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Young Stephen Sondheim had a great teacher when it came to understanding how to write a musical.

As a young boy Stephen Sondheim was mentored by a very famous Broadway writer/lyricist. Who was it?

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Sondheim was mentored by legend Oscar Hammerstein II. Ten-year-old Sondheim was a friend of Hammerstein’s son, James. After Sondheim’s parents divorced, Oscar Hammerstein became Sondheim’s surrogate father and recognized the young man’s talent and enthusiasm for writing.