A Little Night Music was Sondheim's eighth Broadway musical and features music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the 1955 Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it involves the romantic lives of several couples and includes the hit song "Send In the Clowns".
Set in 1900 Sweden, A Little Night Music explores the tangled web of affairs centered around actress, Desirée Armfeldt, and the men who love her: a lawyer by the name of Fredrik Egerman and the Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. When the traveling actress performs in Fredrik's town, the estranged lovers' passion rekindles. This strikes a flurry of jealousy and suspicion between Desirée; Fredrik; Fredrick's wife, Anne; Desirée's current lover, the Count; and the Count's wife, Charlotte. Both men – as well as their jealous wives – agree to join Desirée and her family for a weekend in the country at Desirée's mother's estate. With everyone in one place, infinite possibilities of new romances and second chances bring endless surprises.
Year | Category | |
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1973 | Best Musical | Winner |
2010 | Best Revival of a Musical |
Videos
Rough Magic
Jackie Libergott Black Box, Paramount (7/12 - 7/13) | ||
On the Eve of Abolition
Robert J. Orchard Stage, Paramount Center (10/31 - 11/3) | ||
Prison Dancer: The Musical
Cutler Majestic Theatre (2/22 - 3/16) | ||
The Queen of Versailles
Emerson Colonial Theatre (7/16 - 8/25) | ||
A Christmas Carol
The Company Theatre (11/29 - 12/22) | ||
Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival
Falmouth Academy Simon Center for the Arts (7/30 - 8/16) | ||
In the Same Tongue
Cutler Majestic Theatre (9/26 - 9/29) | ||
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