Stephen Sondheim: Wiki, Bio, Age, Family, Career, Partner, Net Worth

Stephen Sondheim: Wiki, Bio, Age, Family, Career, Partner, Sexuality Wife, Net Worth, Education, Kids, Instagram, College, Pets, Friends, Books, Height, Nationality. Stephen Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist recognised for his work in musical theatre. Legendary  Music composer Stephen Sondheim is preparing to release a new musical, Square One on Broadway’s next season.

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Stephen Sondheim Early Life

Sondheim was born on March 22, 1930, in New York City . He is the son of Etta Janet and Herbert Sondheim. His father was a  dresses manufacturer and usually manufactured clothes designed by his mother. Stephen Sondheim was born into a Jewish family. Sondheim grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Soon after his parents divorced, he was shifted to a farm near Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He is the only child of his parents. On the same lines, he was described in Meryle Secrest’s biography (Stephen Sondheim: A Life) as an isolated, emotionally neglected child.

When Stephen used to live in New York, he attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. He has also spent several summers at Camp Androscoggin. His mother used to send him to New York Military Academy in 1940. later in the coming years, he attended George School, a private Quaker preparatory school in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. In the same school, he wrote his first musical. Stephen Sondheim attended Williams College and graduated with good a. He also received the Hubbard Hutchinson Prize, a two-year fellowship to study music. He cultivated an interest in the theatre when he was just 9 years old.

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Sondheim Career

Stephen Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist recognised for his work in musical theatre. Legendary  Music composer Stephen Sondheim is preparing to release a new musical, Square One on Broadway’s next season. Stephen is one of the 20th-century theatre legends. He is remembered for his works like West Side Story, Gypsy, Sweeny Todd, and A Little Night Music.

At an early age, he was heavily influenced by his friend’s playwright and lyricist dad, Oscar Hammerstein II.  While studying, he wrote four shows that were requested by his idol, Oscar. His first solo musical was ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the way’ to the Forum in 1962. The same show was lucky enough to win the Tony Awards. During his career, some of his projects failed but most of them became popular. He earned numerous awards like the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Grammy Award, and others.

Stephen Sondheim Personal Life

Stephen is gay and has a loving partner named  Jeff Romley. interestingly, He did not reveal his sexuality until he was 40. In the 1990s, he lived with a dramatist, Peter Jones for 8 years. Sondheim announced that he was dating Jeffrey Scott Romley in 2010. The couple married each other on 31 December 2017 and is living a blissful life. Sondheim detested his mother as she was physically abusive to him. The reason could most probably be his sexual orientation.

Stephen has a problem with his left eyesight. According to his 1998 column, he had a weak vision in his left lens. On the opposite, the lens of his right side was quite strong, Since he is growing old a sign of ageing, he has droopy eyelids that sometimes gives the false idea of him being blind.

Stephen Sondheim

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Stephen Sondheim, Bio, Height, Weight, Profile, Net Worth

Real Name Stephen Sondheim
Nickname Stephen 
Gender Male
Profession music composer
Height (approx.)

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Weight (approx.)

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Figure Measurements (approx.) medium built
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour grey
Date of Birth Saturday, March 22, 1930 
Age (as in 2018) 90  Years
Birth Place New York City, New York
Zodiac sign/Sun sign Aries
Nationality America
Hometown  Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
School George School
College/University

Williams College

Educational Qualification Music
Religion Jewish
Ethnicity white
Caste Not Known
Address Not Known
Hobbies/Inetrests Travelling
Marital Status married
Affairs/Boyfriends/Girlfriends Not Known
Sexuality Gay
Parents

Father:   Herbert Sondheim

Mother: Etta Janet 

Siblings

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Husband/Wife/Spouse Jeff Romley
Children N/A
Net Worth $ 20 M

Some Interesting facts about Stephen Sondheim

  • Sondheim has an approximate fortune of $20M.
  • Stephen is gay and has a loving partner named  Jeff Romley.
  • His zodiac sign is Aries.
  • He is an Alma Mater of Williams College.
  • Sondheim was born into a Jewish family.
  • He and his partner together have two black French Poodle dogs.

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