[1] Charles Kaiser, The Gay Metropolis: The Landmark History of Gay Life in America (2007), page 89, and Jonathan C. Friedman, Rainbow Jews: Jewish and Gay Identity in the Performing Arts (2007), page 61.
Father: Herbert Sondheim (dress manufacturer)
Mother: Janet Fox (interior decorator)
High School: George School, Newtown, PA
University: Williams College (1950)
Academy of Achievement 2005
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Bill Bradley for President
Dramatists Guild of America
New Leadership for America PAC
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Edgar Allan Poe Award 1974 for The Last of Sheila (best motion picture)
Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1985 for Sunday in the Park with George (with James Lapine)
Songwriters Hall of Fame 1975
Theatre Hall of Fame 1982
Kennedy Center Honor 1993
National Medal of Arts 1996
Library of Congress Living Legend 2000
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Broadway: The Golden Age (Apr-2003) · Himself
Camp (21-Jan-2003) · Himself
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (8-Nov-1998) · Himself
Author of books:
Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes (2010, music studies)
Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981-2011) with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes and Miscellany (2012, music studies)
AKA Stephen Joshua Sondheim