The Creation of A Little Night Music - Special Event at Theo Monday, June 17 at 7 PM

Stephen Sondheim's most delightful and approachable show of his mature period has its basis in "Smiles of a Summer Night", a comic film by...Ingmar Bergman! We’ll follow the creative process, featuring clips from the Bergman movie and discovering how they prompted the shape-and songs-of this 1973 Sondheim classic.
Charles Troy’s multimedia presentations tell the stories behind many of the great Broadway musicals and songwriters, in seamless visual programs with his own original graphics, and a scripted narrative that weave the events into cohesive, dramatic tales. www.charlestroy.com

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This is a great little primer, but I obnoxiously have to point out one error. Company recouped on Broadway and then had a financially successful (and fairly long) tour--although the London production did falter as soon as the original imported Broadway cast left fairly early. But of course Follies lost *soooo* much money, they did want a need their next show to be commercially successful (and Night Music recouped fairly quickly, even though it had over 100 performances on Broadway less than Company did...)