Stephen Sondheim

Name: Stephen Sondheim
Brand: Wiley
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Art Isn't Easy

By: Daniel Okrent

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Hardcover | 17 March 2026 | Edition Number 1

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320 Pages

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2.1 x 1.46

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A revelatory look at the complex inner world of one of the twentieth century's most beloved theatrical composers

Stephen Sondheim (1930â"2021) was a towering figure in American musical theater. Celebrated for his iconic Broadway shows such as Company, Sweeney Todd, and Into the Woods, his accolades include eight Tony Awards, multiple Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Pulitzer Prize. In this intimate biography, Daniel Okrent follows Sondheim through the tumult of his upbringing and his parents' divorce, his acquaintance with Oscar Hammerstein II and subsequent discovery of musical theater, and his rise to fame as both a lyricist and composer.

Okrent shines new light on Sondheim's tormented emotional life, wavering self-confidence, and alcoholism, drawing on the artist's intimate correspondence with such notable figures as Hal Prince, Leonard Bernstein, and Arthur Laurents; exclusive interviews with his close friends and collaborators, including James Lapine and John Weidman; and Sondheim's own oral history, which remained closed until his death. As Okrent explores the ways Sondheim's music and lyrics express the inner man, he reveals a life that was defined by two parallel arcs: the movement from alienation to connection, and from ambivalence to resolution.

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