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A Little Night Music was Sondheim's eighth Broadway musical and features music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the 1955 Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it involves the romantic lives of several couples and includes the hit song "Send In the Clowns".
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.
Tony Awards and Nominations for A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
| Year | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Best Musical | Winner |
| 2010 | Best Revival of a Musical |
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The Full Monty
The Umbrella Arts Center (4/26 - 5/19) | |
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Chess: The Musical
Wheaton College - Watson Fine Arts (6/14 - 6/15)
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Spiritus/Virgil's Dance
Merrimack Repertory Theatre (5/8 - 5/26) | |
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Nüwa in Fairyland
CHUANG Stage (5/23 - 6/1) | |
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Head Over Heels – High School Edition
The Company Theatre (7/11 - 7/13) | |
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MJ
Boston Opera House (6/18 - 7/7) | |
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9 to 5
Broken Leg Productions (6/14 - 6/15) | |
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A Body of Water
Shakespeare & Company (6/21 - 7/21) | |
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The Comedy of Errors
Shakespeare & Company (7/13 - 8/18) | |
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