On January 15, spend an evening with the stunning songs of Academy Award, Tony Award, Grammy Award, and Pulitzer Prize winning composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.
Take in some of Sondheim’s biggest hits sung live as you enjoy a three-course meal prepared and hosted by Sea Level Oyster Bar.
Tickets are $75 and include dinner + the evening of entertainment
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Stephen Joshua Sondheim (March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for his work in the musical theatre.
One of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theatre, Sondheim has been praised for reinventing the American musical. His music tackles “unexpected themes that range far beyond the genre’s traditional subjects, and his lyrics are known for of unprecedented complexity and sophistication.
His best-known works as composer and lyricist include: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987). He is also known for writing the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959).
He has received an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards, more than any other composer, including a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 2010, the former Henry Miller’s Theater on Broadway was renamed the Stephen Sondheim Theatre; in 2019, it was announced that the Queen’s Theatre in the West End of London would be renamed the Sondheim Theatre at the end of the year.