Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration — Page 18

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Updated On: 4/27/20 at 11:37 AM

Here's the full rundown:

Stephen Schwartz – “Prologue” (Follies)

Broadway Musicians – “Overture”

Sutton Foster with Emily Griffin – “ There Won’t Be Trumpets” (Anyone Can Whistle)

Neil Patrick Harris with Gideon Burtka-Harris and Harper Burtka-Harris – “The Witch’s Rap” (Into The Woods)

Kelli O’Hara – “What More Do I Need” (Saturday Night)

Judy Kuhn – “What Can You Lose” (Dick Tracy)

Victor Garber – Tribute to Sondheim

Katrina Lenk – “Johanna” (Sweeney Todd)

Aaron Tveit – “Marry Me A Little” (Company)

Iain Armitage – Plea to donate to ASTEP

Beanie Feldstein & Ben Platt – “It Takes Two” (Into The Woods)

Brandon Uranowitz – “With So Little to Be Sure Of” (Anyone Can Whistle)

Mary-Mitchell Campbell & Priyanka Patil – Plea to donate to ASTEP

Melissa Errico – “Children and Art” (Sunday in the Park with George)

Randy Rainbow – “By The Sea” (Sweeney Todd)

Elizabeth Stanley – “The Miller’s Son” (A Little Night Music)

Mandy Patinkin – “Lesson #8” (Sunday in the Park with George)

Steven Spielberg – Tribute to Sondheim

Maria Friedman – “Broadway Baby” (Follies)

Lin-Manuel Miranda – “Giants in the Sky” (Into The Woods)

Lonny Price – Tribute to Sondheim

Lea Salonga – “Loving You” (Passion)

Laura Benanti – “I Remember” (Evening Primrose)

Raúl Esparza – Plea to donate to ASTEP

Chip Zien – “No More” (Into The Woods)

Joanna Gleason – Tribute to Sondheim

Josh Groban – “Children Will Listen” (Into the Woods) / “Not While I’m Around” (Sweeney Todd)

John Weidman – Tribute to Sondheim

Brian Stokes Mitchell – “The Flag Song“ (Assassins)

Michael Cerveris – “Finishing The Hat” (Sunday in the Park with George)

Jason Alexander – Tribute to Sondheim

Linda Lavin – “The Boy From…” (The Mad Show)

Elizabeth Stanley – Plea to donate to ASTEP

Alexander Gemignani – “Buddy’s Blues” (Follies)

Ann Harada, Austin Ku, Kelvin Moon Loh, and Thom Sesma – “Someone in a Tree” (Pacific Overtures)

Nathan Lane – Tribute to Sondheim

Lin-Manuel Miranda – Plea to donate to ASTEP

Raúl Esparza – “Take Me To The World” (Evening Primrose)

Donna Murphy – “Send in the Clowns” (A Little Night Music)

Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, & Meryl Streep – “The Ladies Who Lunch” (Company)

Annaleigh Ashford & Jake Gyllenhaal – “Move On” (Sunday in the Park with George)

Patti LuPone – “Anyone Can Whistle” (Anyone Can Whistle)

Bernadette Peters – “No One is Alone” (Into The Woods)

Members of the Broadway Community – “I’m Still Here” (Follies)

I saw:

• Christiane Noll
• Josh Lamon
• Greg Hildreth
• Erika Hennigsen & Kyle Selig
• Rob McLure
• Barbara Walsh
• Mandy Gonzalez
• Kate Baldwin
• Judy Kay
• Margo Seibert
• Renee Rapp
• Jeanna DeWaal
• Tony Yazbeck
• Jessica Phillips

Of course there were more, but I'm not as up on current names and faces as I was in my younger and more vulnerable days...

 

 

They're listed in the end credits with everyone.

Iain Armitage

Jacqueline B. Arnold

Kate Baldwin

Kerry Butler

Stephen Carlile

Miguel Cervantes

Andre DeShields

Zara Devlin

Jeanna DeWaal

Claybourne Elder

Kim Exum

Kathryne Gallagher Jr.

Jenn Gambatese

Mandy Gonzalez

Celia Rose Gooding

James Harkness

Roe Hartrampf

Erika Henningsen

Adrianna Hicks

Greg Hildreth

Robyn Hurder

Sean Allan Krill

Marc Kudisch

McKenzie Kurtz

Josh Lamon

Dawnn Lewis

Brittney Mack

Ainsley Melham

Ginna Claire Mason

Rob McClure

Anna L. Nathan

Christiane Noll

Brenock O'Connor

Brad Oscar

Jessica Phillips

Meghan Picerno

Shereen Pimentel

Renee Rapp

Ciara Renee

Noah Ricketts

John Riddle

Michael McCorry Rose

Caesar Samayoa

Michael James Scott

Margo Siebert

Kyle Selig

Thom Sesma

Jennifer Simard

James Snyder

Kimber Elayne Sprawl

Elizabeth Stanley

Cody Jamison Strand

L. Steven Taylor

Jessica Vosk

Barbara Walsh

Adrienne Warren

NaTasha Yvette Williams

Amra-Fay Wright

Tony Yazbeck

Updated On: 4/27/20 at 01:26 PM

SmoothLover said: "Tveit was great and loved Ladies Who Lunch. I hoped they raised some money."  They got money from me, which went through a third party - but when I went to ASTEP's own website, the basic "donate" button was just general and not tied to the Sondheim show. So, I don't know if they are keeping count of what money came in through the concert as distinct from their regular website. 

 

I enjoyed the concert as much as everyone but thought that if they wanted to raise money for ASTEP they didn't do a very good job. There were very few plugs for ASTEP and very few personal entreaties to donate. Maybe Raul Esparza's live broadcast was supposed to plug that piece and that didn't happen. It's not like the Stars in the House series or the recent Met gala where singers always stay on message and nicely ask people to donate.

ACL2006 said: "I was surprised we got nothing from West Side Story or Gypsy and that no one sang "Being Alive"."

I was expecting Isaac Powell to do something!

Just finished my watch thru. What an exciting night! So many highlights already discussed but I wanted to add my two cents:

All of the Into the Woods songs – There's something about Into the Woods that feels right for ourrent times. I found myself listening to it a few days back and it just felt right. Having to join together as a community to fight a common threat hits home. Something about the line "who minds what dangers, I know we'll get past the woods and once we're past, let's hope the changes last" really hit me today. Obviously Bernadette and Chip were divine.

Elizabeth Stanley – “The Miller’s Son” (A Little Night Music)-This has been discussed but I had never really heard of her and I know want to see her play any Sondheim role (particularly the Baker's Wife). Her acting was amazing-her eyes!-and her voice was perfectly suited to Sondheim's nuances.

Mandy Patinkin – “Lesson #8” (Sunday in the Park with George)-I love how he can just stand outside with his dog and stun.

Brian Stokes Mitchell – “The Flag Song“ (Assassins)-I had never heard the song before but I'll definitely be relistening to it. Also who can argue with anything Brian sings.

Donna Murphy – “Send in the Clowns” (A Little Night Music)-Stunning. Her eye brows speak a thousand words.

 

I think the lack of GYPSY or WEST SIDE STORY numbers was because they wanted to keep this 100% Sondheim. That was fine. It was good to see them going deeper into the catalog.

It was nice to revisit it all today on YouTube without fear of glitches.

@Wayman I think you misspoke (or mistyped that is). The podcast has only a few thousand views; the celebration has the massive (and growing) number of views.