There is a beautiful tribute happening right now at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on W 47th Street where “Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends” is playing. The musical tribute features beloved songs from many of Sondheim’s musicals including “Company,” “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum,” “Into The Woods,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “West Side Story,” “A Little Night Music,” “Gypsy” “Sunday in the Park With George,” “Merrily We Roll Along” and more. The songs had music and lyrics by Sondheim and were devised by Cameron Mackintosh.
If you are going to do a tribute to a musical theater master, you have to have the best of Broadway singing talent on the stage, and this production does. It stars Broadway legend and repeat Sondheim musical performer, the one and only Bernadette Peters, along with the stupendous vocals of Lea Salonga. The cast sing their hearts out and they will make your heart soar with the joy of being in the room. The entire company is an ensemble of incredibly gifted performers and includes Jacob Dickey, Kevin Earley, Jasmine Forsberg, Kate Jennings Grant, Bonnie Langford, Beth Leavel, Gavin Lee, Jason Pennycooke, Joanna Riding, Jeremy Secomb, Kyle Selig, Maria Wirries, Daniel Yearwood, Paige Faure, Alexa Lopez, Greg Mills, and Peter Neureuther. This is a marvelous Manhattan Theatre Club production. For more info and for tickets, visit manhattantheatreclub.com.