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 |
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The Cemetery Club
Newport Playhouse (5/29 - 6/30) | ||
TWELFTH NIGHT (OR WHAT YOU WILL)
Attleboro Community Theatre (5/31 - 6/16) | ||
La Cage aux Folles
Trinity Repertory Company (5/30 - 6/30) | ||
Crimes of the Heart
The Arctic Playhouse (5/16 - 6/2) | ||
The Drowsy Chaperone
Granite Theatre (7/12 - 8/4) | ||
Richard III
Roundabout Productions (6/14 - 6/23) | ||
THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT
Burbage Theatre Co (5/30 - 6/16) | ||
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