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The Demon Barber of Fleet Street SWEENEY TODD: SCHOOL EDITION with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Though the character Sweeney Todd dates back to the 19th Century, Sondheim and Wheeler’s musical is adapted from Christopher Bond’s play SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET from the early 1970s. [...]
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The revised 1999 version of CANDIDE has opened to positive reviews at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre! CANDIDE features a book by Hugh Wheeler, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Richard Wilbur. Based on the novel by Voltaire, Wheeler’s musical adaptation recounts the story of Candide, the illegitimate nephew of a German baron, and his [...]
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This is the fourth in our Non-Profit Spotlight Series. The first, on Lincoln Center Theater, can be found here; the second, on Playwrights Horizons, can be found here; and the third, on New York Theatre Workshop, the Public Theatre, and Second Stage Theatre, can be found here. Regional theatres are incredibly important to musical theatre. [...]
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Audiences and critics alike are raving about the current production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC playing in Paris. Performed in English, this is the first French production of the Stephen Sondheim/Hugh Wheeler show, which is also being revived on Broadway. Listen to this French news site discuss the show – in French! – and hear [...]
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Ramona Mallory isn’t the only one making her Broadway debut this season. But she is the only one whose first Broadway role is one her mother originally played. In the original production of Hugh Wheeler and Stephen Sondheim’s intimate A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, Victoria Mallory played teenage bride Anne; she fell in love with Mark [...]
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Congratulations to the first Broadway revival of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC! The show opened Sunday night to critical acclaim, and the production will record a new cast album in early January. Click here for a feature on Catherine Zeta-Jones in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. Click here for an interview with A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC star [...]
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Catherine Zeta-Jones took time out from her performance as Desiree in the first Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC to answer some questions from Broadway.com and Bloomberg. In these interviews, Zeta-Jones shares her love of theatre and her enthusiasm for portraying Desiree. Read the Broadway.com interview. Read the Bloomberg [...]
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Outside the MTI offices, the wind is getting colder, the air is getting crisper, and the leaves are getting more and more colorful. It’s undeniable: Halloween is fast approaching. Need a recommendation on which cast recording to play while carving Jack-o-Lanterns, curling up in your favorite armchair with a mug of hot cider, or handing [...]
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Australia Gets DIRTY ROTTEN Con men Lawrence Jameson and Freddy Benson may be the scourge of the French Riviera, but in Australia, their antics are met with thunderous applause. The Production Company has ended their season with the David Yazbek (THE FULL MONTY)/Jeffrey Lane Broadway musical DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS. The Production Company’s cast includes Bille [...]
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Trevor Nunn brings his acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s A Little Night Music to Broadway this December with an exciting new cast starring Angela Lansbury as Madame Armfeldt and Catherine Zeta-Jones as her daughter Desiree.
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