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1 day ago · The Art of Making Art: Staging Sondheim. In May 2022, The Stephen Sondheim Society, in partnership with the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the National Youth Musical Theatre, hosted an afternoon exploring the challenges and joys of working on a Sondheim musical.
3 days ago · Join award-winning actresses Jenna Russell and Samantha Spiro, actor Oli Higginson, musical director Nigel Lilley and students from the National Youth Music Theatre in a panel discussion, masterclass and performance centred on Sondheim’s 1981 musical MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG.
1 day ago · He provided incidental music for the plays The Girls Of Summer (1956), Invitation To A March (1961), Twigs (1971), The Enclave (1973) and a new production of King Lear (2007) and songs for the plays I Know My Love (1951) and A Mighty Man Is He (1955).
3 days ago · Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (often referred to simply as Sweeney Todd) is a 1979 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. It is based on the 1970 play Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond. The character of Sweeney Todd first appeared in a Victorian penny dreadful titled The String of Pearls .
1 day ago · Set in early 19th-century France, Les Misérables is the story of Jean Valjean, a French peasant, and his desire for redemption, released from jail in 1815 after serving nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister's starving child.
5 days ago · This is a list of Royal Variety Performances, gala evenings held annually in the United Kingdom, which are attended by senior members of the British Royal Family. Initially, the reigning monarch (s) would attend the show but in more recent years, the senior members attending have alternated, with Queen Elizabeth II attending less and less ...
1 day ago · Get ready to relive the playlist of your life by celebrating 40 years of the iconic and chart-topping compilations brand NOW That’s What I Call Music, which has sold an estimated 200 million copies worldwide. This fun-filled evening is bursting with hits from Whitney Houston, Wham!
