Signature Theatre Extends SIMPLY SONDHEIM

Due to popular demand, Signature Theatre extends Simply Sondheim, the first production in the Signature Features 2021 Season, for three weeks, until April 16 on Marquee TV. Starring 12 singers and an orchestra of 16, Simply Sondheim includes more than 30 songs from the composer's canon. Single stream tickets are $35 and can be purchased at SigTheatre.org. The show will be available to stream for 72 hours after patron's initial viewing has begun. Closed captions and an audio described version are available in English.

Simply Sondheim has proved a worldwide sensation, with purchasers from all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico, as well as 16 countries spanning 5 continents.

Created specifically for Signature Theatre with special permission from Sondheim himself, this jam-packed revue features over 30 songs from the composer's canon. The quintessential "Finishing the Hat," "Another Hundred People," "Losing My Mind," and "The Worst Pies in London" meet lesser known gems including "Country House," "Saturday Night," and "Goodbye for Now" and are fused with new orchestrations by longtime Sondheim collaborator Jonathan Tunick. With a lush 16-piece orchestra leading the way for 12 phenomenal singers, this exclusive event satisfies every Sondheim craving.

Simply Sondheim is headlined by Norm Lewis (Broadway's Once on This Island, Signature's First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb), Solea Pfeiffer (Signature's Gun & Powder, New York City Center's Evita), Conrad Ricamora (TV's How to Get Away with Murder, Broadway's The King and I), and Emily Skinner (Broadway's The Cher Show, Signature's Dirty Blonde). They are joined by Nicholas McDonough (Signature's Grand Hotel, Cape Playhouse's South Pacific), Donna Migliaccio (Signature's Silver Belles, Broadway's War Paint), Christopher Mueller (Signature's Assassins, Blackbeard), Katie Mariko Murray (Signature's Grand Hotel, Signature Vinyl), Tracy Lynn Olivera (Signature's A Little Night Music, Broadway's Ragtime), Paul Scanlan (Signature's La Cage aux Folles, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical National Tour), Awa Sal Secka (Signature's Gun & Powder, Ford's Theatre's Into the Woods) and Bobby Smith (Signature's Light Years, A Little Night Music).

Directed and choreographed by Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner (Signature's Passion, Sunday in the Park with George), the creative team includes Music Direction by Jon Kalbfleisch (Signature's Passion, A Little Night Music), Lighting Design by Adam Honoré (Signature's A Chorus Line, The Public's Ain't No Mo), Sound design by Ryan Hickey (Signature's A Chorus Line, Girlfriend), Hair & Makeup Design by Alison Samantha Johnson (Signature's Escaped Alone, Synetic Theater's Cyrano De Bergerac), Original Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick (Broadway's Company, Follies), Vocal Arrangements by David Loud (Signature's The Visit, Broadway's Merrily We Roll Along), Associate Direction and Casting by Kelly Crandall d'Amboise (Signature's Grand Hotel, Light Years), and Production Coordinator Kerry Epstein (Signature's Gun & Powder, Assassins). The production was filmed by Chiet Productions, with photography direction by Justin Chiet, and edited by James Gardiner, assisted by Natalie Ridgley.

Simply Sondheim is sponsored by the Jean T. Pelham and Heyward G. Pelham Foundation and Wesley Pickard and Jeanette Studley. Lighting is sponsored by an anonymous donor and The Signature Orchestra is sponsored by The Meredith Foundation. Simply Sondheim is dedicated to the memory of Victor Shargai.