Writing
Stephen Sondheim
- Titles
- 108movies15TV shows
- Career
Active from 1966 to 2025, busiest in 1986 with 3 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 1top three billing
- Average score
75/100
- Highest rated
Six by Sondheim88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Showbiz6.0average 1.2
- Historical5.0average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay5.9average 3.7
- Satire & Parody3.8average 2.3
- Romance5.1average 3.8
- Pathos6.4average 5.2
- Wonder4.6average 3.4
- Catharsis6.3average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.1, average 5.2
- Adrenaline3.7, average 5.1
- Mystery3.1, average 4.1
- Tech & Humanity0.7, average 1.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Musical 6
- Character-Driven 5
- Tragic Romance 3
- Darkly Humorous 3
- Witty Dialogue 3
- Stage Adaptation 2
- Psychological Horror 2
- Romance 2
- Character Driven 2
- Thought-Provoking 2
- Gothic Musical 2
- Psychological Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Hugh WheelerWriterSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – In Concert with the New York Philharmonic, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Pacific Overtures, +4 more
James LapineDirectorInto the Woods, Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, Six by Sondheim, Passion, +2 more
Lonny PriceDirectorSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – In Concert with the New York Philharmonic, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert, Company: A Musical Comedy, Company, Passion, +1 more
Bernadette PetersActorAnyone Can Whistle, Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall- GGary BradleyEditorSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – In Concert with the New York Philharmonic, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert, Company: A Musical Comedy, Company, Gypsy
Patti LuPoneActorSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert, Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, Company, Passion
Angela LansburyActorAnyone Can Whistle, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Six by Sondheim, Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
George HearnActorSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Follies: In Concert, Putting It Together
George FurthWriterMerrily We Roll Along, Company: A Musical Comedy, Company, Company
Arthur LaurentsWriterAnyone Can Whistle, Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall, Gypsy, Gypsy: Live from the Southern Arizona Light Opera Company
Neil Patrick HarrisActorSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert, Company, Assassins
Chip ZienActorAnyone Can Whistle, Into the Woods, Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
Movies and TV shows
152020s
2 titles · average score 81
80
Merrily We Roll Along (2025)
Musical, Lyricist
82
West Side Story (2021)
Thanks, Lyricist
2010s
4 titles · average score 67
72
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened... (2016)
Lyricist, Songs
63
Into the Woods (2014)
Songs, Lyricist
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – In Concert with the New York Philharmonic (2014)
Songs, Lyricist
Sunday In the Park With George (2013)
Musical, Songs
2000s
3 titles · average score 79
1990s
3 titles · average score 76
86
Passion (1996)
Musical, Songs
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1995)
Music, Lyricist
66
Gypsy (1993)
Theatre Play, Lyricist
1980s
2 titles · average score 80
79
Sunday in the Park with George (1986)
Musical, Songs
82
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
Original Music Composer, Songs
1960s
1 title · average score 83
83
West Side Story (1961)
Lyricist