A Little Night Music
Paperback, 149 pages ISBN: 9781854591074Publication Date:
14 Sep 1995
Size: 198mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
First Staged:
New York, 1973; West End, 1975

A Little Night Music

By Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler

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  • Best Musical, New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards - 1972/3
  • Best Musical, Tony Awards - 1973

Oozing with sophistication and wit, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's A Little Night Music (based on Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles on a Summer Night) is a passionate story of intertwined love affairs, regret and longing centred on elegant actress Desirée Armfeldt, and her family and flirtations.

When Desirée performs in the town of her former lover, old passions rekindle and during a weekend in the country, the entangled romances of four couples are laid bare. With the magic of music on a summer's night, love's joys and complications play out in three-quarter time.

Filled with beautiful iconic numbers, including 'Send in the Clowns' and 'A Weekend in the Country', A Little Night Music is a romantic musical by one of our greatest living composers.

It opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre in February 1973 in a production directed by Harold Prince, winning Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards and the Tony Awards. 

The musical premiered in the West End at the Adelphi Theatre in April 1975. It has since enjoyed professional productions in the West End, by opera companies, in a 2009 Broadway revival, and elsewhere, and it is a popular choice for regional groups. It was adapted for film in 1977, with Harold Prince directing.

Press Quotes

'Heady, civilised, sophisticated and enchanting. Sondheim's breathtaking lyrics have the kind of sassy poetry that Cole Porter mastered'

New York Times
Paperback,149 pages ISBN: 9781854591074Publication Date:
14 Sep 1995
Size: 198mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)

Also by Stephen Sondheim:

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Road Show
Pacific Overtures
Company: The Complete Revised Book and Lyrics
Into the Woods
Passion
Assassins
Follies
Gypsy
Sweeney Todd
Company
Sunday in the Park with George
Getting Away With Murder

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Also by Hugh Wheeler:

Sweeney Todd

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