Sondheim creates a stunning tour de force when he takes Ingmar Bergman's comedy of manners, Smiles of a Summer Night, and turns it into a musical of masterful execution and elegance. With four Tony Awards, this is a musical work that has forever entranced the world of theatre.
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.
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC is full of hilariously witty and heartbreakingly moving moments of adoration, regret and desire. This dramatic musical celebration of love is perfect to showcase your highly-trained singers with it's harmonically-advanced score and masterful orchestrations.
Year | Category | |
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1973 | Best Musical | Winner |
2010 | Best Revival of a Musical |
Videos
ELF The Musical (Non-Equity)
Saenger Theatre (12/3 - 12/8) | ||
Winter Wonderettes
Sullivan Theater (12/6 - 12/15)
PHOTOS
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The Nutcracker Suite
Dixon Hall, Tulane University (12/8 - 12/8) | ||
Good Night, Oscar
Le Petit Theatre (1/9 - 1/26) | ||
Funny Girl
Saenger Theatre (3/11 - 3/16) | ||
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens a new adaptation by Patrick Barlow
Marquette Theater (12/4 - 12/15) | ||
Ain't Too Proud (Non-Equity)
Heymann Performing Arts Center [Auditorium] (1/19 - 1/19) | ||
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