TV Exclusive: Watch 'The Miller's Son' from Stratford's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

By: Jun. 06, 2016
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BroadwayWorld has an exclusive first look at The Stratford Festival's new production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. In this clip, Sara Farb performs "The Miller's Son."

Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music, arguably his greatest achievement, has been given a luscious production at the Stratford Festival in 2016. Directed by Gary Griffin, it features an all-star cast, led by Ben Carlson, Cynthia Dale and Yanna McIntosh, with Juan Chioran, Sara Farb and Alexis Gordon.

Set in 1900 Sweden, A Little Night Music explores the tangled web of affairs centered around actress Desirée Armfeldt and the men who love her: a lawyer by the name of Fredrik Egerman and the Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. When the traveling actress performs in Fredrik's town, the estranged lovers' passion rekindles. This strikes a flurry of jealousy and suspicion between Desirée, Fredrik, Fredrick's wife, Anne, Desirée's current lover, the Count, and the Count's wife, Charlotte. Both men -- as well as their jealous wives -- agree to join Desirée and her family for a weekend in the country at Desirée's mother's estate. With everyone in one place, infinite possibilities of new romances and second chances bring endless surprises.

Sondheim is the winner of a Pulitzer Prize and more Tony Awards than any other composer. He is renowned for his remarkable insight into the human condition, every note and lyric exposing another layer of what it means to love and to lose. A Little NightMusic, which premièred in 1973, still sets a benchmark for musicals. Its clever balance of sophisticated wit and gut-wrenching emotion is encapsulated in the score's crowning jewel (and arguably Sondheim's most popular song), "Send In the Clowns." That beautiful ballad, so full of love and sadness, showcases Sondheim's extraordinary ability to stir the depths of the heart.

The 2016 season runs from April 19 to October 30, and features Macbeth, As You Like It, Breath of Kings, A Chorus Line, A Little Night Music, Shakespeare in Love, All My Sons, The Hypochondriac, John Gabriel Borkman, The Aeneid, Bunny and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. For more information and to order tickets, visit www.stratfordfestival.ca or call the box office at 1.800.567.1600.


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