Act I
Opening: “Sunday in the Park with George” – Daniel Evans /
“Side by Side” – Ashley Campbell, Rosalie Craig, Josefina Gabrielle, Amy Griffiths, Bradley Jaden, Julia McKenzie and Jenna Russell
“Introduction” – Cameron Mackintosh
“Comedy Tonight”– Rob Brydon, Clive Rowe, Gary Wilmot and West End All Stars”Company” – West End All Stars
“The Little Things You Do Together” – Rob Brydon and Haydn Gwynne
“You Could Drive a Person Crazy” – Anna-Jane Casey, Janie Dee, Josefina Gabrielle
“Live Alone and Like It” – Clive Rowe
“Loving You” – Michael Ball“Getting Married Today” – Anna-Jane Casey, Holly-Anne Hull and Jon Robyns
“Into the Woods” – West End All Stars”Agony” – Julian Ovenden and Michael Xavier
“I Know Things Now” – Bernadette Peters
“Hello Little Girl” – Damian Lewis and Bernadette Peters
“Children Will Listen” – Bernadette Peters
“A Weekend in the Country” – Desmonda Cathabel, Janie Dee, Rob Houchen, Holly-Anne Hull, Julian Ovenden, Michael Xavier and West End All Stars
“Send in the Clowns” – Judi Dench
“The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” – Michael Ball and West End All Stars
“The Worst Pies in London” – Michael Ball and Maria Friedman
“My Friends” – Michael Ball
“Pretty Women” – Michael Ball and Jeremy Secomb
“A Little Priest” – Michael Ball and Maria Friedman“The Ladies Who Lunch” – Haydn Gwynne
“Sunday” – Daniel Evans, Bernadette Peters and West End All Stars | Act II
“Entr’acte” – Overture from Merrily We Roll Along – The Orchestra
“Tonight Quintet” – Shan Ako, Christine Allado, Louis Gaunt, Rob Houchen and Students from the Royal Academy Musical Theatre Company and Mountview
“Broadway Baby” – Helena Bonham Carter, Rosalie Craig, Maria Friedman, Josefina Gabrielle, Amy Griffiths, Haydn Gwynne, Bonnie Langford, Julia McKenzie, Bernadette Peters, Jenna Russell and Gary Wilmot
“Everybody Ought to Have a Maid” – Rob Brydon, Damian Lewis, Julian Ovenden and Siân Phillips“You Gotta Get A Gimmick” – Anna-Jane Casey, Bonnie Langford and Bernadette Peters
“Waiting For The Girls Upstairs” – Ashley Campbell, Rob Houchen, Bradley Jaden and Charlie Stemp“I’m Still Here” – Petula Clark“Could I Leave You?” – Michael Ball
“Buddy’s Blues” – Gary Wilmot“The Boy From…” – Janie Dee“Losing My Mind” – Bernadette Peters“Everything’s Coming Up Roses” – Imelda Staunton
“Duelling Composers” – Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber (video segment)
“Not A Day Goes By” – Michael Ball, Rosalie Craig, Maria Friedman, Julia McKenzie, Bernadette Peters, Jenna Russell and West End All Stars
“Being Alive” – Michael Ball, Rob Brydon, Rosalie Craig, Haydn Gwynne, Bradley Jaden, Bonnie Langford, Julian Ovenden, Jon Robyns, Jenna Russell, Jeremy Secomb, Michael Xavier and West End All Stars
“Old Friends” – Full Company
“Our Time” – Full Company |
I confess I’ve never warmed to Sondheim and am perfectly willing to admit the fault may entirely be mine. The exceptions are his oddball side projects, “”The Last of Sheila” and “Evening Primrose,” a musical adaptation of the John Collier story made for television in 1967 that is definitely worth a look. I guess you could add the film adaptation of “West Side Story” although he was but one of many cooks in that kitchen.
Nice to see Bernadette Peters is still rocking it.
Byron, like any prolific artist, Sondheim wrote some masterpieces…and some duds. His career, with ups and downs, generated a lot of musicals that lit up Broadway.
As a huge Sondheim fan, there was no way we weren’t going to see it. We have tickets for the Saturday matinee.
We have seen many Sondheim shows mant times:
GYPSY 5
SWEENEY TODD 5
COMPANY 8
FOLLIES 5
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC 6
SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM 1
PACIFIC OVERTURES 4
MOSTLY SONDHEIM 1
SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM 3
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE 1
WEST SIDE STORY 2
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM 1
Jeff, what’s your favorite Sondheim musical? How about Jackie? What Sondheim musical does she like best?
Impossible to pick one, but probably COMPANY. Jackie too, though for originality, she has always been a fan of PACIFIC OVERTURES. Of course, he only did the lyrics for GYPSY and WEST SIDE STORY, so maybe those are in a different category. Neither of us cared for SUNDAY IN THE PARK, and we never saw MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG or ASSASSINS.
I forgot:
INTO THE WOODS
PASSION
The most spectacular were probably the original production of FOLLIES and SWEENEY TODD.