1. A Little Night Music
1973
Caroline Baldwin

2. Plot
Set in 1900 Sweden, A Little Night Music explores the tangled web of affairs centered around actress, Desirée Armfeldt, and the multiple men who love her.
When the traveling actress performs in Fredrik's town, their love is rekindled.
This strikes a flurry of jealousy and suspicion between Desirée; Fredrik; Fredrik's wife, Anne; Desirée's current lover, the Count; and the Count's wife, Charlotte.
All character’s agree to vacation together which causes conflict and new relationships

3. then moved to the Majestic
Sam S. Shubert Theater
Opening: February 25, 1973
Closing: August 3, 1974
Previews: 12
Showings: 601
then moved to the Majestic

4. Cast Len Cariou as Fredrik Egerman Hermione Gingold as Madame Armfeldt
Glynis Johns as Desiree Armfeldt
George Lee Andrews as Frid
D’Jamin Bartlett as Petra
Despo as Malla
Patricia Elliott as Countess Charlotte Malcolm
Beth Fowler as Mrs. Segstrom
Judy Kahan as Fredrika Armfeldt
Laurence Guittard as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm

5. Crew Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Hugh Wheeler
Inspiration: Ingmar Bergman
Director & Producer: Harold Prince
Choreographer: Patricia Birch
Costume Design: Florence Klotz
Casting: Joanna Merlin

6. 1973 Best Musical (winner): Harold Prince
1973 Best Book of a Musical (winner): Hugh Wheeler
1973 Best Original Score (winner): Stephen Sondheim
1973 Best Actor in a Musical (nominee): Len Cariou
1973 Best Actress in a Musical (winner): Glynis Johns
1973 Best Featured Actress in a Musical (nominee); Hermione Gingold
1973 Best Scenic Design (nominee): Boris Aronson
1973 Best Costume Design (winner): Florence Klotz
1973 Best Lighting Design (nominee): Tharon Musser
1973 Best Direction of a Musical (nominee): Harold Prince

7. 1973 Outstanding Book (winner): Hugh Wheeler
1973 Outstanding Lyrics (winner): Stephen Sondheim
1973 Outstanding Music (winner): Stephen Sondheim
1973 Outstanding performance (winner): Glynis Johns, Patricia Elliott
1973 Outstanding Director (winner): Harold Prince
1973 Most Promising Performer (winner): D’Jamin Bartlett

8. Glynis Johns “Send in the Clowns”
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“Send in the Clowns”

9. Clive Barnes The New York Times
“At last a new operetta! At last resonances and elegances in a Broadway musical.”
“A Little Night Music, which opened at the Shubert on Saturday, is heady, civilized, sophisticated, and enchanting.”
Clive Barnes
The New York Times

10. John Rockwell The New York Times
“ A Little Night Music will cohabit a repertory with older classics without and discomfiture at all.”
“A timeless masterpiece…”
“This staging is an unalloyed success.”
John Rockwell
The New York Times

11. William Glover The Washington Post
“The flavor of disillusion that pervades the story, and the sluggish pace of action are improbable components though of widely popular entertainment.”
William Glover
The Washington Post

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