London NewsSold-Out London Sondheim Concert, Starring Bernadette Peters, Elaine Paige, Imelda Staunton, More, Adds West End Simulcast
Judi Dench, Daniel Evans, and a company of West End stars will also be part of Cameron Mackintosh's Old Friends tribute.
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Logan Culwell-Block
March 30, 2022
Bernadette Peters, Elaine Paige, Imelda Staunton
After selling out its in-person engagement at London's Sondheim Theatre, Cameron Mackintosh's upcoming tribute concert to late musical theatre trailblazer Stephen Sondheim will simultaneously screen live at the Prince Edward Theatre. Bernadette Peters, Elaine Paige, Imelda Staunton, Clive Rowe, Julian Ovenden, Janie Dee, Judi Dench, and more are set to perform at the event May 3 at 7 PM.
Old Friends will be staged by Matthew Bourne and Maria Friedman and choreographed by Stephen Mear. The 25-piece orchestra will be led by Alfonso Casado Trigo, with musical supervision by Stephen Brooker, musical arrangements by Stephen Metcalfe, set design by Matt Kinley, projection designs by George Reeve, lighting by Warren Letton, and sound by Mick Potter.
The concert will benefit the Stephen Sondheim Foundation, established by the Broadway icon's estate to support playwrights, composers, and lyricists in the early stages of their career and to assist in the development and advancement of their work, along with sustaining other elements of musical theatre craft and arts education.
The simulcast is being powered by The Luna Cinema.
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Sondheim: A History in Poster Art
Sondheim: A History in Poster Art
As we celebrate Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim's birthday March 22, Playbill.com has compiled original Broadway poster art from his history of shows.
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West Side Story, 1957 (Lyrics)
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Gypsy, 1959 (Lyrics)
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 1962 (Music and lyrics)
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Anyone Can Whistle, 1964 (Music and lyrics)
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Do I Hear a Waltz?, 1965 (Lyrics)
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Company, 1970 (Music and lyrics)
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Follies, 1971 (Music and lyrics)
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A Little Night Music, 1973 (Music and lyrics)
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Pacific Overtures, 1976 (Music and lyrics)
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Side by Side by Sondheim, 1977 (Music and lyrics)
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Sweeney Todd, 1979 (Music and lyrics)
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The Madwoman of Central Park West, 1979 (Music contribution)
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Merrily We Roll Along, 1981 (Music and lyrics)
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Sunday in the Park with George, 1984 (Music and lyrics)