artists a place to do their work, has honored the likes of aaron copland, philip roth, and edward albee, but never before an artist from musical theatre. sondheim told us he's grateful for the honor but he admits to at least some ambivalence about the 'elder statesman' treatment. >> as you get older, you get-- a lot of-- a lot of awards, yeah. it's-- you get-- you get venerable. >> you get venerable? yeah. how do you feel about being venerable? it's good and bad. it-- you start believing your own notices, and that's not so good. and so at 83, sondheim isn't simply enjoying the admiration of his many fans.. he taking on new challenges. he's working on a project debuting in the fall with jazzman wynton marsalis, that's billed as a celebration of new york and a re-imagination of sondheim's work. disney is producing a film version of his musical "into the woods." ♪ i was caught unaaware >> and he's also working on a new musical called "all together now" with playwright david ives. >> everybody who faces a blank piece of paper no matter what they have written or composed before, i can't imag