Today we are spotlighting one of the most hotly anticipated theatrical happenings of 2013, the new musical event A BED AND A CHAIR: A NEW YORK LOVE AFFAIR, showcasing the spectacular songs of Stephen Sondheim in new arrangements by jazz great Wynton Marsalis, served up by some of Broadway's best - Bernadette Peters, Jeremy Jordan and Norm Lewis included.
The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened Without a doubt, Stephen Sondheim more or less is modern adult musical theatre and he is unquestionably the Shakespeare of our age. His peerless oeuvre demands and has continually received near-constant evaluation and re-evaluation in New York over the last forty or so years, yet the new theatrical offering coming next month in the form of A BED AND A CHAIR: A NEW YORK LOVE AFFAIR is something else altogether. Based on an idea by Peter Gethers, Jack Viertel and John Doyle, directed by Doyle, choreographed by Parker Esse and featuring musical supervision by David Loud, A BED AND A CHAIR is comprised of more than two dozen Sondheim selections arranged, orchestrated and performed in a whole new way thanks to a provocative new repurposing of them by music legend Wynton Marsalis, who himself will feature in the series of shows alongside the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra for a limited run November 13-17 at City Center. Furthermore, the stars of the show itself are none other than incomparable Sondheim interpreter Bernadette Peters, as well as SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM star Norm Lewis, multi-talented Broadway heartthrob Jeremy Jordan and unique jazz singer Cyrille Aimee. So, what exactly can we expect from the tantalizing prospect of these disparate and divinely talented worlds converging now that A BED AND A CHAIR is ever so close to becoming a reality, live onstage before us? Well, have yourself a seat - or two - and find out!Videos