A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it involves the romantic lives of several couples. The musical included the popular song "Send in the Clowns". This title is a literal English translation of the German name for Mozart's Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
Since its original 1973 Broadway pr...
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A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it involves the romantic lives of several couples. The musical included the popular song "Send in the Clowns". This title is a literal English translation of the German name for Mozart's Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
Since its original 1973 Broadway production, the musical has enjoyed professional productions in London and elswhere, and it has become a popular choice for amateur productions.
Act 1
Based on the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, the play is set in Sweden at the turn of the century. The show opens with a prologue, introducing the Liebeslieder Singers, who begin blending various songs that will be heard later in the play. The other characters of the play enter, engaged in a waltz, but all are uncomfortable with their partners. After the dance, the aging and severe...
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