Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends Tickets

By: Cameron Mackintosh
Songs by: Stephen Sondheim
Director: Matthew Bourne with Julia McKenzie
Choreography: Stephen Mear
Producer: Manhattan Theatre Club in association with CMI and Daryl Roth
Cast list: Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga, Jasmine Forsberg, Kate Jennings Grant, David Harris, Bonnie Langford, Beth Leavel, Gavin Lee, Ryan McCartan, Jason Pennycooke, Joanna Riding, Jeremy Secomb, Maria Wirries, Daniel Yearwood, Kevin Earley, Paige Faure, Alexa Lopez, Peter Neureuther
Sets: Matt Kinley
Costumes: Jill Parker
Lighting: Warren Letton
Sound: Mick Potter
Other info: Projection design by George Reeve, music supervision by Alfonso Casado Trigo and Stephen Brooker, music arrangements by Stephen Metcalfe, conductor Annbritt duChateau

Needing no introduction, Stephen Sondheim is one of musical theatre’s most acclaimed and Tony Award-winning composers and lyricists. His broad spectrum of work, from light-hearted farces with A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum to dark operettas with Sweeney Todd speak to his varied sensibilities and styles.

Regardless of genre, Sondheim is known for putting character first: beyond composing exquisite solos, duets, and ensemble numbers, he is adored for letting his characters figure out their emotions, motives, and futures in highly elaborate verbal musical puzzles. Sophisticated but accessible, his music has been the barometer for artistic success for generations of composers and lyricists who have followed. Now, audiences can delight in hearing his spellbinding scores sung anew at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre this season. Bernadette Peters, long associated with Sondheim after star-making turns in Into the Woods and later Gypsy, sings alongside another highly accomplished vocalist, Lea Salonga.

What to watch for

• Matthew Bourne, a director and choreographer known for his Olivier Award-winning work on Mary Poppins, stages this celebratory production.
• London reviews raved about Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends — London Theatre called it a “rapturous musical tribute” in its five-star review.
• Cameron Mackintosh is most well-known as being a producer of spectacular shows, but here he gets to pay homage to a theatrical legend as a deviser of the evening’s sweeping entertainment.
• Bernadette Peters was last on Broadway in 2018 with Hello, Dolly!, and now, years later, she returns, offering audiences a special treat to see the living legend back on stage.

Please Note: Children under 5 are not permitted in the theatre.

No weapons permitted on the premises. No outside food or beverages, electric scooters, e-bikes, or battery-powered transportation devices, except when medically necessary.

All items are subject to inspection. Anything brought into the theatre must fit on your lap or completely under your seat without blocking any aisles.

The use of cameras, cell phones, and other recording devices during the show is strictly prohibited by law, except when used for accessibility services.