Selina Cartmell directs Sondheim’s breathtaking classic, a life-affirming fairy-tale for adults.
‘I frequently laugh myself to sleep contemplating my own future.’
In Sondheim’s enchanting musical, set in turn-of-the-century Sweden, mismatched couples waltz through a series of self-delusions in search of a happy ending.
This lighter-than-air confection of romantic misfires and magical songs features Sondheim’s bittersweet masterpiece, ‘Send in the Clowns’. Old, young and middle-aged are equally determined and witty in this Tony award winning musical comedy.
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Suggested by a film by Ingmar Bergman
Originally produced and directed on Broadway by Harold Prince
Presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International
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