Stages: My Journey with Sondheim at Duling Hall

Part Of The Duling Hall Concert Series

Created And Performed By Soprano Maryann Kyle, With Pianist Tyler Kemp And Soprano Mila Owen.

Life is a long and difficult journey from adolescence to adulthood, and for a performer of Broadway musicals there is no better vehicle for that journey than the complicated lyrics and music of Stephen Sondheim. 

As Sondheim himself wrote in Sunday in the Park with George, “I chose, and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not.” All of us make choices throughout our lives and for my journey, I chose Sondheim and I chose the stage!

After a series of complicated and problematic relationships, an aging actress reflects on her career and love life as she nurses “a vodka stinger” and revisits her younger self.  Identifying with each Sondheim character she became, she ponders the trail of beautiful and broken relationships by remembering her life through those she played. As she looks back, was it that she was just too anxious “mapping out a sky” while she missed the meaning and fullness of her own life?

Monday, November 13, 2023
7:00 P.M.

Duling Hall • 622 Duling Avenue • Jackson, MS

Admission: $38 each

Enjoy small plates from Saltine or Opera Happy Hour before the show, starting at 6:00pm.