SF Chronicle: "Wild Applause" for Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" New Cast Album—"A Treasure"

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Performances of the Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music resume on Broadway, with Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch taking on the roles originated in the revival by Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury. The San Francisco Chronicle describes the play as "an irresistible waltz through some of Sondheim's most memorably melodic songs" and gives "wild applause" to the cast album featuring Zeta-Jones and Lansbury, calling it "a treasure."

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Performances of the Stephen Sondheim / Hugh Wheeler musical A Little Night Music resume on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre this evening, following a brief hiatus. The cast returns with Broadway legends Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch taking on the roles originated in this first-ever revival of the musical by Catherine Zeta-Jones, who won a Tony Award last month for her performance in the show, and Angela Lansbury.

Zeta-Jones and Lansbury are also featured on the cast recording of A Little Night Music released earlier this year on Nonesuch / PS Classics. The San Francisco Chronicle gives "wild applause" to the album, saying this "new New York cast album is a treasure."

Chronicle critic Robert Hurwitt describes A Little Night Music as a "lovingly lilting and sweetly sardonic adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night" and "an irresistible waltz through some of Sondheim's most memorably melodic songs."

Read the complete album review at sfgate.com.

To purchase tickets to the current Broadway production of A Little Night Music, visit nightmusicbroadway.com. To pick up a copy of the cast album, with MP3s of the album included at checkout at no additional cost, head to the Stephen Sondheim section of the Nonesuch Store.

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  • Tuesday, July 13, 2010
    SF Chronicle: "Wild Applause" for Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" New Cast Album—"A Treasure"

    Performances of the Stephen Sondheim / Hugh Wheeler musical A Little Night Music resume on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre this evening, following a brief hiatus. The cast returns with Broadway legends Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch taking on the roles originated in this first-ever revival of the musical by Catherine Zeta-Jones, who won a Tony Award last month for her performance in the show, and Angela Lansbury.

    Zeta-Jones and Lansbury are also featured on the cast recording of A Little Night Music released earlier this year on Nonesuch / PS Classics. The San Francisco Chronicle gives "wild applause" to the album, saying this "new New York cast album is a treasure."

    Chronicle critic Robert Hurwitt describes A Little Night Music as a "lovingly lilting and sweetly sardonic adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night" and "an irresistible waltz through some of Sondheim's most memorably melodic songs."

    Read the complete album review at sfgate.com.

    To purchase tickets to the current Broadway production of A Little Night Music, visit nightmusicbroadway.com. To pick up a copy of the cast album, with MP3s of the album included at checkout at no additional cost, head to the Stephen Sondheim section of the Nonesuch Store.

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