Is A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC coming back?

Sondheim also alluded that another A Little Night Music is “coming up,” but that he “couldn’t talk about it.”

http://www.playbill.com/article/new-sondheim-musical-in-development-at-the-public

Where? Who? When? I need to know!! I can't imagine it's another Broadway revival already, unless it had extremely starry leads again.

A new movie version would be fantastic. So many star possibilities for all of the leads.

If it's a Broadway revival, could Lincoln Center Theater be considering it with Bartlett Sher at the helm starring Kelli O'Hara?

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "If it's a Broadway revival, could Lincoln Center Theater be considering it with Bartlett Sher at the helm starring Kelli O'Hara?"



Just the thought of this makes me giddy and filled with joy.

Would a commercial producer open the show with O'Hara? Maybe if they got names for Fredrik or Madame?

They're doing it in Stratford, Ontario this year. I have a ticket to see it in September so I will report back! They did bring their JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Broadway (best not to dwell on it) so a Broadway transfer for this one wouldn't be unprecedented.

It's got a great cast with some of our Stratford favorites. Cynthia Dale is a wonderful actress and we also love Ben Carlson and Juan Chioran.

https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/PlaysAndEvents/Production/A-Little-Night-Music

I don't know if I see O'Hara as an ideal Desiree- I think the songs don't really land as well as they should with someone who can really sing. Send in the Clowns, in particular, is much more effective when it's more spoken than sung.

I do love the idea of Sher giving this show the sumptuous production it deserves.

I doubt she would even consider doing it, but Julie Andrews would make a stunning Madame A. I really don't know what kind of shape her voice is in anymore, but it's a pretty low and basic vocal part.

Her with someone like Cate Blanchett or Kate Winslet would be incredible.

Ahhh, I could see Chichester doing this with Imelda. Very possible...

Winslet's never going to happen. She's said she won't do theater until her children are grown up because she can't afford to miss their bedtimes... and her youngest was just born in 2013.

M.O.A.I. said: "Seems too soon for Broadway again. I predict it's a London/Chichester revival with Imelda Staunton as Desiree. They've been justifiably infatuated with each other over the past few years, what with Sweeney Todd and Gypsy, and of course Staunton played the Baker's Wife in the original London production of Into the Woods back in the day. If my guess is correct, it would be a nice bit of symmetry to have Judi Dench play Madame Armfeldt.

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Imelda also played Petra in Nottingham, many years ago. She could have been an excellent Charlotte, but I can't see her as Desirée tbh

^^^ Not to mention we're talking about a period when leading ladies were judged openly by their beauty. (I say "openly" because, let's face it: they still are judged on their looks. It just isn't quite so acceptable to do so in the press.)

I know she wouldn't be considered a conventional choice for the role (and she's not nearly a big enough name to be considered to lead a commercial revival), but I've been envisioning Jan Maxwell as Desiree. I think she's about a decade older than Glynis Johns when she played the role, but I don't think Maxwell reads her age, and more importantly I think she has the innate air of sophistication and class that the role requires.