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Print resources on Stephen Sondheim are vast. Here is a short list of books, print articles, sheet music, and scripts, as well as books generally related to musical theatre.

Books on Sondheim

Banfield, Stephen. Sondheim's Broadway Musicals. Ann Arbor MI: University of Michigan Press, 1993.

Garebian, Keith. The Making of West Side Story. ECW Press, 1995.

Goodhart, Sandor (ed). Reading Stephen Sondheim: A Collection of Critical Essays. New York: Garland Pub., 2000.

Gordon, Joanne (ed). Stephen Sondheim, A Casebook. New York: Garland Publishing, 1997.

Gordon, Joanne. Art Isn't Easy: The Theater of Stephen Sondheim. New York: Da Capo Press, 1992.

Gottfried, Martin. Sondheim. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2000.

Minkoff, George Robert and J.D. McClatchy (eds). The Poetry of Song: Five Tributes to Stephen Sondheim. Poetry Society of America, 1992.

Secrest, Meryle. Stephen Sondheim: A Life. New York: Knopf, 1998.

Zadan, Craig. Sondheim & Co., Second Edition, updated. New York: Da Capo Press, 1994.

Print Articles on Sondheim

"Stephen Sondheim is Still Here." Newsweek. June 22, 1992.

"Stephen Sondheim.," Time. May 3, 1971.

Adler, Thomas P., "The Musical Dramas of Stephen Sondheim: Some Critical Approaches." Journal of Popular Culture. Winter 1978.

Bahrenburg, Bruce. "The Sound of Sondheim." Performing Arts, October 1971.

Billington, Michael."The Creation Conundrum." The Guardian [London]. March 17, 1990.

Burke, Tom."Steve Has Stopped Collaborating." ASCAP Today. August 1970.

Conrad, Jon Alan."Taking Stock of Sondheim." Opus. V2, #4, 1986.

Freedman, Samuel G. "The Creative Mind: The Words and Music of Stephen Sondheim." New York Times Magazine. April 1, 1984.

Kerner, N. Leighton. "Stephen Sondheim: Composer." Musical Newsletter. June, 1975.

Markillie, Paul."The Sondheim Phenomenon." The Economist. June 12, 1993.

McLaughlin, Robert L."No One is Alone: Society and Love in the Musicals of Stephen Sondheim." Journal of American Drama and Theatre. 1991.

Nordell, Roderick."Prince's New Company and Its Concept." Christian Science Monitor. March 26, 1970.

Shirley, Don. "Doing It the 'Company' Way." Los Angeles Times. December 24, 1995.

van Leer, David."Putting It Together: Sondheim and the Broadway Musical." Raritan #7. 1987.

Wilson, John S. "Everything's Coming Up Sondheim." Theatre Arts. June 1962.

Winer, Linda."A Lyric Landmark" Newsday. March 10, 2000.

Winer, Linda. "Back in the Park With Sondheim." Newsday. May 6, 1994.

Winer, Linda. "Stephen Sondheim." USA Today. October 29, 1984.

Zaban, Craig. "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Follies." After Dark. June 1971.

Zinsser, Willima K. "On Stage: Stephen Sondheim." Horizon, July 1961.

Sheet Music/Scores of Sondheim Productions

Cushman, Robert (introduction). The Hansen Treasury of Stephen Sondheim Songs. New York: Charles Hansen Music & Books, 1977.

Evans, Lee. Lee Evans Arranges Stephen Sondheim. Winona, MN: Hal Leonard, 1989.

Morley, Sheridan. The Stephen Sondheim Songbook. London: Chappell / Elm Tree Books, 1979.

Sondheim, Steven. All Sondheim, Vol. 1. New York: Revelation Music Publishing Corp., 1992.

Sondheim, Stephen and Sy Feldman (ed.). All Sondheim, Vol. 2. Miami, FL: Warner Bros. Publications, 1999.

Sondheim, Stephen and Sy Feldman (ed.), All Sondheim, Vol. 3. Miami, FL: Warner Bros. Publications, 1999.

Sondheim, Stephen. All Sondheim, Vol. 4, Miami, FL: Warner Bros. Publications, 1999.

Sondheim, Stephen. Follies (Vocal Score). Hal Leonard Publishing Company, 1986.

Sondheim, Stephen. Into the Woods (Vocal Selections). Miami, FL: Warner Bros. Publications, 1999.

Sondheim, Stephen. A Little Night Music (Vocal Score). Miami, FL: Warner Bros. Publications, 1999.

Sondheim, Stephen. Pacific Overtures (Vocal Score). Miami, FL: Warner Bros. Publications, 1999.

Sondheim, Stephen and Sy Feldman (ed.). Stephen Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, Miami, FL: Warner Bros. Publications, 1997.

Sondheim, Stephen, et. al. Sunday in the Park with George (Vocal Score). Applause Theatre Book Publications, 1991.

Sondheim, Stephen. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Vocal Score). Warner Brothers Publications, 1997.

Scripts/Book Adaptations of Sondheim Productions

Sondheim, Stephen and John Weidman. Assassins. Theatre Communications Group, 1991.

Sondheim, Stephen and George Furth. Company. Theatre Communications Group, 1996.

Sondheim, Stephen and George Furth. Getting Away With Murder. Theatre Communications Group, 1997.

Shevelove, Burt, et al. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Applause Theater Book Publishers, 1991.

Styne, Jules, et al. Gypsy. Theatre Communications Group, 1994.

Sondheim, Stephen and James Lapine. Into the Woods. Theatre Communications Group, 1989.

Sondheim, Stephen. A Little Night Music: A New Musical Comedy. Applause Theater Book Publishers, 1991.

Sondheim, Stephen and George Furth. Merrily We Roll Along. Dodd Mead, 1984.

Sondheim, Stephen, et al. Pacific Overtures. Theatre Communications
Group, 1991.

Sondheim, Stephen, et al. Passion: A Musical. Theatre Communications
Group, 1994.

Sondheim, Stephen, et al. Sunday in the Park with George. Applause Theater
Book Publishers, 1991.

Sondheim, Stephen, et al. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Applause Theater
Book Publishers, 1991.

Books on Musical Theatre

Block, Geoffrey. Enchanted Evenings - The Broadway Musical From Showboat to Sondheim. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Bloom, Ken. American Song: The Complete Musical Theatre Companion, 1900 - 1984. Facts on File, 1985.

Bloom, Ken. American Song: The Complete Musical Theatre Companion, 1877 - 1995. Two volumes, Second edition. New York: Schirmer Books, 1996.

Hischak, Thomas S. Word Crazy: Broadway Lyricists from Cohan to Sondheim. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1991.

Kislan, Richard. The Musical: A Look At The American Musical Theatre. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1980.

Mordden, Ethan. Broadway Babies - The People Who Made the American Musical. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983.

Rosenberg, Bernard and Ernest Harburg. The Broadway Musical - Collaboration In Commerce And Art. New York: NYU Press, 1993.

Smith, Cecil and Glenn Litton. Musical Comedy In America. New York: Routledge/Theatre Arts Books, 1991.

Wilk, Max. They're Playing Our Song - From Jerome Kern to Stephen Sondheim - The Stories Behind the Words and Music of Two Generations. New York: Atheneum Books, 1973.

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