SONDHEIM UNPLUGGED Coming to Philipstown Depot Theatre, 5/30

Sondheim Unplugged, New York's long-running hit revue (currently in residence at Manhattan's 54 Below), will make a special, one night only appearance in Putnam County on Saturday, May 30th at 8pm at the Philipstown Depot Theatre, located on Garrison's Landing in Garrison, NY. Tickets, $30, may be obtained by visiting http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1167073 or by calling 1.800.838.3006. A smash, sold-out success when it was presented at the Depot in 2011 & 2013, the show makes its' triumphant return this Spring - get your tickets fast!

At Sondheim Unplugged, audiences can expect to hear music from the composer's most beloved works from the stage, film and television, including A Little Night Music, Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd, Follies, Passion, Anyone Can Whistle, Dick Tracy, Evening Primrose, Reds and many more - all accompanied by piano only. Sondheim Unplugged features a rotating cast of Broadway and New York cabaret's most dynamic performers, celebrating the work of the theatre's most beloved and prolific composer. The series debuted in July of 2010 (in celebration of Sondheim's 80th birthday), at New York's Laurie Beechman Theatre, and has been running ever since.

At this special performance, Sondheim Unplugged is thrilled to welcome special guests TERI RALSTON, who, on Broadway, created the roles of Jenny in Company and Mrs. Nordstrom in A Little Night Music, as well as SARAH RICE, who created the role of Johanna in the original Broadway production of Sweeney Todd. The cast for this performance also includes LUCY AUSTIN (Haldane's Anything Goes), CHRISTINE BOKHOUR (Broadway's Chicago), JOSHUA DIXON (2014 Bistro and BroadwayWorld Award-winning vocalist), MICHELLE DOWDY (Broadway's Hairspray), ERIC MICHAEL GILLETT (Broadway's Sweet Smell of Success, Kiss Me Kate, The Frogs), JULIE HECKERT (Evita National Tour, Simply Streisand at the Depot), JACOB HOFFMAN (Vineyard Theatre's I'll Be Damned, 54 Below's 1776), LISA SABIN (Half Moon Theatre Co's And the World Goes Round, The Depot's The Way of the World), and LUCIA SPINA (Broadway's Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde, South Pacific, Les Miserables, Spelling Bee...) The show is hosted by series creator PHIL GEOFFREY BOND (MAC/Bistro/Nightlife/Broadway World Award-winner), who will fill the audience in on special Sondheimian tidbits concerning the creation of each work, as well as the composer's life. Musical Direction is by JOE GOODRICH.

The Philipstown Depot Theatre is accessible BY CAR - four miles north of the Bear Mountain Bridge off route 9D - Garrison Landing. Parking is available in the Metro North lot. BY TRAIN - MTA Hudson Line to Garrison (theatre is adjacent to station). For more information, please visit www.phillipstowndepottheatre.org or call 845.424.3900. The Philipstown Depot Theatre is sponsored by Philipstown Recreation and Philipstown Performing Arts.