Based on the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, this musical with a book by Hugh Wheeler, concerns three
mismatched couples. Desiree Armfeldt, an actress, is seeing Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm who is married to Charlotte Malcolm.
Frederik Egerman, Desiree's past lover, is married to the still-virginal Anne, who is half his age. Henrik Egerman, Frederik's son
who is also a divinity student, loves his stepmother Anne, who is a year younger than him. Petra, Frederik and Anne's maid,
Madame Armfeldt, Desiree's mother, and Frederica, Desiree's daughter round out the action which occurs in town and at "A
Weekend in the Country" at Madame Armfeldt's house in the land of the midnight sun. The musical features a lieder quintet as a
Greek chorus.
Show Data
Opened
February 25, 1973
Theatre
Shubert Theatre
Ran
601 performances
Music
Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics
Stephen Sondheim
Book
Hugh Wheeler
Suggested by the film Smiles of a Summer Night by Ingmar Bergman
Producer
Harold Prince
in association with Ruth Mitchell
Director
Harold Prince
Choreography
Patricia Birch
Scenic Production Designer
Boris Aronson
Costume Designer
Florence Klotz
Lighting Designer
Tharon Musser
Music Published
Tommy Valando
Musical Direction
Harold Hastings
Orchestrations
Jonathan Tunick
Mr. Lindquist
Benjamin Rayson
Mrs. Nordstrom
Teri Ralston
Mrs. Anderssen
Barbara Lang
Mr. Erlanson
Gene Varrone
Mrs. Segstrom
Beth Fowler
Fredrika Armfeldt
Judy Kahan
Madame Armfeldt
Hermione Gingold
Frid, her butler
George Lee Andrews
Henrik Egerman
Mark Lambert
Anne Egerman
Victoria Mallory
Fredrik Egerman
Len Cariou
Petra
D. Jamin-Bartlett
Desiree Armfeldt
Glynis Johns
Malla, her maid
Despo
Bertrand, a page
Will Sharpe Marshall
Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm
Laurence Guittard
Countess Charlotte Malcolm
Patricia Elliott
Osa
Sherry Mathis
- Vocal Overture
- Night Waltz
- Now
- Later
- Soon
- The Glamorous Life
- Remember?
- You Must Meet My Wife
- Liaisons
- In Praise of Women
- Every Day a Little Death
- A Weekend in the Country
- The Sun Won't Set
- It Would Have Been Wonderful
- Perpetual Anticipation
- Send in the Clowns
- The Miller's Son
- Finale
- Cut Songs
- Bang!
- Silly People
Tony Awards:
Awards:
Secondary performance rights handled by Music Theatre International
Articles:
1.
Discuss this show in Sondheim.com's
community forum: Finishing the Chat... ››
“Assassins is about how society interprets the American Dream, marginalizes outsiders and rewrites and sanitizes its collective history. "Something Just Broke" is a major distraction and plays like an afterthought, shoe horned simply to appease. The song breaks the dramatic fluidity and obstructs the overall pacing and climactic arc which derails the very intent and momentum that makes this work so compelling...”
- Mark Bakalor
“I found [the Sondheim Celebration's Company] to be completely delightful. Almost all of the numbers excited and energized me, and most of the scenes were about as pitch-perfect as you can get. I just sat there with a big smile on my face the whole show.
Which is not to say that it is perfect...”
- popcornonmyknees
Explore the rest of the Finishing the Chat Community Forum
 |
|
CD: $13.99
DVD: $25.49
VHS: $19.98
|
Browse additional merchandise...
