Conversation so far:
What did Stephen Sondheim do in his early years?
He attended the New York Military Academy and George School, a private Quaker preparatory school in Bucks County, Pennsylvania where he wrote his first musical, By George.
When did Stephen Sondheim graduate?
1950
Did Stephen Sondheim join the military?
No, he did attend the New York Military Academy, a college prep, co-ed boarding school.

Question: Did his mother abuse him?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Stephen Sondheim's mother abuse him?