Lansbury and Sondheim Chat Gypsy, Laurents, Night Music, Sweeney & More w/ NY Mag

By: Dec. 13, 2009
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Angela Lansbury and Stephen Sondheim sat down together, the morning after the first preview of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC with New York Magazine to chat, not just about the new production, but also about their previous work together on GYPSY, SWEENEY TODD and ANYONE CAN WHISTLE. 

The longtime friends and collaborators delve into their personal and professional histories and on how Lansbury approached many of her iconic roles. 

Click here to read the full (and fantastic) story. 

The first Broadway revival of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC starring Academy Award-winner Catherine Zeta-Jones, five-time Tony Award®-winner Angela Lansbury and Olivier Award-nominee Alexander Hanson, opened on December 13, at the Walter Kerr Theatre.

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as Desirée Armfeldt,Angela Lansbury as Madame Armfeldt, Alexander Hanson as Fredrik Egerman, Aaron Lazar as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm, Erin Davie as Countess Charlotte Malcolm, Leigh Ann Larkin as Petra, Hunter Ryan Herdlickaas Henrik Egerman. The cast also includesStephen R. Buntrock,Bradley DeanKatherine Leigh DohertyMarissa McGowanBetsy MorganJayne PatersonKevin David ThomasKeaton Whittaker,Karen MurphyErin StewartKevin Vortmann.

Based on Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC is set in a weekend country house in turn of the century Sweden, bringing together surprising liaisons, long simmering passions and a taste of love's endless possibilities. Hailed as witty and wildly romantic, the story centers on the elegant actress Desirée Armfeldt and the spider's web of sensuality, intrigue and desire that surrounds her.

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - featuring a score by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler - originally opened in 1973 at Broadway's Shubert Theatre and ran for 601 performances. Produced and directed by Harold Prince, the production garnered six Tony Awards® including Best Musical and Best Original Score. The Sondheim score features one of the composer's best-known songs, "Send in the Clowns," as well as "Every Day a Little Death," "The Miller's Son" and "A Weekend in the Country."

Trevor Nunn's production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC debuted to critical acclaim at London'sMenier Chocolate Factory in November 2008 and subsequently transferred to the West End where it played a successful limited engagement through July 25, 2009 at the Garrick Theatre.

For more information visit www.NightMusicOnBroadway.com.



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