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There's Always a Woman |

A revue of the songs of Stephen Sondheim
Opened January 29, 2002 at the Bridewell Theatre, London
Closed February 9, 2002
Devised and directed by Clive Paget
Musical Direction by Dean Austin
Designed by Emma Donovan
Choreography by Jenny Arnold
Cast
Michael Cahill
Anna Francolini
Grainne Renihan
Jacinta Mulcahy
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Musical Numbers
Part One
Part Two
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Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Celebrating Sondheim |

Previewed February 12 - 24, 2002 at the Prince Music Theatre, Philadelphia PA for 10 performances
Opened June 18, 2002 at the Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington DC
Closed June 30, 2002 after a limited engagement of 10 performances
Produced for the Kennedy Center by Dodger Theatricals
With Paul Ford on piano
Arrangements by Paul Ford
Lighting Design by Eric Cornwell
Sound Design by Otts Munderloh
This concert was also performed on Broadway at the Henry Miller Theatre, December 2, 2002 - January 6, 2003 in a limited engagement of 10 performances.
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Musical Numbers
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The Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration |

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
[James A. Johnson, Chairman; Michael M. Kaiser, President]
Produced for The Kennedy Center by Max Woodward
Artistic Director: Eric Schaeffer
Music Supervisor: Kay Cameron
Scenic Design: Derek McLaine
The Main Program
Sweeney Todd May 10 - June 30, 2002
Company May 17 - June 29, 2002
Sunday in the Park With George May 31 - June 28, 2002
Merrily We Roll Along July 12 - August 24, 2002
Passion July 19 - August 23, 2002
A Little Night Music August 2 - 25, 2002
Other Events
Sondheim on Sondheim (interview by Frank Rich) April 28, 2002
Designing for Sondheim (seminar) May 2, 2002
Into the Woods, Jr. May 3 - 12, 2002
The Musicality of Sondheim (lecture by Irwin Shainman) May 14, 2002
Barbara Cook: Mostly Sondheim June 5 - 16 & August 14 - 18, 2002
Mandy Patinkin: Celebrating Sondheim June 18 - 30, 2002
Pacific Overtures September 3 - 8, 2002
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Merrily We Roll Along Original Broadway Cast Reunion Concert |
One performance on September 30, 2002 at LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, NYC
Produced by Musical Theatre Works
[Lonny Price, Artistic Director; Randy Lutterman, Executive Director]
in association with Agnes Gund & Daniel Shapiro / Harvey S. Shipley Miller
Concert Staging by Kathleen Marshall
Musical Direction by Paul Gemignani
Narrated by Jason Alexander
Scenic Design: James Noone
Lighting Design: Brian Nason
Sound Consultant: Simon Matthews
Projections: Elaine McCarthy
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Production Stage Manager: Beverley Randolph
Link to the Original Production of Merrily We Roll Along
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Cast
Franklin Shepard - Jim Walton
Mary Flynn - Ann Morrison
Charley Kringas - Lonny Price
Gussie - Terry Finn
Joe - Jason Alexander
Beth - Liz Callaway
Jerome, an Attorney - David Cady
Terry, a Movie Star - Donna Marie Elio Asbury
Ms. Gordon, a Rich Backer - Maryrose Wood
Alex, a Talk Show Host - Marc Moritz
Gwen Wilson, a Reporter - Tonya Pinkins
Ted, a Pianist - David Loud
Les, a Press Agent - David Shine
Mr. Spencer, Beth's Father - Paul Hyams
Mrs. Spencer, Beth's Mother - Mary Johansen
Meg, a Starlet - Daisy Prince
Ru, a Rock Star - Forrest Dino Ray
Bartender - Tom Shea
Evelyn Kringas - Abby Pogrebin
George, The Headwaiter - James Bonkovsky
Girl Auditioning - Mana Allen
Nightclub Waitress - Janie Walton Scott
Photographer - Stephen Jacob
Soundman - Clark Sayre
Waiter - Gary Stevens
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Musical Numbers
Act One
- "The Hills of Tomorrow" - Company
- "Merrily We Roll Along (1980)" - Company
- "Rich and Happy" - Jim Walton, Company
- "Merrily We Roll Along (1979-1975)" - Company
- "Like It Was" - Ann Morrison, Lonny Price
- "Merrily We Roll Along (1975 -1973)" - Company
- "Franklin Shepard, Inc." - Lonnie Price
- "Old Friends" - Jim Walton, Lonny Price, Ann Morrison
- + "Growing Up" - Jim Walton, Terry Finn
- "Merrily We Roll Along (1973 -1968)" - Company
- "Not a Day Goes By" - Liz Callaway
- "Now You Know" - Ann Morrison, Company
Act Two
- "It's a Hit!" - Jim Walton, Ann Morrison, Lonny Price, Jason Alexander
- "Merrily We Roll Along (1964-1962)" - Company
- ++ "The Blob" - Terry Finn, Company
- "Good Thing Going" - Lonny Price. Jim Walton
- "Merrily We Roll Along (1962-1960)" - Company
- "Bobby and Jackie and Jack" - Lonny Price, Liz Callaway, Jim Walton, David Loud
- ++ "Thank You For Coming" - Lonny Price, Liz Callaway, Jim Walton, David Loud
- "Not a Day Goes By" - Jim Walton, Liz Callaway, Ann Morrison
- "Opening Doors" - Jim Walton, Lonny Price, Ann Morrison, Jason Alexander, Liz Callaway
- "Our Time" - Jim Walton, Lonny Price, Ann Morrison, Company
- "The Hills of Tomorrow" - Company
+ Song added after the Original Production
++ Songs cut from the Original Production
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The Road You Didn't Take |

A revue of the songs of Stephen Sondheim
Opened October 1, 2002 at the Bridewell Theatre, London
Closed October 20, 2002, 21 performances
Directed by Clive Paget
Designed by Tom McEwen
Musical Direction by Jason Carr
Choreography by Sam Spencer-Lane
Cast
Michael Cahill
Jody Crosier
David Firth
Nigel Richards
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Musical Numbers
Part One
Part Two
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The Sondheim Celebration Lincoln Center Concert |
One performance on October 21, 2002 in Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
Presented by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
[James A. Johnson, Chairman; Michael M. Kaiser, President]
Produced by Max Woodward
Directed by Eric Schaeffer
Music Supervisor: Kay Cameron
Lighting Design: Howell Binkley
Sound Design: David Meschter
Orchestrations / Arrangements: Jonathan Tunick, Michael Starobin and Wally Harper
Music Direction: Nicholas Archer, Rob Berman, Larry Blank, Wally Harper, Eric Stern and Jonathan Tunick
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Performers
Christine Baranski, John Barrowman, Anastasia Barzee, Sarah Uriarte Berry, Matt Bogart, Blair Brown, Michael Cerveris, Barbara Cook, Natascia Diaz, John Dossett, Melissa Errico, Raul Esparza, Thursday Farrar, Philip Goodwin, Randy Graff, Danny Gurwin, Marcy Harriell, Judy Kuhn, Rebecca Luker, Hugh Panaro, Mark Price, Alice Ripley, Miriam Shor, Douglas Sills, Emily Skinner, Linda Stephens
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Musical Numbers
Act One
Act Two
- Tick Tock - Orchestra [from Company]
- A Weekend in the Country - Natascia Diaz, Sarah Uriarte Berry, John Dossett, Randy Graff, Douglas Sills, Danny Gurwin, Matt Bogart, Rebecca Luker, Hugh Panaro, Emily Skinner and Linda Stephens [from A Little Night Music]
- Not While I'm Around - Christine Baranski and Mark Price [from Sweeney Todd]
- Old Friends - Miriam Shor, Raul Esparza and Hugh Panaro [from Merrily We Roll Along]
- Every Day a Little Death - Randy Graff and Sarah Uriarte Berry [from A Little Night Music]
- Loving You - Judy Kuhn and Michael Cerveris [from Passion]
- Sunday in the Park With George - Melissa Errico and Raul Esparza [from Sunday in the Park With George]
- Farewell Letter - Michael Cerveris and Rebecca Luker [from Passion]
- Send in the Clowns - Blair Brown [from A Little Night Music]
- Fosca - Michael Cerveris and Philip Goodwin [from Passion]
- The Miller's Son - Natascia Diaz [from A Little Night Music]
- Move On - Melissa Errico and Raul Esparza [from Sunday in the Park With George]
- In Buddy's Eyes - Barbara Cook [from Follies]
- Losing My Mind - Barbara Cook [from Follies]
- By the Sea - Christine Baranski [from Sweeney Todd]
- Being Alive - John Barrowman [from Company]
- Sunday - Full Cast [from Sunday in the Park With George]
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Opening Doors |
Previews began September 29, 2004 at Zankel Hall of Carnegie Hall, NYC
Opened October 5, 2004; closed October 9, 2004
Devised and Directed by David Kernan
Rob Berman, Music Director and Piano
Mairi Dorman, Cello
Richard Sarpola, Bass
Choreographer: James Scott Wise
Musical Arrangements by Jason Carr
With Contributions by John Kane
Costume Consultant: Jane Greenwood
Lighting Designer: Vivien Leone
Sound Designer: Peter Hylenski
Based on the revue Moving On
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Cast
Kate Baldwin, Victoria Clark, Gregg Edelman, Jan Maxwell and Eric Jordan Young
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Musical Numbers
Act One
Act Two
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Passion Tenth Anniversary Concert |
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine; based on the film by Ettore Scola
One performance on October 20, 2004 at the Ambassador Theatre, NYC
Produced by Friends In Deed
[Mike Nichols: Chairman; Cynthia O'Neal: President;
Robert MacNamara: Managing Director]
Directed by James Lapine
Musical Director: Paul Gemignani
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Cast
Giorgio - Michael Cerveris
Clara - Marin Mazzie
Fosca - Donna Murphy
Fosca's Mother - Colleen Fitzpatrick
Private Augenti - Alexander Gemignani
Colonel Ricci - Malcolm Gets
Sergeant Lombardi - Timothy Gulan
Major Rizzolli - John Jellison
Mistress - Juliet Lambert
Doctor Tambourri - John McMartin
Lieutenant Barri - William Parry
Ludovic - Matthew Poretta
Fosca's Father - John Leslie Wolfe
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Musical Numbers
[same as the Broadway Production]
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Wall to Wall Stephen Sondheim |

One performance on March 19, 2005 at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre of the Peter Norton Symphony Space, NYC
Presented by Symphony Space
[Isaiah Sheffer: Artistic Director; Cynthia Elliott: Executive Director; Peggy Wreen: Managing Director]
Created and produced by Isaiah Sheffer, Maren Berthelsen and Joel Fram
Associate Producer: Amanda Cooper
Production Manager: Christy Havard
Technical Director: Denis Heron
Lighting Design: Brian Aldous
Sound Design: David Schneerman
Musical Staging by Andy Blankenbuehler, Annette Jolles
Music coordination and preparation by Josh Clayton and Sean Patrick Flahaven
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- Greetings and Overview by Isaiah Sheffer
- Excerpts from Into the Woods Junior (1988, rev. 1998)
Introduction by Freddie Gershon, CEO of Music Theatre International
Directors - Tim McDonald, Marty Johnson; Musical Director - Bryan Louiselle; Stage Manager - Susie Saylor; Assistant Stage Manager - Jeffrey D. Daniels Duncan
Cast: Allison Canning (Baker's Wife), Lily DePaula (Cinderella), Kevin Tate Flowers (Narrator), Seth Garben (Baker), Rebekah Gordon (Witch), Andrew Hidalgo (Cinderella's Father), Sami Kaye (Stepsister), Emily Mack (Little Red Ridinghood), Christopher Matarlo (Milky White), Justin Przybycien (Jack), Molly Rabinowitz (Jack's Mother), Kyla Rivera (Stepsister), Katie Taveras (Cinderella's Stepmother) and the Broadway Junior Chorus
- Prologue: Into the Woods
- Children Will Listen
- Some Early Sondheim
- I Must Be Dreaming - Debra Joyal, Telly Leung (Josh Rosenblum, piano) [from All That Glitters]
- How Do I Know? - Patrick Quinn (Thomas Murray, piano) [from Phinney's Rainbow]
- A Very Short Violin Sonata (1951) - Christina Sunnerstam, violin
- * I'm in Love with a Boy - Emily Skinner (Josh Rosenblum, piano) [from Climb High] [10]
- The Girls of Summer - Freda Foh Shen (Josh Rosenblum, piano) [from The Girls of Summer]
- Small World (Music by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) - Angelina Reaux (Alex Rybeck, piano) [from Gypsy]
- Truly Content - Becky Ann Baker (Josh Rosenblum, piano) [from Passionella]
- Someone Woke Up (Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) - Andrea Burns (Tom Murray, piano) [from Do I Hear a Waltz?]
- Selections from Company
- Sorry-Grateful - John Dossett, David Staller, Richard White (Josh Rosenblum, piano)
- Getting Married Today - Alice Ripley, Sarah Rice, David Staller, Richard White (Josh Rosenblum, piano)
- * Marry Me a Little - Gregg Edelman (Rob Berman, piano) [2]
- Solo Turns
- Selections from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Introduction by Jerry Zaks
- * Free - Sheldon Harnick, Michael Arden (Lanny Meyers, piano) [4]
- Everybody Ought to Have a Maid - Jonathan Hadary, Harvey Evans, David Staller, David Green (Rob Berman, piano)
- * No One Is Alone - Chip Zien (Tom Murray, piano) [from Into the Woods] [6]
- The Art of the Cast Album
Jonathan Schwartz interviewing Thomas Z. Shepard
- Solo Turns
- The Ladies Who Lunch - Elaine Stritch (Rob Bowman, piano) [from Company]
- Everybody Says Don't - David Green (Lanny Meyers, piano) [from Anyone Can Whistle]
- So Many People - KT Sullivan (Mark Nadler, piano) [from Saturday Night]
- Comedy This Afternoon!
- Can That Boy Foxtrot? - Emily Skinner – Josh Rosenblum, piano [cut from Follies]
- Another Hundred Lyrics (Music by Stephen Sondheim, Lyrics by Laura Mayer) - Ivy Austin (Rob Berman, piano)
- Don't Laugh (Music by Mary Rodgers, Lyrics by Martin Charnin and Stephen Sondheim) - Phyllis Newman (Sam Davis, piano) [from Hot Spot]
- I Never Do Anything Twice - Kate Burton (Josh Rosenblum, piano) [from The Seven Percent Solution]
- Agony - Jason Danieley, Graham Rowat (Sam Davis, piano) [from Into the Woods]
- Children - The Ying Quartet (Timothy Ying – violin, Janet Ying – violin, Phillip Ying – viola, David Ying – cello) (Arrangement by Andrew Lippa) [themes from "Children Will Listen and "Children and Art, respectively from Into the Woods and Sunday in the Park With George]
- Selections from A Little Night Music
- * The Miller's Son - Kate Baldwin (Rob Berman, piano) [3]
- Send in the Clowns - Karen Akers (Don Rebic, piano)
- A Talk With Steve
Jonathan Schwartz, moderator; James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman
- Selections from Sunday in the Park With George
- Sunday in the Park with George - Michael Cerveris, Melissa Errico (Rob Berman, piano)
- No Life - Dana Ivey, Isaiah Sheffer (Rob Berman, piano)
- Color and Light - Michael Cerveris, Melissa Errico (Rob Berman, piano)
- Beautiful - Mary Beth Peil, Michael Cerveris (Rob Berman, piano)
- Concertino for Two Pianos (1952) - Beata Moon and Stephen Gosling, pianos
- Selections from Follies
Introduced by Theodore S. Chapin, reading from his book Everything Was Possible
- Love Will See Us Through / You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow - Michael Arden, Kate Baldwin, Lauren Kennedy, Thom Christopher Warren (Sam Davis, piano)
- Follies Remix - Jed Distler and Kathleen Supové, pianos (Arrangement by Jed Distler)
- The-God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me?-Blues - Alan Campbell with Ayelet Arbuckle, Kate Baldwin (Sam Davis, piano)
- Selections from Pacific Overtures
Introduced by John Guare
- Poems - Eric Jordan Young, Telly Leung (Sam Davis, piano)
- Please Hello - Evan D'Angeles, Alvin Ing, Francis Jue, Darren Lee, Sab Shimono, Scott Watanabe, B. D. Wong (Sam Davis, piano)
- Pretty Lady - Rick Edinger, Darren Lee, Telly Leung (Sam Davis, piano)
- Selections from Passion
Introduced by Richard Maltby
- Night Waltzes - The Ying Quartet (Arrangement by Michael Starobin) [from A Little Night Music]
- Nora York with Charlie Giordano, accordion; Dave Hofstra, bass; Steve Tarshis, guitar; arrangements by Nora York
- Sondheim and American Popular Culture
Frank Rich, moderator; Melissa Bernardo, Andrew Lippa, Stephen Sondheim, Joss Whedon
- Between-Shows Broadway
- Selections from Assassins
Introduced by Todd Haimes
- The Ballad of Booth - Patrick Cassidy, Michael Cerveris (Chris Fenwick, piano)
- * Unworthy of Your Love - Alexander Gemignani, Annie Golden (Chris Fenwick, piano) [12]
- Three Pieces for String Quartet with Vocal - The Ying Quartet (Arrangements by Georgia Stitt)
- Selections from Merrily We Roll Along
- Opening Doors - Danielle Ferland, Alexander Gemignani, Thom Christopher Warrren, Emily Loesser, Sidney J. Burgoyne, Ivy Austin (Chris Fenwick, piano; with Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown)
- Leonard Fleisher, moderator; interview of Lonny Prince and Daisy Prince
- My Favorite Lyrics
Joel Fram, moderator; Jason Robert Brown, Richard Maltby, Georgia Stitt
- How I Saved Roosevelt (chosen by Georgia Stitt) - David Staller [from Assassins]
- By the Sea (chosen by Jason Robert Brown) - Freda Foh Shen (David Shire, piano) [from Sweeney Todd]
- The Waltz King of Our Day
Introduction by David Shire
- Birthday Tribute to Stephen Sondheim (Written by Leonard Bernstein) - Beata Moon, piano
- The Sun Won't Set - Hudson Shad (Mark Bleeke: First Tenor; Timothy Leigh Evans: Second Tenor; Eric Edlund: Baritone; Peter Becker; Bass/Baritone; Wilbur Pauley: Bass; Michael Fennelly, piano) [from A Little Night Music]
- Could I Leave You? - Randy Graff (Chris Fenwick, piano) [from Follies]
- * A Bowler Hat - Telly Leung (Chris Fenwick, piano) [from Pacific Overtures] [15]
The Evening Concert
The American Theatre Orchestra
Paul Gemignani, Musical Director
Ronald Sell, Orchestra Manager
Isaiah Sheffer, Host
Part I
- Symphonic Sondheim - Comedy Tonight - The American Theatre Orchestra (Arrangement by Don Sebesky) [from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]
- Invocation & Instructions to the Audience - Patrick Quinn, Isaiah Sheffer, The Symphonettes [from The Frogs]
- * Now/Later/Soon - John Dossett, Laura Benanti, Danny Gurwin [from A Little Night Music] [8]
- The Glamorous Life - Mackenzie Mauzy (orchestra conducted by Jonathan Tunick) [from the film A Little Night Music]
- Introduction by Patricia Birch
- A Weekend in the Country - Kate Baldwin (Petra), Laura Benanti (Anne), John Dossett (Frederik), Randy Graff (Charlotte), Danny Gurwin (Henrik), Michael Cerveris (Count Carl-Magnus), with Maren Berthelsen, Leena Chopra, Debra Joyal (orchestra conducted by Charles Prince) [from A Little Night Music]
- Another Hundred People - Ivy Austin [from Company]
- If You Can Find Me, I'm Here - Neil Patrick Harris [from Evening Primrose]
- Happiness - Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley [from Passion]
- Giants in the Sky - Michael Arden [from Into the Woods]
- The Gun Song - Becky Ann Baker, Michael Cerveris, James Clow, Merwin Foard [from Assassins]
- The Ballad of Czolgosz - Patrick Cassidy, with Ivy Austin, Sidney J. Burgoyne, Debra Joyal, Thom Christopher Warren [from Assassins]
- Being Alive - Patti LuPone [from Company]
- Saturday Night - Hudson Shad [from Saturday Night]
- Introduction by Charmian Carr
- Take Me to the World - Alvin Ing (Chris Fenwick, piano) [from Evening Primrose]
- Merrily We Roll Along / The Hills of Tomorrow - The Juilliard Choral Union (chorus conducted by Judith Clurman; arrangements by Jason Robert Brown) (Jason Robert Brown, piano) [from Merrily We Roll Along]
- Children Will Listen - B. D. Wong (Chris Fenwick, piano) [from Into the Woods]
Part II
- * Overture from Merrily We Roll Along - The American Theatre Orchestra [1]
- * Green Finch and Linnet Bird - Heidi Grant Murphy [from Sweeney Todd] [16]
- A Little Priest - George Hearn, Angela Lansbury [from Sweeney Todd]
- * Losing My Mind - Donna Murphy [from Follies] [14]
- Me and My Town - Debbie Gravitte, Hudson Shad [from Anyone Can Whistle]
- Franklin Shepard, Inc. - Lonny Price, Michael Cerveris [from Merrily We Roll Along]
- The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened - Gregg Edelman, Michele Pawk [from Bounce]
- * Finishing the Hat - Neil Patrick Harris [from Sunday in the Park With George] [9]
- Introduction by Ted Chapin
- Waiting for the Girls Upstairs - Michael Arden, Kate Baldwin, Emily Loesser, Thom Christopher Warren, Harvey Evans, Kurt Peterson, Marti Rolph, Michele Pawk [from Follies]
- Introduction by Paul Gemignani
- Not a Day Goes By - The American Theatre Orchestra [from Merrily We Roll Along]
- I'm Still Here - Debra Monk [from Follies]
- Too Many Mornings - Jason Danieley, Marin Mazzie [from Follies]
- Send in the Clowns - Michele Pawk, John Dossett [from A Little Night Music]
- Someone in a Tree - Evan D'Angeles, Alvin Ing, Telly Leung, B. D. Wong (orchestra conducted by Charles Prince) [from Pacific Overtures]
- In Buddy's Eyes - Barbara Cook (Jeffrey Harris, piano, Pete Donovan, bass) [from Follies]
- * Sunday - The Juilliard Choral Union (chorus conducted by Judith Clurman; arrangement by Jason Robert Brown) [from Sunday in the Park With George] [17]
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Recording
CD Producers: Maren Berthelsen and Steve Rathe, Murray Street Productions
Recorded and mixed by XM Satellite Radio Productions
Live Mix Engineer: David Schnirman of Hear No Evil, LLC
Seventeen selections above marked * are included in this recording, followed by the sequence in brackets
- Compact Disc, 2006 [Symphony Space 6-76695-01702-1] [72 mins.]
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Children and Art A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim on the Eve of this 75th Birthday |
One performance on March 21, 2005 at the New Amsterdam Theatre, NYC
Presented by Young Playwrights, Inc.
Produced by Richard Maltby, Jr., Kevin Stites and Sheri Goldhirsch
Directed by Richard Maltby, Jr.
Choreographic Advisor: Lisa Shriver
Assistant Choreographer: Collette Simmons
Set Consultant: Peter Eastman
Costume Consultant: Janine McCabe
Sound Consultant: Scott Stauffer
Lighting Consultant: Jeanne Koenig
Assistant Lighting Design: Cecilia Durbin
Musical Director: Kevin Stites
Music orchestrated by Wayne Barker, Brad Haak, Larry Hochman, Laura Karpman, David Seigel and Michael Starobin
Additional Orchestrations by Matt Eisenstein
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- Children and Art [On Film] - Bernadette Peters [from Sunday in the Park With George]
- Old Friends - Ann Morrison, Lonny Price, Jim Walton [from Merrily We Roll Along]
- A Weekend in the Country - Michael Cerveris, John Dossett, Judy Kuhn, Rebecca Luker, Hugh Panaro and Michelle Pawk [from A Little Night Music]
- Loveland - The Broadway Star Chorus [from Follies]
- The Little Things You Do Together - Debra Monk, David Hyde Pierce [from Company]
- Marry Me a Little - Jason Danieley [cut from Company]
- You're Gonna Love Tomorrow / Love Will See Us Through - Harvey Evans, Kurt Peterson, Marti Rolph and Virginia Sandifur [from Follies]
- Getting Married Today - Alice Ripley, Ann Arvida, Brian D'Arcy James [from Company]
- Wisteria Lane [On Film] - The Cast of Desperate Housewives
- Something's Coming (Music By Leonard Bernstein) - Betty Buckley [from West Side Story]
- Everything's Coming Up Roses / Rose's Turn from Gypsy) (Music By Jule Styne) - Harvey Fierstein (from Gypsy)
- Everybody's Got the Right - Becky Ann Baker, Michael Cerveris, Merwin Foard, Alexander Gemignani, Annie Golden, Neil Patrick Harris, Kenneth Krugman, Jeffrey Kuhn and Brandon Wardell [from Assassins]
- The Ballad of Sweeney Todd Part 1 - The Broadway Star Chorus [from Sweeney Todd]
- Kiss Me - Blake Hammond, Anne Hathaway, Stephen R Buntrock and Walter Charles [from Sweeney Todd]
- The Ballad of Sweeney Todd Part 2 - The Broadway Star Chorus [from Sweeney Todd]
- A Little Preist - George Hearn, Patti LuPone [from Sweeney Todd]
- More - B.D. Wong and the Cast of Pacific Overtures [from Dick Tracy]
- Losing My Mind - Dame Edna Everage [from Follies]
- In Buddy's Eyes - Barbara Cook [from Follies]
- Pretty Women - Brian Stokes Mitchell [from Sweeney Todd]
- Not a Day Goes By - Marin Mazzie [from Merrily We Roll Along]
- Sooner or Later - Stephanie D'Abruzzo [from Dick Tracy]
- See What It Gets You - Donna Murphy [from Anyone Can Whistle]
- Another Hundred People / I Remember - Tonya Pinkins [from Company / Evening Primrose]
- There Won't Be Trumpets - Audra McDonald [from Anyone Can Whistle]
- Our Time - Young People's Chorus of New York City (Director: Francisco Nunez) [from Merrily We Roll Along]
- Move On - Melissa Errico, Raúl Esparza [from Sunday in the Park With George]
- Sunday - Melissa Errico, Raúl Esparza and The Broadway Star Chorus [from Sunday in the Park With George]
- Children Will Listen - Betty Buckley, the Young People's Chorus and the Entire Company [from Into the Woods]
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Stephen Sondheim's 75th: The Concert |
One performance on July 8, 2005 at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
A benefit concert for Children Will Listen, a program of the ASCAP Foundation
Honorary Chairs: Barbra Streisand and Warren Beatty
ASCAP President and Chairman Marilyn Bergman
Conceived, produced and directed by Paul Lazarus
The Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Paul Gemignani
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Musical Numbers
Act One
Act Two
- Broadway Baby - Elaine Stritch [from Follies]
- Johanna - Josh Groban [from Sweeney Todd]
- Pretty Women - Jubilant Sykes and James Barbour [from Sweeney Todd]
- Ballad of Sweeney Todd - Jubilant Sykes, Josh Groban, and James Barbour [from Sweeney Todd]
- Not a Day Goes By / What Can You Lose? - Audra McDonald [from Merrily We Roll Along / Dick Tracy]
- Getting Married Today - Carol Burnett, Eric McCormack and Marin Mazzie [from Company]
- Losing My Mind - Barbara Cook [from Follies]
- A Little Priest - Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury [from Sweeney Todd]
- Children Will Listen - Bernadette Peters [from Into the Woods]
- Our Time - Los Angeles Master Chorale [from Merrily We Roll Along]
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Sondheim at 75: Perfect Relationships |
One performance on November 25, 2005 at the Hackney Empire Theatre, London
Produced by the BBC Concert Orchestra
Orchestra Conducted by Martin Yates
Presented by Julia McKenzie
With Julian Ovenden, Kim Criswell and the Maida Vale Singers.
Note: a recording of this performance was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on December 26, 2005
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Musical Numbers
Part One: A selection of Sondheim songs exploring the nature of relationships
Part Two: Company
Cast: Julian Ovenden (Robert), Sharon Eckman (Sarah), Michael Cantwell (Harry), Sarah Ryan (Susan), Mark Meadows (Peter), Kimberley Akester (Jenny), Michael Robinson (David), Melaine Marshall (Amy), Christopher Dee (Paul), Kim Criswell (Joanne), Nicholas Pound (Larry), Alison Jiear (Marta), Samantha Shaw (Kathy), and Emma Kershaw (April)
- Overture
- Company - Robert and Company
- The Little Things You Do Together - Joanne and Company
- Sorry-Grateful - Harry, David, Larry
- You Could Drive a Person Crazy - April, Kathy, Marta
- Have I Got a Girl for You - Larry, Peter, Paul, David, Harry
- Someone Is Waiting - Robert
- Another Hundred People - Marta
- Getting Married Today - Amy
- Finale - Act One
- Side by Side by Side / What Would We Do Without You? - Robert and Company
- Poor Baby - Sarah, Jenny, Susan, Amy, Joanne
- Tick Tock
- Barcelona - Robert and April
- Nite Club
- The Ladies Who Lunch - Joanne
- Being Alive - Robert
- Curtain Calls
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Simply Sondheim: A 75th Birthday Salute |
A Benefit Performance for Theatre Bay Area's May Mason Memorial Lemonade Fund
Performed on December 5, 2005 at Kanbar Hall, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Produced by James Brewer and A-J Productions
Directed by Tom Segal and Tom Orr
Musical Direction and Supervision by Daniel Lockert
Original Concept by Richard Ryan, James Brewer and Amy Dondy
Associate Producer: Tom Orr
Executive Producer: Amy Dondy
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Cast
James Brewer, Amy Dondy, Kelly Ground, Hannah Rose Kornfeld, Kim Larsen, Shay Oglesby-Smith, Tom Orr, Stephanie Rhoads, and Steve Rhyne
Special Guests: Lisa Vroman, Guy Haines, and Judy Butterfield
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Musical Numbers
Act One
Act Two
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Recording
Album produced by James Brewer
Executive Producer: Amy Dondy
For Kritzerland: Bruce Kimmel
Recorded live at Kanbar Hall, San Francisco on December 5, 2005 by Robert Preston for GetReell Productions
Mixed by Robert Preston
Post Production and Mastering by Gary Hobish
Musical Direction, Arrangements and Supervision by Daniel Lockert
- Compact Disc, 2006 [Kritzerland KR 20010-8] (120 mins.)
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