Broadway Musical Home - A Little Night Music

A Sondheim musical based on the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night.

Story:

Desiree Armfeldt, an actress, is seeing Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm who is married to Charlotte Malcolm. Frederik Egerman, Desiree's past lover, is married to the still-virginal Anne, who is half his age and Henrik Egerman, Frederik's son who is also a divinity student, loves his stepmother, Anne, who is a year younger than him. When all of these people end up going for a weekend in the country, the lovers and ex-lovers attempt to do the unthinkable in the name of love.

: Composer and Lyricist
Stephen Sondheim

: Librettist
Hugh Wheeler

Broadway Premiere

Theatre: Shubert Theatre, Majestic Theatre

Opening Night: Feb 25, 1973

Total Performances: 601

Original Cast: Benjamin Rayson, Glenys Johns, Teri Ralston, Barbara Lang, Gene Varrone, Beth Fowler, Judy Kahan, Hermione Gingold, George Lee Andrews, Mark Lambert, Victoria Mallory, Len Cariou

Director: Harold Prince

Choreographer: Patricia Birch

Producer: Harold Prince

Musical Director: Harold Hastings

Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick

Scenic Design: Boris Aronson

Costume Design: Florence Klotz

Lighting Design: Tharon Musser

2009 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Walter Kerr Theatre

Opening Night: Dec 13, 2009

Total Performances: 425

Original Cast: Alexander Hanson, Angela Lansbury, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Erin Davie, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Leigh Ann Larkin, Aaron Lazar,Ramona Mallory, Stephen R. Buntrock, Bradley Dean, Katherine Leigh Doherty, Marissa McGowan, Betsy Morgan, Jayne Peterson, Kevin David Thomas, Keaton Whittaker

Director: Trevor Nunn

Choreographer: Lynne Page

Producer: Thomas Viertel, Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, The Menier Chocolate Factory, Roger Berlind, David Babani, Sonia Friedman Productions, Andrew Fell, Daryl Roth/Jane Bergere, Harvey Weinstein/Raise the Roof 3, Beverly Bartner/Dancap Productions, Nica Burns/Max Weitzenhoffer, Eric Falkenstein/Anna Czekaj, Jerry Frankel/Ronald Frankel and James D. Stern/Douglas L. Meyer

Musical Director: Tom Murray

Orchestrations: Jason Carr

Scenic Design: David Farley

Costume Design: David Farley

Lighting Design: Hartley T A Kemp

Sound Design: Dan Moses Schreier and Gareth Owen

1977 Film Version

Movie Name: A Little Night Music

Type: Filmed Live on Stage

Director: Harold Prince

Screenplay: Hugh Wheeler

Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Rigg, Len Cariou

Musical Numbers

Night Waltzes

Now - Later - Soon

The Glamorous Life

Remember?

You Must Meet My Wife

Liaisons

In Praise of Women

Every Day a Little Death

A Weekend in the Country

The Sun Won't Set

The Sun Sits Low

It Would Have Been Wonderful

Perpetual Anticipation

Send in the Clowns

The Miller's Son

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CDs

: Original Broadway Cast Album

: 1989 Studio Cast Album

: 2010 Broadway Revival Cast Album

: Terry Trotter Piano Version

Sheetmusic

: Vocal Selections

: Vocal Score

Videos

: Filmed Live on Stage DVD

Books

: Libretto/Photos

Other

1973 Tony Award Nominations

Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Original Score
Best Costume Design
Best Actress in a Musical - Glynis Johns
Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Patricia Elliott
Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Hermione Gingold
Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Laurence Guittard
Best Scenic Design
Best Lighting Design
Best Actor in a Musical - Len Cariou
Best Direction of a Musical

1973 Drama Desk Award Nominations

Outstanding Book
Outstanding Lyrics
Outstanding Music
Outstanding Performance - Glynis Johns
Outstanding Performance - Patricia Elliott
Outstanding Director
Most Promising Performer - D'Jamin Bartlett

1973 Theatre World Award Nominations

D'Jamin Bartlett
Patricia Elliott
Laurence Guittard

1974 Grammy Award Nominations

Best Score From the Original Cast Show Album

2010 Tony Award Nominations

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical - Catherine Zeta-Jones
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical - Angela Lansbury
Best Sound Design of a Musical

2010 Drama Desk Award Nominations

Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Catherine Zeta-Jones
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical - Angela Lansbury

2010 Drama League Award Nominations

Distinguished Revival of a Musical
Distinguished Performance Award - Angela Lansbury
Distinguished Performance Award - Catherine Zeta-Jones

2010 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations

Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Catherine Zeta-Jones
Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical - Angela Lansbury