Information:  - Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to musical theatre. Sondheim has received an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer, including a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, the Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom. He has been described by Frank Rich of "The New York Times" as "now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater." His best-known works as composer and lyricist include "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "Company", "Follies", "A Little Night Music", "", "Sunday in the Park with George", and "Into the Woods". He wrote the lyrics for "West Side Story" and "".  - Merrily We Roll Along is a musical with a book by George Furth and lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim . It is based on the 1934 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart . Furth and Sondheim retained the basic structure and overall theme of the play but updated it to encompass the period from 1957 to 1976 . The story revolves around Franklin Shepard who , having once been a talented composer of Broadway musicals , has now abandoned his friends and his songwriting career to become a producer of Hollywood movies . Like the play , the musical begins at the height of his Hollywood fame and moves backwards in time , showing snapshots of the most important moments in Frank 's life that shaped the man that he is today . The musical utilizes a chorus that sings reprises of the title song to transition the scenes . The musical ran on Broadway for 52 previews and 16 performances in 1981 and marked the end of the Harold Prince - Sondheim collaborations until Bounce in 2003 .  - Frank Hart Rich, Jr. (born June 2, 1949) is an American essayist, op-ed columnist and writer notable for having held various positions within "The New York Times" from 1980 to 2011.  - The Special Tony Award category includes the Lifetime Achievement Award and Special Tony Award. These are non-competitive honorary awards, and the titles have changed over the years. The Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre is to "honor an individual for the body of his or her work." (The Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event was a competitive award, given from 2001 to 2009.) Another non-competitive Tony award is the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, to "recognize the achievements of individuals and organizations that do not fit into any of the competitive categories."  - George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889  June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, theatre director and producer, humorist, and drama critic. In addition to comedies and political satire, he wrote several musicals, notably for the Marx Brothers. One play and one musical that he wrote won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama: "You Can't Take It with You" (1937, with Moss Hart), and "Of Thee I Sing" (1932, with Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin). He also won the Tony Award as a Director, for the musical "Guys and Dolls".  - The Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in motion pictures from 1905 to 1949. Five of the Marx Brothers' thirteen feature films were selected by the American Film Institute (AFI) as among the top 100 comedy films, with two of them ("Duck Soup" and "A Night at the Opera") in the top twelve. They are widely considered by critics, scholars, and fans to be among the greatest and most influential comedians of the 20th century. The brothers were included in AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list of the 25 greatest male stars of Classic Hollywood cinema, the only performers to be inducted collectively.  - The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre. Several discretionary non-competitive awards are also given, including a Special Tony Award, the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, and the Isabelle Stevenson Award. The awards are named after Antoinette "Tony" Perry, co-founder of the American Theatre Wing.  - A Grammy Award (originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an honor awarded by The Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the mainly English-language music industry. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest. It shares recognition of the music industry as that of the other performance awards such as the Emmy Awards (television), the Tony Awards (stage performance), and the Academy Awards (motion pictures).  - The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher, and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$15,000 cash award (raised from $10,000 starting in 2017). The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal.  - The Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and isalong with the  comparable Congressional Gold Medalthe highest civilian award of the United States. It recognizes those people who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors". The award is not limited to U.S. citizens and, while it is a civilian award, it can also be awarded to military personnel and worn on the uniform.  - The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated to NYT) is an American daily newspaper, founded and continuously published in New York City since September 18, 1851, by The New York Times Company. "The New York Times" has won 117 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other news organization.    After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'merrily we roll along ' exhibits the relationship of 'award received'. Find the answer from the choices below.  Choices: - academy awards  - american film institute  - award  - congressional gold medal  - gold medal  - grammy award  - laurence olivier award  - medal of freedom  - pulitzer prize  - pulitzer prize for drama  - special tony award  - the new york times  - tony award  - tony honors for excellence in theatre
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laurence olivier award