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The 31 pages that link to Stephen Sondheim, each with the reason it gives.

• Broadway theatreRelated: His formally ambitious musicals expanded Broadway's lyrical and dramatic possibilities.

• Musical theatreRelated: His work expanded the form's musical, linguistic, and dramatic possibilities.

• Leonard BernsteinRelated: Sondheim wrote lyrics for West Side Story, collaborating with Bernstein on his landmark musical.

• Oscar Hammerstein IIRelated: Sondheim studied lyric writing with Hammerstein, who became his mentor.

• West Side StoryRelated: His lyrics give the songs their verbal precision and shape the characters’ voices.

• Richard RodgersRelated: Sondheim’s apprenticeship with Hammerstein links a later generation of Broadway craft to Rodgers’s partnership.

• American musical theatreRelated: His work expanded the form’s musical complexity and its capacity for psychological storytelling.

• American Theatre Hall of FameRelated: Sondheim's work illustrates the Hall's recognition of influential musical-theater creators.

• Arthur LaurentsRelated: Sondheim wrote lyrics for two landmark musicals with books by Laurents.

• Lin-Manuel MirandaCompared with: Sondheim’s intricate lyrics and dramatic songwriting form a major Broadway lineage Miranda admires and extends.

• Jule StyneRelated: Sondheim wrote the lyrics for Gypsy, one of Styne’s landmark shows.

• GypsyRelated: His lyrics give Rose’s ambition and Louise’s changing identity their musical voice.

• Audra McDonaldRelated: McDonald performed in Sondheim's Passion and later interpreted his songs in concert.

• Ethel MermanRelated: Sondheim wrote lyrics for Gypsy, the musical in which Merman created Rose.

• Angela LansburyRelated: His Sweeney Todd gave Lansbury one of her defining stage roles.

• Chita RiveraRelated: Rivera performed in projects connected to his work, including the 1966 television musical Evening Primrose.

• Tim RiceCompared with: Sondheim commonly wrote both music and lyrics, while Rice primarily collaborated as a lyricist.

• CompanyRelated: He composed the score and wrote the lyrics for Company.

• Gilbert and SullivanRelated: Sondheim studied Sullivan’s craft and acknowledged the operatic partnership’s influence on musical comedy.

• Show tuneRelated: His songs expanded the dramatic and lyrical possibilities of the show tune.

• Harold PrinceRelated: Prince directed many of Sondheim’s defining musicals, shaping their original Broadway presentations.

• Patti LuPoneRelated: Sondheim’s work gave LuPone major roles in Company and Sweeney Todd.

• Alan MenkenCompared with: Sondheim’s work provides a contrast in dramatic tone and lyrical approach to Menken’s accessible songcraft.

• Bernadette PetersRelated: Peters became one of the leading interpreters of his songs and characters.

• Cameron MackintoshCompared with: Sondheim’s work offers a contrast to the blockbuster, international-production model associated with Mackintosh.

• Marvin HamlischCompared with: Sondheim wrote both music and lyrics, while Hamlisch usually collaborated with lyricists.

• Jessie BuckleyRelated: Buckley performed in his A Little Night Music early in her West End career.

• Jonathan LarsonRelated: Sondheim’s mentorship and songwriting influenced Larson’s development as a musical-theater composer.

• Barbara CookRelated: Cook became one of Sondheim’s most admired interpreters, especially in concert.

• Tim MinchinRelated: Minchin has cited Sondheim as an influence on his approach to musical theatre songwriting.

• Zero MostelRelated: Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for the musical that established Mostel as Pseudolus.