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Tony, Grammy & Golden Globe Award winner Bernadette Peters began performances in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC alongside Tony & Emmy Award winner Elaine Stritch on Tuesday, July 13th. We've got the first look at footage of the new stars who officially open tonight, August 1st.
Directed by Tony Award-winner Trevor Nunn, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC plays at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street).
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC stars
Bernadette Peters as Desirée Armfeldt,
Elaine Stritch as Madame Armfeldt,
Alexander Hanson as Fredrik Egerman,
Aaron Lazar as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm,
Erin Davie as Countess Charlotte Malcolm,
Leigh Ann Larkin as Petra,
Hunter Ryan Herdlicka as Henrik Egerman and
Ramona Mallory as
Anne Egerman. The cast also includes
Stephen R. Buntrock,
Bradley Dean,
Sara Jean Ford,
Katherine McNamara,
Betsy Morgan,
Jayne Paterson,
Kevin David Thomas,
Keaton Whittaker,
Karen Murphy,
Erin Stewart,
Kevin Vortmann.
Based on
Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC is set in a weekend country house in turn of the century Sweden, bringing together surprising liaisons, long simmering passions and a taste of love's endless possibilities. Hailed as witty and wildly romantic, the story centers on the elegant actress Desirée Armfeldt and the spider's web of sensuality, intrigue and desire that surrounds her.
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - featuring a score by
Stephen Sondheim and a book by
Hugh Wheeler - originally opened in 1973 at Broadway's Shubert Theatre and ran for 601 performances. Produced and directed by
Harold Prince, the production garnered six Tony Awards® including Best Musical and Best Original Score. The Sondheim score features one of the composer's best-known songs, "Send in the Clowns," as well as "Every Day a Little Death," "The Miller's Son" and "A Weekend in the Country."
Trevor Nunn's production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC debuted to critical acclaim at London's
Menier Chocolate Factory in November 2008 and subsequently transferred to the West End where it played a successful limited engagement through July 25, 2009 at the Garrick Theatre. The first Broadway revival of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC began performances on November 24, 2009 and officially opened on December 13, 2009 at the
Walter Kerr Theatre starring
Catherine Zeta-Jones and
Angela Lansbury, who played their final performance on Sunday, June 20, 2010.
The creative team for A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC includes
Lynne Page (Choreography),
Caroline Humphris (Musical Supervision),
David Farley (Set & Costume Design),
Hartley T A Kemp (Lighting Design),
Dan Moses Schreier and
Gareth Owen (Sound Design),
Paul Huntley (Wig Design),
Jason Carr (Orchestrations) and
Rob Bowman (Musical Direction).
