Sondheim and Ives' HERE WE ARE at The Shed

https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/sondheim-here-we-are-premiere_94978.html

Here We Are, the final musical by legendary songwriter Stephen Sondheim, will have its world premiere this September at the Shed. 

With a book by David Ives and direction by Joe Mantello, the world premiere productions is formerly known as Square One and is inspired by the Luis Buñuel films The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and The Exterminating Angel. Tom Kirdahy produces alongside the Shed, with Sue Wagner, John Johnson and Jillian Robbins as executive producers.

News of the musical first broke in 2014. Various mini-readings and workshops of the show — dubbed Buñuel in the press and later called Square One by Sondheim on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, had been held through the years at the Public Theater, with Mantello directing. Various actors involved through included Michael Cerveris, Shuler Hensely, Heidi Blickenstaff, Sierra Boggess, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Simard, Bernadette Peters, and Nathan Lane.

In the spring of 2021, Sondheim has reported the project to be dead, though he reportedly went back to it that fall, just prior to his death. Here We Are is supposedly about a group of friends trying to dine together at the end of the world.

Further details including dates and cast are still to be announced.

Updated On: 9/25/23 at 10:58 AM

Eek if Bernadette is in the west end does this mean she is no longer involved?

Christmas came so early this year. 

This + Merrily + Sweeney is a fall Sondheim trifecta.

https://theshed.org/program/301-here-we-are

Oh, I am excited about this one! 

Well this came out of left field.  What an unexpected choice of venue, but boy am I excited! Guess I'm becoming a Shed member lol.

 

 

I’m surprised there isn’t more excitement here. It’s like the hoax announcement drained us. 

ljay889 said: "I’m surprised there isn’t more excitement here. It’s like the hoax announcement drained us."

I genuinely think it did drain all the energy and excitement out of this for me. I should be screaming off the roof top right now and all I really feel is…relief that it’s happening. 

So, I "regsistered" at the shed.....but is there a MEMBERSHIP that will likely be needed for first access?

 

(I'm wicked excited - I don't even care if the show sucks eggs, frankly.)

I'm excited! I still wish someone would take another crack at Road Show. I think there's such a terrific story there. And I loved the overture (when it was Bounce). 

dramamama611 said: "So, I "regsistered" at the shed.....but is there a MEMBERSHIP that will likely be needed for first access?”


From an email I got from The Shed -

“members at the Builder 3 ($500) level and above will have first access to tickets, followed by Builder 1-2 members, then Mover ($10) members on the following day.”

 

So, do we think other writers have been called in to 'complete' it? Or perhaps we will just get the first act as we did for the first Playwrights Horizons production of SUNDAY?

Has anyone heard anything about who will star?