An Evening with Stephen Sondheim and Bernadette Peters Held May 4

Broadway legends Stephen Sondheim and Bernadette Peters--who worked together on Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods--will appear in a May 4th benefit for Sondheim's organization Young Playwrights Inc.

An Evening with Stephen Sondheim and Bernadette Peters will feature a performance by Peters accompanied by Sondheim on the piano.  Taking place at the Manhattan home of Michael Cohen and Arielle Hart, the evening will also include cocktails from 6 to 8 PM.  An intimate dinner from 8:30 to 10:30 PM will follow the cocktail reception; it will take place at the home of Andrew Zaro and Lois Robbins (directions will be provided).

The career of Stephen Sondheim, who is considered by many to be the greatest living composer-lyricist of musicals, has spanned almost 50 years since his Broadway debut in 1957 as the lyricist of West Side Story. After also penning the lyrics to Gypsy (with a return to mere lyric-writing for 1965's Do I Hear a Waltz?), Sondheim went on to write the scores for a litany of shows that challenged musical theatre conventions in theme, content and structure. Among his shows are A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone Can Whistle, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd (currently seen in a hit Broadway revival), Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, Assassins and Passion. His latest musical, Bounce, closed out of town in DC before making it to Broadway but an expanded, limited-run production of 1974's The Frogs bowed two years ago at Lincoln Center.

A two-time Tony-winner for Song and Dance and Annie Get Your Gun, Peters has received Tony nominations for her performances in the 1972 revival of On the Town, Mack and Mabel, Sunday in the Park with George, The Goodbye Girl and the 2003 revival of Gypsy. She also originated the role of the Witch in Into the Woods, and has appeared in such films as Slaves of New York, Alice, The Jerk and It Runs in the Family. Her latest recording, "Sondheim Etc., Etc.--Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall (The Rest of It)"--is currently available in stores.  She is currently on a national concert tour.

A required donation of $1,000 enables two guests to attend just the cocktail reception.  A required donation of $5,000 enables two guests to attend both the cocktail reception and the intimate dinner.   RSVP to Leia Lima at 212-716-3695.