Stephen Sondheim awards and nominations
Sondheim circa 1970
Totals[a]
Wins44
Nominations75
Note
  1. ^ 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

Academy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1990 Best Original Song "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" (from Dick Tracy) Won [1]

Golden Globe Awards

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

Grammy Awards

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

Laurence Olivier Awards

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]

Tony Awards

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

Drama Desk Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
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

Edgar Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1974 Best Motion Picture The Last of Sheila (Shared with Anthony Perkins) Won [37]

IFMCA Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2021 Kyle Renick Special Award West Side Story Won [38]

Obie Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2009 Music and Lyrics Road Show Won [39]

OFTA 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]

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2007 Best Score Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Won [43]

Special honors

American Theater Hall of Fame

Year Award Result Ref.
1982 American Theater Hall of Fame Inducted [44]

Kennedy Center Honors

Year Award Result Ref.
1993 Kennedy Center Honors Inducted [45]

Pulitzer Prize

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1985 Drama Sunday in the Park with George Won [46]

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Year Award Result Ref.
2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom Honored [47]

Songwriters Hall of Fame

Year Award Result Ref.
1975 Songwriters Hall of Fame Inducted [48]

Edward MacDowell Medal

Year Award Result Ref.
2013 Edward MacDowell Medal Won [49]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Tied with Kurt Weill for Mahagonny.
  2. ^ Tied with Bertolt Brecht for Mahagonny.
  3. ^ Tied with Maury Yeston for Nine.

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