According to the Associated Press, Stephen Sondheim was worth $20 million at his time of death. Celebrities Net Worth. Sondheim’s financial success brought Sondheim prestigious recognition in many other fields. Sondheim won “an Oscar, a Pulitzer, eight Grammy Awards, eight Tony Awards, a Kennedy Center honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom [awarded by President Barack Obama],”According to CNN. He was even immortalized in Manhattan’s Theater District, where a Broadway theater named the Stephen Sondheim Theater on 43rd St. was named after him.
Sondheim’s talent impacted the theater world, but it was his talent that was most influential. Sondheim’s talent, in a symbiotic relationship, was fed by theater world energy. NPR’s 2010 “The Conversation” featured the composer.Fresh Air“And said: “I’m interested in the theater because I’m interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise, I would be in concert music. I’d be in another kind of profession.”Sondheim also added “I love the theater as much as music, and the whole idea of getting across to an audience and making them laugh, making them cry — just making them feel — is paramount to me.”He will be missed greatly.