Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration

[Play Esq.]

This is amazing!!!
 

Raúl Esparza will host the star-studded tribute "Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration" on Broadway.com.

EW Link

[musikman]

Well that’s a day-brightener !

[TonightsMarquee]

Whoo hoo!

[Gorlois]

This is wonderful news!!!

[SmoothLover]

Count Me In!

[ljay889]

Can’t wait!

[qolbinau]

Best news. I hope Bernadette will do something new, but I’m not holding my breath.

[BCfitasafiddle]

qolbinau said: "Best news. I hope Bernadette will do something new, but I’m not holding my breath."

If she whips out Not a Day Goes By, Children & Art, or Children Will Listen; I will be satisfied no matter what. She can do whatever she wants and I will be more than content.

[Play Esq.]

Hoping for Anyone Can Whistle from Sutton, Audra performing Glamorous Life, and anything from Raul

[nasty_khakis]

It's always thrilling to hear them sing anything but I do wish we'd get something "new" from these legends. We've hear Audra's Glamorous Life, Patti's Ladies Who Lunch, Bernadette's "Not a Day Goes By" many times at while it's always wonderful, just think about Audra and Will (since they're together in quarantine) doing "Move On," Patti giving us "Send in the Clowns," and Bernadette's "Not While I'm Around." 

However, given the circumstances and lack of prep time and not being in the same room as their music directors and vocal coaches I except we'll get a song they've done many times before.

[qolbinau]

Bernadette doing “not while I’m around” would be perfect.

[MadonnaMusical]

THIS SUNDAY at 8pm. 

 

Got it!

[DAME]

nasty_khakis said: "It's always thrilling to hear them sing anything but I do wish we'd get something "new" from these legends. We've hear Audra's Glamorous Life, Patti's Ladies Who Lunch, Bernadette's "Not a Day Goes By" many times at while it's always wonderful, just think about Audra and Will (since they're together in quarantine) doing "Move On," Patti giving us "Send in the Clowns," and Bernadette's "Not While I'm Around."

However, given the circumstances and lack of prep time and not being in the same room as their music directors and vocal coaches I except we'll get a song they've done many times before."

The majority of them would always do the same thing anyway.. and they have nothing but time now.  

[imeldasturn]

DAME said: "nasty_khakis said: "It's always thrilling to hear them sing anything but I do wish we'd get something "new" from these legends. We've hear Audra's Glamorous Life, Patti's Ladies Who Lunch, Bernadette's "Not a Day Goes By" many times at while it's always wonderful, just think about Audra and Will (since they're together in quarantine) doing "Move On," Patti giving us "Send in the Clowns," and Bernadette's "Not While I'm Around."

However, given the circumstances and lack of prep time and not being in the same room as their music directors and vocal coaches I except we'll get a song they've done many times before."

The majority of them would always do the same thing anyway.. and they have nothing but time now."

Last time she sang it Patti's Send in the Clowns was abysmal, but that was over fifteen ago. It would be great to hear Streep sing it, unless she goes for something from Into the Woods and Bernadette gets her ALNM great song. Really curious about what Meryl will sing, maybe the full version of "She'll be back" or something she's never done before.

[lachri5]

I hope they have better technology than the recent Rosie O'Donnell show. How difficult (pricey) is it to use whatever the late night talk shows have been using?

[Play Esq.]

^ This. I was really concerned about the Global Citizen concert for the same reason. Mind you, those celebrities make a lot more money, but I’m still hopeful for good, even decent, sound quality.

[nasty_khakis]

Just imagine if Sondheim wrote speciality lyrics for Meryl and she did I'm Still Here like he did for Shirley McClaine (via Debbie Reynold's life) in Postcards from the Edge.

[chrishuyen]

I think Send in the Clowns would be a really good choice for Meryl Streep since it's essentially written for a non-singer, and trying to do something like Last Midnight might just show off her weaknesses more in the face of all the other legends.  It's about a month late so I had just about given up on a 90th birthday celebration, but I was so excited to see this announcement today!

[fosterfan2]

I wonder what Katrina Lenk will sing...maybe Someone is Waiting?

[Play Esq.]

I was wondering this as well. I can’t imagine she’ll sing Being Alive, at least when I saw it at the beginning of March, she clearly needed more time with it. But who knows, as someone else said earlier, it’s not like we all didn’t suddenly have A LOT more time on our hands than expected so ??‍♂️

[imeldasturn]

I think Aaron Tveit might sing Being Alive, since he already played Bobby and he's the most age-appropriate performer in the cast. Both Tveit and Lenk could sing one of Bobby's solos to show the character as played by a man and by a woman, or they could sing something together as a duet.

[Theatrefanboy1]

I’m gonna guess that
Meryl Streep sings either Send In The Clowns or Children Will Listen
Bernadette Peters either Send in The Clowns, Not awhile I’m Around (I know you all will think she’s too old but I would love to see her as Lovett) or Loosing My Mind
Patti LuPone Ladies Who Lunch
Aaron Tveit Being Alive or Something’s Coming/Somewhere
Sutton Foster something from Into The Woods

 

and I know this is being put together quickly. But I would love to see even if it’s an edited version. But all of them from there homes finishing with Sunday

[imeldasturn]

Sutton tends to sing Anyone Can Whistle a lot, so who knows!

I'm curious to hear what Donna will sing. Loving You is the obvious choice, but Could I Leave You? is also a valid alternative... the dream is to hear her sing something from Gypsy. Christine Baranski might reprise her role from Sweeney or Follies. Tbh I'd love to hear each of the ladies' rendition of Send in the Clowns, and I hope Bernadette will record it eventually, it would be sad not to have an officially recorded version of her transfixing rendition.

[darreyl102]

Maybe Patti will sing "I'm still here". She sang it on TV for 'Pose' So she is familiar with the song.

[Play Esq.]

 Christine Baranski might reprise her role from Sweeney or Follies. 
 

Please no more Baranski Carlotta.