Winner of the 1994 Tony Awards for Best Book, Best Music and Lyrics, and Best Musical "Easily among Sondheim's best — subtle, rhapsodic and full of emotional depth." — David Patrick Stearns, USA Today "Hypnotic, rigorous, very risky...a major work." — Vincent Canby, New York Times "Held me in its grip...had me sobbing uncontrollably...Sondheim's deepest, most powerful work." — Robert Brustein, New Republic Passion is the third original collaboration between Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. Their first, Sunday in the Park with George , earned them a Pulitzer Prize. Their second, Into the Woods , won Tony, Grammy, Drama Desk, and Drama Critics Circle awards.