Browse The Musicals
# - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

A Little Night Music

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Suggested by the film Smiles of a Summer Night by Ingmar Bergman
Produced by Harold Prince
Directed by Harold Prince
Choreography by Patricia Birch
Opened February 25, 1973 at the Shubert Theatre and ran for 600 performances.
Movie 1978

Synopsis

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. Also features a lieder quintet as a Greek chorus.

Song List

Pre-Overture
Overture
Night Waltz
Piano Practice
Now
Later
Soon
The Glamorous Life
Salon Music
Remember I
Remember III
You Must Meet My Wife
Liasons
In Praise of Women
Every Day a Little Death
Piano Practice
A Weekend in the Country
Entr'acte
Night Waltz - The Sun Won't Set
Night Waltz II
It Would Have Been Wonderful
Dinner Table Scene
Night Waltz Piano Solo
Underscoring
Send in the Clowns
Miller's Son
Underscore
Soon-Reprise
You Must Meet My Wife-Reprise
Liasons-Underscore
A Weekend in the Country-Reprise
Every Day a Little Death-Reprise
Send in the Clowns-Reprise
Bows

Info

Columbia film version directed by Harold Prince and starred Elizabeth Taylor, 1978

Related Items

A Little Night Music MIDI Files

[an error occurred while processing this directive]

Browse The Musicals
# - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

Home | Licensing Agents | Reviews | Theatre Tickets

Return To Top