Top 10 Ultimate Stephen Sondheim Musicals

These are the ultimate Stephen Sondheim musicals! Few can put words and music together quite like this legend. But what are his absolute greatest works? We’re here to find out. For this list, we’ll be looking at the greatest musicals that involved Stephen Sondheim, whether that be as the composer or lyricist, from “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”, to “Into the Woods”. Join MsMojo as we count down our picks for the Top 10 Stephen Sondheim Musicals!

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[MsMojo]

What do you think of our list? Let us know your favorite Stephen Sondheim musicals below!

[Speech-geek]

I will die defending Company as his best work. Raul Esparza was robbed of the Tony for his 2006 portrayal of Bobby.

[charod]

Me before watching video: Ooh. A Sondheim video.
Me after watching video: Now I have to spend an entire day performing his songs again.

[alpe]

Sweeney Todd is the pinnacle of Sondheim as Phantom of the Opera is the pinnacle for ALW

[KyleOgilvie]

Sweeney Todd is slowly becoming my favourite musical. I love it, especially the opening number. Follies, West Side Story, Sunday In The Park With George and Company are also amazing. Passion is an underrated masterpiece and Donna Murphy gives such a breathtaking performance as Fosca. But Into the Woods is by far my favourite Sondheim musical. The songs are all so cleverly written and the score is amazing.

[eirikastokes]

Stephen Sondheim has enriched all of our lives with his beautiful music. No one had, has, or ever will replace Steve and his works - they are the pinnacle of what musical theatre can and should be. The man is an unbelievable genius and I love him with my entire heart. Thank you, Steve. For absolutely everything.

[christiandorey]

Nobody will ever match the Musical Theatre genius that is this man. Nobody.

[kp]

In my opinion, Sweeney Todd is absolutely one of the most ingenious musical works of all time. R.I.P Stephen Sondheim. Thank you for everything you've given us.

[LawrenceMUSICman]

This is a great list. Having just closed a production of Into the Woods as the music director. But I think there should have been a distinction of the shows he composed and wrote the lyrics. Such as Gypsy and West Side Story he is only credited as the lyricist. It’s important to give credit where it’s due.

[DoctorWhoFan]

Pacific Overtures is definitely one of Sondheim’s underrated musicals, but Merrily is criminally unrecognized and underperformed, and I just hope beyond hope that someone will bring it back to Broadway for a proper production, not just a limited run like encores did. It deserves to be seen by everyone and I know with the right direction it can be incredibly powerful and a big seller.

[kindnessfirst]

Sondheim won Tonys for best score in 1970, 1971 and 1973. When another composer won that Tony in 1972 (or 1974?) the winner thanked Sondheim (in his acceptance speech) for not writing a score that year so that someone else could win that Tony for a change.

[tlabau]

Love it! Could you do a Top 10 Stephen Sondheim songs?

[vitorbus]

We need more Bernadette Peters if we are talking about Sondheim. Patti too.

[allisonbergh]

Also, and I hate being That Guy, but “soundtrack”?! You’re gonna alienate us theatre geeks with that.

[That_Ozian]

"Family-friendly Into The Woods."

[aisadal]

Oh god yes! All of my favorite musicals by my favorite composer!

Sunday in the Park with George, Follies, Gypsy, and Into the Woods were my first introduction to his genius 😍😍😍

[briantwiss]

Without giving it away, I was not expecting my favorite to actually be number one. It was a pleasant surprise

[owenperk]

Special thanks to Sondheim for making so much of his original Broadway productions available through PBS -- Company, Sweeney Todd, Into The Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, etc.

[alisaleh]

company is my fav.... god i love Stephen Sondheim

[Janen]

My love story for Sondheim began with the '84 Tonys... "Sunday..." will always be my favourite. This list just makes me happy. I realised, watching this, that it is impossible to pick one show before another. I'm just happy to see this compilation. I hope this list will help people, young and old, to find, listen to and watch the brilliant work of Stephen Sondheim.