Roundabout Theatre Company's (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents a once-in-a-lifetime gala concert reading of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's enchanting, Tony Award®-winning masterpiece A Little Night Music on Monday, January 12th, 2009 at 7:30PM at Studio 54 (254 West 54th St.)
Director
Scott Ellis (She Loves Me, 1776, Curtains) will helm a cast of 15 including
Natasha Richardson (Desirée Armfeldt),
Victor Garber (Frederick Egerman),
Christine Baranski (Countess Charlotte Malcolm),
Laura Benanti (Anne Egerman),
Marc Kudisch (Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm),
Steven Pasquale (Henrik Egerman) and
Vanessa Redgrave (Madame Armfeldt), and with legendary musical director
Paul Gemignani (Assassins, Pacific Overtures) leading a 27-member orchestra with orchestrations by
Jonathan Tunick.
The cast will also include
Kendra Kassebaum (Petra),
Alexandra Socha (Fredrika), Maija Lisa Currie (Mrs. Nordstrom),
Steven Goldstein (Mr. Erlandson),
Leena Chopra (Mrs. Segestrom), Julianne Borg (Mrs. Anderssen) and Philip Cokorinos (Mr. Lindquist).
Not seen on Broadway in 35 years, this classic musical follows three lovestruck couples as they lose - and find - each other during a long midsummer night on a country estate. Sondheim's most heartbreaking score includes "Send in the Clowns," "The Miller's Son" and "A Weekend in the Country."
The design team includes
Derek McLane (Sets),
Kenneth Posner (Lights) and Steve Kennedy (Sound). Additional designers will be announced shortly.
Premium and Reception Tickets include admission to an exclusive cast party following the performance with all proceeds to benefit not-for-profit Roundabout Theatre Company.
American Airlines is the official airline of the Roundabout Theatre Company. Production underwriters are the Shen Family Foundation and Williams Real Estate.
TICKET INFORMATION:
● Premium Tickets at $2,500 include pre-show reception with cast, premium seating,
open bar at intermission, and admission to an exclusive cast party ($2,150 tax-
deductible).
● Reception Tickets at $1,000 include house seats and admission to an exclusive cast
party ($750 tax-deductible).
● Orchestra/Front Mezzanine Tickets at $500.
● Mid-Mezzanine Tickets at $250.
● Rear Mezzanine Tickets at $150. - SOLD OUT
Production Underwriter packages available; please inquire.
Tickets are available by phone and box office:
1) Phone at Roundabout Ticket Services: (212)719-1300.
2) Box Office: Any Roundabout box office (American Airlines Theatre, Studio 54 or the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre).
ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY is one of the country's leading not-for-profit theatres. The company contributes invaluably to New York's cultural life by staging the highest quality revivals of classic plays and musicals as well as new plays by established writers. Roundabout consistently partners great artists with great works to bring a fresh and exciting interpretation that makes each production relevant and important to today's audiences.
Roundabout Theatre Company currently produces at three permanent homes each of which is designed specifically to enhance the needs of the Roundabout's mission. Off-Broadway, the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, which houses the
Laura Pels Theatre and Black Box Theatre, with its simple sophisticated design is perfectly suited to showcasing new plays. The grandeur of its Broadway home on 42nd Street, American Airlines Theatre, sets the ideal stage for the classics. Roundabout's Studio 54 provides an exciting and intimate Broadway venue for its musical and special event productions. Together these three distinctive venues serve to enhance the work on each of its stages.
American Airlines is the official airline of Roundabout Theatre Company. Roundabout productions are made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts; and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
American Express is the 2008-2009 season sponsor of the Roundabout Theatre Company. The Westin New York is the official hotel of Roundabout Theatre Company.
Roundabout Theatre Company's 2008-2009 season also includes
Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons, starring
Frank Langella, directed by
Doug Hughes; Rodgers & Hart's
Pal Joey, starring
Stockard Channing,
Matthew Risch &
Martha Plimpton, directed by
Joe Mantello;
David Rabe's
Streamers, directed by
Scott Ellis;
Steven Levenson's The Language of Trees, directed by
Alex Timbers;
Henrik Ibsen's
Hedda Gabler, starring
Mary-Louise Parker,
Michael Cerveris,
Paul Sparks & Peter Stormare, directed by
Ian Rickson;
Lisa Loomer's Distracted featuring
Cynthia Nixon, directed by
Mark Brokaw;
Christopher Hampton's
The Philanthropist, starring
Matthew Broderick, directed by
David Grindley and
Samuel Beckett's
Waiting for Godot, starring
Bill Irwin &
Nathan Lane, directed by
Anthony Page. Roundabout's sold out production of
The 39 Steps transferred to the Cort Theatre on April 29th, 2008.
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Photo: Kendra Kassebaum
