Kelsey Theatre Presents A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, 3/3-13

The intricate webs of love lost, found, and anticipated will be revealed in Pierrot Productions' presentation of "A Little Night Music," the award-winning Stephen Sondheim musical, at Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre. Dates and show times for this elegant bittersweet comedy are Fridays, March 4 and 11 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays, March 5 and 12 at 7:30 p.m.; and Sundays, March 6 and 13 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on Mercer's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. A reception with the cast and crew follows the opening night performance on March 4.

Based on the Ingmar Bergman film "Smiles of a Summer Night," the scene is a Swedish country estate at the turn of the last century. Surprising liaisons, long-stirring passions and a taste of love's endless possibilities are all resurrected in a gathering of the current, previous, and prospective lovers of the beautiful actress, Desirée Armfeldt, along with their wives, who are united in their jealousy. Desirée, however, secretly envies the wives, and would just as soon simplify her life and settle down.

With music set almost entirely in waltz time, the musical's hit numbers include "Remember," "Night Waltz," "Liaisons" and the most memorable of them all, "Send in the Clowns."

Since winning numerous Tony Awards in 1973 (including Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book), "A Little Night Music" has been performed in venues throughout the United States and Europe, and recently completed an award-winning revival on Broadway, starring Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch. Now, directly after the end of its Broadway run, the show is making its Kelsey Theatre debut.

Starring in "A Little Night Music" are Vicky Czarnik of Hopewell as Desiree Armfeldt; Tom Chiola of Trenton as Fredrik Egerman; Mariel Rosati of Ivyland, Pa., as Anne Egerman; Jim Petro of Hamilton as Henrik Egerman; Sue Robbins of Titusville as Madame Armfeldt; Melissa Rittmann of Ewing as Petra; Joe Giglio of Trenton as Carl-Magnus Malcolm; and Cathy Liebars of Langhorne as Charlotte Malcolm.

The cast also features John Bergeron of Morrisville, Pa. as Lindquist; Matthew Kennedy of Princeton as Erlanson; Kat Ross of Ewing as Fredrika Armfeldt; Lauren Parsons of Delran as Nordstrom; Nick Pecht of Hamilton as Frid; Kate Skelly of Bordentown as Malla; Lauren Snyder of Princeton as Segstrom; and Wendy Watt of Hamilton as Anderssen.