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FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2007 file photo, composer Stephen Sondheim arrives at the premiere of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. Sondheim will receive the Handel Medallion acheivement award on Nov. 1, 2011 at Alice Tully Hall in New York.
Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim will receive New York City's highest honor for achievement in the arts.
The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/pD82ov ) says Sondheim will receive the Handel Medallion on Nov. 1 at Alice Tully Hall.
Other honorees will include Mikhail Baryshnikov; arts advocate Alice Diamond; musician Jimmy Heath; artist Maya Lin; and the Theater Development Fund.
Sondheim has won more Tony Awards than any other composer.
A revival of the 81-year-old's "Follies" will be on Broadway until Jan. 22. His other hit musicals include "A Little Night Music" and "Sweeney Todd."
Sondheim also wrote the lyrics for "West Side Story."
Source: http://washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/music/2011/10/stephen-sondheim-receive-nyc-arts-award
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