STAGE TUBE: Angela Lansbury Salutes Sondheim at the Olivier Awards

Angela Lansbury has starred in the Broadway productions of Gypsy, Mame and Sweeney Todd. Lansbury is perhaps best known to modern audiences for her 12 year run as writer and sleuth Jessica Fletcher on the U.S. television series Murder, She Wrote, in which she starred from 1984 to 1996. Her recent roles include Lady Adelaide Stitch in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee, Leona Mullen in the 2007 Broadway play Deuce, Madame Arcati in the 2009 Broadway revival of the play Blithe Spirit (2009) and Madame Armfeldt in the 2010 Broadway revival of the musical A Little Night Music.

Most recently, however, she took the stage at the 2011 Olivier Awards on March 13. She performed "Liaisons" from A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC in a nod to the show's lyricist and composer, the legendary Stephen Sondheim, who received a special award noting his significant contributions to London theatre. View the performance below!