<ref>Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/149660-Bernadette-Peters-Gets-Sondheim-Award-April-11-Stephen-Buntrock-Rebecca-Luker-Euan-Morton-Sing "Bernadette Peters Gets Sondheim Award April 11; Stephen Buntrock, Rebecca Luker, Euan Morton Sing"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408213559/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/149660-Bernadette-Peters-Gets-Sondheim-Award-April-11-Stephen-Buntrock-Rebecca-Luker-Euan-Morton-Sing |date=April 8, 2014 }}. Playbill.com, April 11, 2011</ref> Other recipients were [[Patti LuPone]] in 2012,<ref>Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/164887-Laura-Benanti-Howard-McGillin-and-More-Sing-the-Praises-of-Patti-LuPone-in-DC-Sondheim-Award-Gala-April-16 "Laura Benanti, Howard McGillin and More Sing the Praises of Patti LuPone in DC Sondheim Award Gala April 16"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408211610/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/164887-Laura-Benanti-Howard-McGillin-and-More-Sing-the-Praises-of-Patti-LuPone-in-DC-Sondheim-Award-Gala-April-16 |date=April 8, 2014 }} Playbill.com, April 16, 2012</ref> Hal Prince in 2013, [[Jonathan Tunick]] in 2014,<ref>Purcell, Carey. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/189672-Signatures-Sondheim-Award-Gala-Featuring-Ron-Raines-Heidi-Blickenstaff-and-Pamela-Myers-Honors-Jonathan-Tunick-April-7 "Signature's Sondheim Award Gala, Featuring Ron Raines, Heidi Blickenstaff and Pamela Myers, Honors Jonathan Tunick April 7"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412112111/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/189672-Signatures-Sondheim-Award-Gala-Featuring-Ron-Raines-Heidi-Blickenstaff-and-Pamela-Myers-Honors-Jonathan-Tunick-April-7 |date=April 12, 2014 }} playbill.com, April 7, 2014</ref> and James Lapine in 2015.<ref>[http://www.broadwayworld.com/washington-dc/article/James-Lapine-to-Receive-Signature-Theatres-2015-Stephen-Sondheim-Award-20141119 "James Lapine to Receive Signature Theatre's 2015 Stephen Sondheim Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323053758/http://www.broadwayworld.com/washington-dc/article/James-Lapine-to-Receive-Signature-Theatres-2015-Stephen-Sondheim-Award-20141119 |date=March 23, 2017 }}
broadwayworld.com, November 19, 2014</ref> The 2016 awardee was John Weidman<ref>Ritzel, Rebecca. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/a-two-time-tony-award-winner-headlines-signature-theatres-annual-gala/2016/04/07/b2204a18-fb5b-11e5-813a-90ab563f0dde_story.html "A two-time Tony Award winner headlines Signature Theatre's annual gala"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413071047/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/a-two-time-tony-award-winner-headlines-signature-theatres-annual-gala/2016/04/07/b2204a18-fb5b-11e5-813a-90ab563f0dde_story.html |date=April 13, 2017 }} ''The Washington Post'', April 8, 2016</ref> and the 2017 awardee was Cameron Mackintosh.<ref>McBride, Walter. [http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Signature-Theatre-Honors-Cameron-Mackintosh-with-Stephen-Sondheim-Award-20170321 "Photo Coverage: Signature Theatre Honors Cameron Mackintosh with Stephen Sondheim Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323052425/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Signature-Theatre-Honors-Cameron-Mackintosh-with-Stephen-Sondheim-Award-20170321 |date=March 23, 2017 }} broadwayworld.com, March 21, 2017</ref>

Henry Miller's Theatre, on West 43rd Street in New York City, was renamed the [[Stephen Sondheim Theatre]] on September 15, 2010, for the composer's 80th birthday. In attendance were Nathan Lane, Patti LuPone, and John Weidman. Sondheim said in response to the honor, "I'm deeply embarrassed. Thrilled, but deeply embarrassed. I've always hated my last name. It just doesn't sing. I mean, it's not [[David Belasco|Belasco]]. And it's not Rodgers and it's not [[Neil Simon|Simon]]. And it's not [[August Wilson|Wilson]]. It just doesn't sing. It sings better than [[Gerald Schoenfeld|Schoenfeld]] and [[Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre|Jacobs]]. But it just doesn't sing". Lane said, "We love our corporate sponsors and we love their money, but there's something sacred about naming a theatre, and there's something about this that is right and just".<ref>{{cite journal |year=2011 |title=It might not sing, but it's right and just |journal=[[The Sondheim Review]]|volume=XVII |issue=3 |page=4}}</ref>

In 2010, ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' wrote that Sondheim was "almost certainly" the only living composer with a quarterly journal published in his name;<ref name=Brown /> ''[[The Sondheim Review]]'', founded in 1994, chronicled and promoted his work. It ceased publication in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sondheimreview.com/index.html|title=Now in our 19th year!|work=[[The Sondheim Review]]|access-date=September 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017142037/http://sondheimreview.com/index.html |archive-date=October 17, 2014}}</ref>

In [[Greta Gerwig]]'s 2017 film ''[[Lady Bird (film)|Lady Bird]]'', characters perform songs from ''[[Merrily We Roll Along (musical)|Merrily We Roll Along]]'', ''[[Into the Woods]]'', and ''[[Anyone Can Whistle]]''. In 2019, it was observed in the media that three major films of that year prominently featured Sondheim songs: ''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]'' (Wall Street businessmen sing "[[Send In the Clowns]]" on the subway),<ref name="Indiewire">{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/2019/11/stephen-sondheim-movies-joker-marriage-story-knives-out-1202188339/|title= Sondheim Is All Over the Movies This Year, but 'Joker' and 'Marriage Story' Don't Do Him Justice|website= [[IndieWire]]|access-date= April 25, 2020|last= Dry|first= Jude|date= November 9, 2019|archive-date= July 15, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200715142657/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/11/stephen-sondheim-movies-joker-marriage-story-knives-out-1202188339/|url-status= live}}</ref> ''[[Marriage Story]]'' ([[Adam Driver]] sings "[[Being Alive]]"; [[Scarlett Johansson]], [[Merritt Wever]], and [[Julie Hagerty]] sing "You Can Drive a Person Crazy"),<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/12/8902157/what-does-adam-driver-sing-in-marriage-story-being-alive|title= If Adam Driver's Song In Marriage Story Destroyed You, Read This|website= Refinery29.com|access-date= April 25, 2020|archive-date= May 15, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200515041509/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/12/8902157/what-does-adam-driver-sing-in-marriage-story-being-alive|url-status= live}}</ref> and ''[[Knives Out]]'' ([[Daniel Craig]] sings "[[Losing My Mind]]").{{r|Indiewire}} Sondheim's work has also been referenced in television, such as ''[[The Morning Show (American TV series)|The Morning Show]]'' ([[Jennifer Aniston]] and [[Billy Crudup]] sing "[[Not While I'm Around (song)|Not While I'm Around]]").<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/the-morning-show-sweeney-todd-karaoke.html|title= The Morning Show Did a Surprise Jennifer Aniston–Billy Crudup Sweeney Todd Duet|website= [[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]|date= November 15, 2019|access-date= April 25, 2020|archive-date= August 10, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200810121606/https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/the-morning-show-sweeney-todd-karaoke.html|url-status= live}}</ref>

===Sondheim at 80===
{{Main | Sondheim! The Birthday Concert}}
Several benefits and concerts were performed to celebrate Sondheim's 80th birthday in 2010. Among them were the [[New York Philharmonic]]'s March 15 and 16 ''Sondheim: The Birthday Concert'' at [[Lincoln Center]]'s [[Avery Fisher Hall]], hosted by [[David Hyde Pierce]]. The concert included Sondheim's music, performed by some of the original performers. [[Lonny Price]] directed, and [[Paul Gemignani]] conducted; performers included [[Laura Benanti]], [[Matt Cavenaugh]], [[Michael Cerveris]], [[Victoria Clark]], Jenn Colella, [[Jason Danieley]], [[Alexander Gemignani]], [[Joanna Gleason]], [[Nathan Gunn]], [[George Hearn]], [[Patti LuPone]], [[Marin Mazzie]], [[Audra McDonald]], [[John McMartin]], [[Donna Murphy]], [[Karen Olivo]], [[Laura Osnes]], [[Mandy Patinkin]], [[Bernadette Peters]], [[Bobby Steggert]], [[Elaine Stritch]], [[Jim Walton]], [[Chip Zien]], and the 2009 Broadway revival cast of ''[[West Side Story]]''. A ballet was performed by [[American Ballet Theatre|Blaine Hoven]] and [[María Noel Riccetto]] to Sondheim's score for ''Reds'', and [[Jonathan Tunick]] paid tribute to his longtime collaborator.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/135797-Benanti-Gleason-Pierce-Stritch-Walton-Zien-Join-Philharmonic-Sondheim-Celebration "Benanti, Gleason, Pierce, Stritch, Walton, Zien Join Philharmonic Sondheim Celebration"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826222935/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/135797-Benanti-Gleason-Pierce-Stritch-Walton-Zien-Join-Philharmonic-Sondheim-Celebration |date=August 26, 2013 }}. Playbill.com, January 8, 2010</ref><ref>Ross, Blake. [http://www.playbill.com/insidetrack/?p=1849#more-1849 "About Last Night: The Stars on Sondheim"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016040947/http://www.playbill.com/insidetrack/?p=1849#more-1849 |date=October 16, 2015 }}. ''Playbill'', March 16, 2010</ref> The concert was broadcast on PBS's ''[[Great Performances]]'' show in November,<ref>Hetrick, Adam.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145244-Starry-Sondheim-The-Birthday-Concert-Airs-on-Great-Performances-Nov-24 "Starry Sondheim: The Birthday Concert Airs on "Great Performances" Nov. 24"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826222131/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145244-Starry-Sondheim-The-Birthday-Concert-Airs-on-Great-Performances-Nov-24 |date=August 26, 2013 }}. ''Playbill'', November 24, 2010</ref> and its DVD was released on November 16.

''Sondheim 80'', a [[Roundabout Theatre Company]] benefit, was held on March 22. The evening included a performance of ''Sondheim on Sondheim'', dinner and a show at the New York Sheraton. "A very personal star-studded musical tribute" featured new songs by contemporary musical-theater writers. The composers (who sang their own songs) included [[Tom Kitt (musician)|Tom Kitt]] and [[Brian Yorkey]], [[Michael John LaChiusa]], [[Andrew Lippa]], [[Robert Lopez]] and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]] (accompanied by [[Rita Moreno]]), [[Duncan Sheik]], and [[Jeanine Tesori]] and [[David Lindsay-Abaire]]. [[Bernadette Peters]] performed a song that had been cut from a Sondheim show.<ref>Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/138013-Everybody-Rise-Roundabouts-Sondheim-80-Celebrates-a-Masters-Milestone "Everybody Rise! Roundabout's Sondheim 80 Celebrates a Master's Milestone"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726015628/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/138013-Everybody-Rise-Roundabouts-Sondheim-80-Celebrates-a-Masters-Milestone |date=July 26, 2014 }}. Playbill.com, March 22, 2010</ref><ref>Ross, Blake.[http://www.playbill.com/insidetrack/2010/03/about-last-night-inside-sondheim%e2%80%99s-birthday/ "About Last Night: Inside Sondheim's Birthday"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101174727/http://www.playbill.com/insidetrack/2010/03/about-last-night-inside-sondheim%E2%80%99s-birthday/ |date=January 1, 2016 }}. Playbill.com. Retrieved March 23, 2010.</ref>

An April 26 [[New York City Center]] birthday celebration and concert to benefit Young Playwrights, among others, featured (in order of appearance) [[Michael Cerveris]], [[Alexander Gemignani]], [[Donna Murphy]], [[Debra Monk]], [[Joanna Gleason]], [[Maria Friedman]], [[Mark Jacoby]], [[Len Cariou]], [[BD Wong]], [[Claybourne Elder]], [[Alexander Hanson (actor)|Alexander Hanson]], [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], [[Raúl Esparza]], [[Sutton Foster]], [[Nathan Lane]], [[Michele Pawk]], the original cast of ''[[Into the Woods]]'', [[Kim Crosby (singer)|Kim Crosby]], [[Chip Zien]], [[Danielle Ferland]], and [[Ben Wright (American actor)|Ben Wright]], [[Angela Lansbury]], and [[Jim Walton]]. The concert, directed by [[John Doyle (director)|John Doyle]], was co-hosted by [[Mia Farrow]]; greetings from [[Sheila Hancock]], [[Julia McKenzie]], [[Milton Babbitt]], [[Judi Dench]], and [[Glynis Johns]] were read. After [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]] performed "[[Send in the Clowns]]", [[Julie Andrews]] sang part of "Not a Day Goes By" in a recorded greeting. [[Patti LuPone]], [[Barbara Cook]], [[Bernadette Peters]], [[Tom Aldredge]], and [[Victor Garber]] were originally scheduled to perform, but did not appear.<ref>Hetrick, Adam. [https://archive.today/20120909185212/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/138991- "Lansbury, Zeta-Jones, Lane, Cariou, Gleason, Zien Sing Sondheim at City Center April 26"]. ''Playbill'', April 26, 2010</ref><ref>Gardner, Elysa.[https://www.usatoday.com/life/theater/news/2010-04-27-sondheimat8027_ST_N.htm "Broadway stars salute Stephen Sondheim"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129005510/http://www.usatoday.com/life/theater/news/2010-04-27-sondheimat8027_ST_N.htm |date=January 29, 2011 }}''USA Today'', April 27, 2010</ref>

A July 31 [[BBC Proms]] concert celebrated Sondheim's 80th birthday at the [[Royal Albert Hall]]. The concert featured songs from many of his musicals, including "Send in the Clowns" sung by [[Judi Dench]] (reprising her role as Desirée in the 1995 production of ''A Little Night Music''), and performances by [[Bryn Terfel]] and [[Maria Friedman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/whatson/notes/prom19/|title=BBC Proms Programme|work=BBC Proms|access-date=September 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804233932/http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/whatson/notes/prom19/|archive-date=August 4, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/STAGE_TUBE_Judi_Dench_Sings_Send_in_the_Clowns_for_Sondheims_80th_20100731|title=Judi Dench Sings 'Send in the Clowns' for Sondheim's 80th|work=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=September 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621050134/http://broadwayworld.com/article/STAGE_TUBE_Judi_Dench_Sings_Send_in_the_Clowns_for_Sondheims_80th_20100731|archive-date=June 21, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

On November 19 [[the New York Pops]], led by [[Steven Reineke]], performed at [[Carnegie Hall]] for the composer's 80th birthday. [[Kate Baldwin]], [[Aaron Lazar]], [[Christiane Noll]], Paul Betz, Renee Rakelle, [[Marilyn Maye]] (singing "I'm Still Here"), and [[Alexander Gemignani]] appeared, and songs included "I Remember", "Another Hundred People", "Children Will Listen", and "Getting Married Today". Sondheim took the stage during an encore of his song, "Old Friends".<ref>Rafter Keddy, Genevieve.[http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_The_New_York_Pops_Celebrate_Stephen_Sondheims_80th_Birthday_20101121 "Photo Coverage: The New York Pops Celebrate Stephen Sondheim's 80th Birthday"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124154804/http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_The_New_York_Pops_Celebrate_Stephen_Sondheims_80th_Birthday_20101121 |date=November 24, 2010 }} broadwayworld.com, November 21, 2010</ref><ref>Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/playblog/2010/11/sondheim-at-carnegie-hall/ "Sondheim at Carnegie Hall"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227135902/http://www.playbill.com/playblog/2010/11/sondheim-at-carnegie-hall/ |date=December 27, 2011 }} playbill.com, November 21, 2010</ref>

===Sondheim at 90===
{{Main|Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration}}
To honor Sondheim's 90th birthday, ''[[The New York Times]]'' published a special nine-page Theater supplement on March 15, 2020, featuring comments by "Critics, Performers and Fans on the Bard of Broadway."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/theater/stephen-sondheim-songs.html|title= What Are the Stephen Sondheim Songs Close to Your Heart|newspaper= [[The New York Times]]|date= March 13, 2020|access-date= April 25, 2020|archive-date= March 19, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200319181504/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/theater/stephen-sondheim-songs.html|url-status= live}}</ref> Due to theater closures during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]], the Broadway revival of ''Company'' set to open on March 22, 2020, Sondheim's 90th birthday, was delayed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/watch-this-epic-video-of-broadway-stars-singing-birthday-wishes-and-sondheim-tunes-to-wish-stephen-sondheim-a-happy-birthday|title=Watch This Epic Video of Broadway Stars Singing Birthday Wishes and Sondheim Tunes to Wish Stephen Sondheim a 'Happy Birthday'|last=Fierberg|first=Ruthie|date=March 22, 2020|website=[[Playbill]].com|language=en|access-date=April 26, 2020|archive-date=March 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330155552/https://www.playbill.com/article/watch-this-epic-video-of-broadway-stars-singing-birthday-wishes-and-sondheim-tunes-to-wish-stephen-sondheim-a-happy-birthday|url-status=live}}</ref> But the virtual concert ''[[Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration]]'' was livestreamed on the [[Broadway.com]] YouTube channel on April 26. Participants in the event included [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]], [[Steven Spielberg]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Nathan Lane]], [[Mandy Patinkin]], [[Victor Garber]], [[Bernadette Peters]], [[Patti LuPone]], [[Neil Patrick Harris]], [[Jake Gyllenhaal]], [[Christine Baranski]], [[Sutton Foster]], [[Josh Groban]], [[Ben Platt]], [[Brandon Uranowitz]], [[Katrina Lenk]], [[Kelli O'Hara]], [[Jason Alexander]], [[Brian Stokes Mitchell]], [[Beanie Feldstein]], [[Audra McDonald]], [[Laura Benanti]], and [[Raúl Esparza]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.broadway.com/buzz/199153/more-stars-take-me-to-the-world-a-sondheim-90th-birthday-celebration-just-got-even-bigger/|title= More Stars! Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration Just Got Even Bigger|website= Broadway.com|access-date= April 25, 2020|archive-date= April 26, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200426164206/https://www.broadway.com/buzz/199153/more-stars-take-me-to-the-world-a-sondheim-90th-birthday-celebration-just-got-even-bigger/|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/2020/07/take-me-to-the-world-sondheim-concert-1234572699/|title= How 'Take Me to the World' Became One of the Best Sondheim Concerts Ever|website= [[IndieWire]]|date= July 13, 2020|access-date= December 30, 2020|archive-date= December 22, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201222033426/https://www.indiewire.com/2020/07/take-me-to-the-world-sondheim-concert-1234572699/|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/take-me-world-a-sondheim-90th-birthday-celebration-watch-live-1291510|title= Watch Live: Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone and More Stars Pay Tribute to Stephen Sondheim|website= The Hollywood Reporter|date= April 26, 2020|access-date= December 30, 2020|archive-date= May 27, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200527175002/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/take-me-world-a-sondheim-90th-birthday-celebration-watch-live-1291510|url-status= live}}</ref> After New York City theaters reopened in 2021, Sondheim attended revivals of two of his musicals: the opening night of ''Assassins'' at the [[Classic Stage Company]] on November 14, and the first post-shutdown preview of ''Company'' at the [[Jacobs Theatre]] on November 15.{{r|Weber}}<ref name="NYTfinalinterview">{{cite web | title=Days Before Dying, Stephen Sondheim Reflected: 'I've Been Lucky'|author=[[Michael Paulson]]|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=November 27, 2021 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/theater/stephen-sondheim-final-interview.html | access-date=December 18, 2024}}</ref>

=== ''Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends'' ===
{{Main|Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends}}

In 2022, [[Cameron Mackintosh]] presented ''Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends'', a two-hour concert tribute to the late Sondheim. The concert happened in the [[West End (theatre)|West End]] in May and aired on [[BBC Two]] in December. Performers at the event included [[Helena Bonham Carter]], [[Rob Brydon]], [[Petula Clark]], [[Judi Dench]], [[Damian Lewis]], [[Julia McKenzie]], [[Bernadette Peters]], and [[Imelda Staunton]]. Highlights included Dench singing "[[Send in the Clowns]]", Peters singing "Children Will Listen", and Staunton's "[[Everything's Coming Up Roses]]".

Mackintosh revived the tribute for a limited run at the [[Gielgud Theatre]] beginning previews on September 16, 2023, with a planned closing on January 6, 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=February 13, 2023 |title=Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga Will Star in Limited West End Run of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends |work=[[Playbill]] |url=https://playbill.com/article/bernadette-peters-and-lea-salonga-will-star-in-limited-west-end-run-of-stephen-sondheims-old-friends |access-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> The production stars [[Bernadette Peters]], marking her West End debut, and [[Lea Salonga]], returning to the West End for the first time since 1996.