Sondheim TONY wins (and one loss) '71, '72, '73, '79, '88, '94, 08

i love love love love the fact that for every award he always thanked the orchestra conductor and orchestrator. He has always been a class act.

My favorite living composer is no longer living. Rest in peace, Mr. Sondheim — you were simply the best.

In 1997, they finally introduced a Tony for Best Orchestration. Jonathan Tunick won. He is now the most nominated orchestrator in that category, with 11 nominations.

Sondheim is genuinely humble here. It is not false modesty. He is simply recognising that theatre, in particular musical theatre, is a collaborative art form, and he thinks it only right to acknowledge his collaborators. A great artist, and a great human being :-)

I'm sorry but can we take a moment to acknowledge how freaking appropriate it is that Angela Lansbury presented him with his first Tony award, and Bernadette Peters presented him with his last one (though there will probably be more). Also can we acknowledge that his first speech was only 39 seconds???

He never failed to thank his great orchestrator and conductor ...I thank you Mr. Sonheim, you will be missed.

It's so cute seeing Stephen Sondheim rub/scratch his face as a nervous habit... He's so shy :)

Stephen Sondheim ia the last surviving genius. I simply worship him.

Stephen Sondheim often said he didn't care if his work "lived on" after his death, because he wouldn't be here to enjoy the applause. I assume he felt the same way about awards, that they are symbols of momentary approval. And now that he has died, these Tony Awards are mere trinkets -- pieces of fashioned metal and ceramic -- gathering dust in his home. They might as well be paperweights. My roundabout point is that I'm glad to see his genuine joy at winning all these awards, and I'm grateful that his marvelous, inspiring work will "live on" for the rest of MY life.

I mean, Company...Follies....A Little Night Music...... Boom boom boom! Three years in a row! Why does it take 6 or 8 years for a show to come to Broadway now?! Absolute genius.

It’s so sad seeing Sondheim get older throughout this video. What a great man. Thank you Mr Sondheim for everything!

It's sweet that one year he was handed the Tony by Lee Remick. They were very close - she and her child/ children actually lived with him for a while when her marriage went bad.

Love that he acknowledges Tunick. every single time.. truly one of the greats... as important to the atmosphere of the show as the scenery, costumes, and lighting. .. and never more so than SweeneyTodd. And all of his acceptance speeches are more gracious than Jerry Herman's rather snide comment.

Sunday in the park was so underrated at the tonys, it should have at least one best musical, score, actor and actress

It’s strange that he didn’t win for Sunday in the Park with George because I consider that to be his best and my personal favorite show of his

Great to see the talented and beautiful Lee Remick.

GOD has recalled his musical emissary…r.I.p. Maestro - you are irreplaceable.

That Sondheim did not get his much deserved Tony in 1984 for Sunday In The Park With George - will forever be a black eye on the American Theater Wing voters...shame on them.

Nice how he always acknowledge Tunick in his wins because the Best Orchestrations category wasn't established yet until 1997!

The reason his loss in '84 is so infamous is because of what jerry Herman said about scores being "hummable," because Sondheim often got criticized for being "un-hummable." It was a direct attack on his style.