# List of awards and nominations received by Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021) was an American composer and lyricist known for his work in musical theatre and film. Sondheim received a Presidential Medal of Freedom (2015) and the Kennedy Center Honors (1993) for an outstanding career of excellence. His accolades include a Pulitzer Prize (1985), eight Tony Awards, including a 2008 Lifetime Achievement award for his work on Broadway, an Academy Award, eight Grammy Awards, fifteen Drama Desk Awards, five Laurence Olivier Awards, including a 2011 Olivier Special Award. Theaters named in his honor stand on Broadway since 2010 and London's West End since 2019.

## Major awards
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1990 | Best Original Song | "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" (from Dick Tracy) | Won | |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1990 | Best Original Song | "Sooner or Later" (from Dick Tracy) | Nominated | |
| 1990 | Best Original Song | "What Can You Lose?" (from Dick Tracy) | Nominated | |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1960 | Song of the Year | "Small World" | Nominated |
| 1963 | Best Original Cast Show Album | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Nominated |
| 1966 | Best Score from an Original Cast | Do I Hear a Waltz? | Nominated |
| 1971 | Best Score from an Original Cast | Company | Won |
| 1972 | Best Score from an Original Cast | Follies | Nominated |
| 1974 | Best Score from the Original Cast Show Album | A Little Night Music | Won |
| 1976 | Best Cast Show Album | A Little Night Music | Nominated |
| 1976 | Song of the Year | "Send In the Clowns" | Won |
| 1977 | Best Cast Show Album | Pacific Overtures | Nominated |
| 1980 | Best Cast Show Album | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Won |
| 1983 | Best Cast Show Album | Merrily We Roll Along | Nominated |
| 1985 | Best Cast Show Album | Sunday in the Park with George | Won |
| 1989 | Best Musical Cast Show Album | Into the Woods | Won |
| 1991 | Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | "More" (from Dick Tracy) | Nominated |
| 1991 | Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | "Sooner or Later" (from Dick Tracy) | Nominated |
| 1992 | Best Musical Theater Album | Assassins | Nominated |
| 1995 | Best Musical Theater Album | Passion | Won |
| 2008 | Trustees Award | — | Honored |

### Laurence Olivier Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1976 | Musical of the Year | Side by Side by Sondheim | Nominated |
| 1980 | Musical of the Year | Sweeney Todd | Won |
| 1987 | Musical of the Year | Follies | Won |
| 1991 | Best New Musical | Sunday in the Park with George | Won |
| 1991 | Best New Musical | Into the Woods | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best New Musical | Assassins | Nominated |
| 1997 | Best New Musical | Passion | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best New Musical | Merrily We Roll Along | Won |
| 2011 | Society of London Theatre Special Award | — | Honored |
| 2018 | Best Original Score or New Orchestrations | Follies | Nominated |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1965 | Best Original Score (with Richard Rodgers) | Do I Hear a Waltz? | Nominated |
| 1971 | Best Original Musical Score | Company | Won |
| 1971 | Best Lyricist of a Musical | Company | Won |
| 1972 | Best Original Score | Follies | Won |
| 1973 | Best Original Score | A Little Night Music | Won |
| 1976 | Best Original Score | Pacific Overtures | Nominated |
| 1979 | Best Original Score | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Won |
| 1982 | Best Original Score | Merrily We Roll Along | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Original Score | Sunday in the Park with George | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best Original Score | Into the Woods | Won |
| 1994 | Best Original Score | Passion | Won |
| 2008 | Special Tony Award | — | Honored |

## Miscellaneous awards
### Drama Desk Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1970 | Outstanding Musical | Company | Won |
| 1970 | Outstanding Music | Company | Won |
| 1970 | Outstanding Lyrics | Company | Won |
| 1971 | Outstanding Music | Follies | Won |
| 1971 | Outstanding Lyrics | Follies | Won |
| 1973 | Outstanding Music | A Little Night Music | Won |
| 1973 | Outstanding Lyrics | A Little Night Music | Won |
| 1976 | Outstanding Music | Pacific Overtures | Nominated |
| 1976 | Outstanding Lyrics | Pacific Overtures | Nominated |
| 1979 | Outstanding Music | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Won |
| 1979 | Outstanding Lyrics | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Won |
| 1982 | Outstanding Music | Merrily We Roll Along | Nominated |
| 1982 | Outstanding Lyrics | Merrily We Roll Along | Won |
| 1984 | Outstanding Music | Sunday in the Park with George | Nominated |
| 1984 | Outstanding Lyrics | Sunday in the Park with George | Won |
| 1988 | Outstanding Music | Into the Woods | Nominated |
| 1988 | Outstanding Lyrics | Into the Woods | Won |
| 1991 | Outstanding Music | Assassins | Nominated |
| 1991 | Outstanding Lyrics | Assassins | Nominated |
| 1994 | Outstanding Music | Passion | Won |
| 1994 | Outstanding Lyrics | Passion | Won |
| 2000 | Outstanding Music | Saturday Night | Nominated |
| 2000 | Outstanding Lyrics | Saturday Night | Won |
| 2009 | Outstanding Music | Road Show | Nominated |
| 2009 | Outstanding Lyrics | Road Show | Won |

### Edgar Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1974 | Best Motion Picture | The Last of Sheila (Shared with Anthony Perkins) | Won | |

### IFMCA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | Kyle Renick Special Award | West Side Story | Won | |

### Obie Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | Music and Lyrics | Road Show | Won | |

### OFTA Awards

* Online Film & Television Association Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2007 | Best Adapted Song | "Johanna" (from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) | Nominated |
| 2019 | Best Adapted Song | "Being Alive" (from Marriage Story) | Won |
| 2021 | Best Adapted Song | "America" (for West Side Story) | Runner-up |

### St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2007 | Best Score | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Won | |

## Special honors
### American Theater Hall of Fame

| Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
| 1982 | American Theater Hall of Fame | Inducted | |

### Kennedy Center Honors

| Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
| 1993 | Kennedy Center Honors | Inducted | |

### Pulitzer Prize

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1985 | Drama | Sunday in the Park with George | Won | |

### Presidential Medal of Freedom

| Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Presidential Medal of Freedom | Honored | |

### Songwriters Hall of Fame

| Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
| 1975 | Songwriters Hall of Fame | Inducted | |

### Edward MacDowell Medal

| Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Edward MacDowell Medal | Won | |