Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Ages: 10+
Opens: April 8, 2025Closing: June 01, 2025
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What do you say, old friend? Ready for some more Sondheim? The music of Broadway's most revered composer is back on Broadway in Manhattan Theatre Club's (in association with Cameron Mackintosh and Daryl Roth) Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends- a musical that celebrates the master himself, with an ensemble cast led by Tony Award winners Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga.
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends comes to Broadway from London’s West End, and plays Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles before arriving on Broadway.
Old Friends is a great big Broadway show born out of Cameron Mackintosh and Stephen Sondheim’s lifetime of friendship and collaboration. The two of them came up with the idea during the pandemic, drawing on the many shows that they had done together in collaboration with their good friend Julia McKenzie. Once theatres reopened in London and New York in the fall of 2021, Mackintosh was able to visit Sondheim again and this new show remained something they continued to discuss; but, sadly, shortly after, Sondheim passed away in November 2021.
It fell to Mackintosh to pick up where he and Sondheim left off, collating their notes, and structuring the show that would initially become a spectacular star-studded gala at the Sondheim Theatre in London’s West End in May 2022 to celebrate Sondheim’s life and work, and also raise funds for the newly formed Stephen Sondheim Foundation.
Stephen Sondheim is widely acknowledged as the most innovative, most influential, and most important composer and lyricist in modern Broadway history. He is the winner of an Academy Award, numerous Tony Award, multiple Grammy Awards and a Pulitzer Prize. Some of his other accolades include a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors (1993), the National Medal of Arts (1996), the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Gold Medal for Music (2006) and a special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre (2008).
Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for Road Show (2008), Passion (1994), Assassins (1991), Into the Woods (1987), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sweeney Todd (1979), Pacific Overtures (1976), The Frogs (1974), A Little Night Music (1973), Follies (1971; revised in London, 1987), Company (1970), Anyone Can Whistle (1964) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), as well as the lyrics for West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965) and additional lyrics for Candide (1973). Side by Side by Sondheim (1976), Marry Me a Little (1981), You're Gonna Love Tomorrow (1983) and Putting It Together (1993/99) are anthologies of his work, as is the new musical Sondheim on Sondheim.
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FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Review: OLD FRIENDS at Ahmanson Theatre
8 / 10
So concludes SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, a musical that many consider to be Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece. For the record, that musical’s closing number, “Sunday,” does make it into SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS, the latest Broadway-bound revue of the composer’s music in its U.S. premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre. In fact, it’s the only song from SUNDAY that makes the cut. Some of the Sondheim faithful will invariably take issue with what’s in and what’s out of this Cameron Mackintosh-produced “great big Broadway show” that is OLD FRIENDS. Overheard on opening night during intermission was an attendee expressing his disgruntlement over the total omission of any songs from ASSASSINS. Yeah, tough choices need to be made when you’re dealing with a musical catalog this vast.
Old Friends review: Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga lead stunning love letter to Stephen Sondheim
10 / 10
While Peters and Salonga are top billed, there are also plenty of remarkable performances from the rest of the singular cast. Beth Leavel drops the mic and the martini glass with her interpretation of Company’s “The Ladies Who Lunch,” while Gavin Lee gives us a bitingly savage gender-bent take on Follies’ “Could I Leave You?” Bonnie Langford, a star of British stage and screen, also gets a Follies feature with her rousing, extremely personal rendition of “I’m Still Here.”
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Tickets on Sale For STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS Benefit Performance
by Stephi Wild - February 20, 2025
by Stephi Wild - February 20, 2025
Tickets are now available for Manhattan Theatre Club's special benefit performance of Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, starring Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga.
Video: Lea Salonga Belts Out A GYPSY Classic In New Look At OLD FRIENDS
by A.A. Cristi - February 15, 2025
by A.A. Cristi - February 15, 2025
Cameron Mackintosh's production of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, starring two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters and Tony Award winner Lea Salonga is playing now at at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles. Check out new video of Tony Award-winner Lea Salonga performing, 'Everything's Coming Up Roses,' from Gypsy.
Review Roundup: Broadway-Bound Stephen Sondheim's OLD FRIENDS Opens in Los Angeles
by Joshua Wright - February 14, 2025
by Joshua Wright - February 14, 2025
What did the critics think of Cameron Mackintosh's production of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, starring two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters and Tony Award winner Lea Salonga at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles?
Video: Watch Lea Salonga, Bernadette Peters and More Sing 'Old Friends'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 14, 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 14, 2025
Cameron Mackintosh's production of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends is now open at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles. Check out a clip of cast members including Lea Salonga, Bernadette Peters, Beth Leavel and more singing 'Old Friends' here!
Photos: Broadway-Bound Stephen Sondheim's OLD FRIENDS Opens At Center Theater Group LA
by A.A. Cristi - February 13, 2025
by A.A. Cristi - February 13, 2025
Cameron Mackintosh's production of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, starring two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters and Tony Award winner Lea Salonga opens tonight, at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles. Check out new production photos featuring the star-studded cast!
Photos: STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS New Rehearsal Shots Plus New Cast Members Join
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 7, 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 7, 2025
Center Theatre Group will present the North American premiere of Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, starring two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters and Tony Award winner Lea Salonga. See new rehearsal photos here!
Video: Bernadette Peters Says STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS Is a 'Musical Journey'
by Josh Sharpe - February 6, 2025
by Josh Sharpe - February 6, 2025
Bernadette Peters visited Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday to discuss the musical Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends. The show, coming to Broadway in March, first plays a limited run in Los Angeles. Watch the interview now!
Breaking Down the Different Stephen Sondheim Revues
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - February 2, 2025
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - February 2, 2025
This time, the reader question was: Other than Old Friends, what are the other Sondheim revues and what makes them different? This marks the theatre world’s fifth major Sondheim revue and the first since the theatre legend passed away in 2021.
Video: In Rehearsal with the Cast of STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS
by Joey Mervis - January 27, 2025
by Joey Mervis - January 27, 2025
The music of the great Stephen Sondheim is back on Broadway this spring when Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends opens at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Watch as we chat with the whole cast as they prepare for the start of previews in this video.
Photos: Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga, & Stephen Sondheim's OLD FRIENDS Meets the Press
by Bruce Glikas - January 25, 2025
by Bruce Glikas - January 25, 2025
The cast of Manhattan Theatre Club's production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends met the press this week! Check out photos of the show's stars, two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters and Tony Award winner Lea Salonga, and more!
Broadway Jukebox: The Greatest Sondheim Songs
by Sidney Paterra - January 25, 2025
by Sidney Paterra - January 25, 2025
Rehearsals are officially underway for Manhattan Theatre Club's production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends. Can't wait for opening night? Hold yourself over with these 65 songs from Sondheim shows.
Photos: Rehearsals for STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS; Two New Cast Members Join
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 16, 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 16, 2025
You can now get a first look at photos of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends starring Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga and more. Learn more about the new cast members joining the upcoming Broadway production!
Broadway Jukebox: The Best of Lea Salonga
by Sidney Paterra - December 14, 2024
by Sidney Paterra - December 14, 2024
Sing along to this playlist featuring just 50 of Lea Salonga's greatest hits. Enjoy songs from musicals like: Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, Once on This Island, Mulan, Aladdin, and many more!
Broadway Jukebox: The Best of Bernadette Peters
by Sidney Paterra - November 16, 2024
by Sidney Paterra - November 16, 2024
Sing along to this playlist featuring just 60 of Bernadette Peters' greatest hits. Enjoy songs from musicals like: Into the Woods, Follies, Song and Dance, Sunday in the Park with George, Annie Get Your Gun, and many more!
Beth Leavel, Ryan McCartan, Gavin Lee & More Join STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 22, 2024
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 22, 2024
Manhattan Theatre Club has revealed the Broadway co-stars who will join two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters and Tony Award winner Lea Salonga in Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
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