Truemors
2009 should be a good year for London fans of Stephen Sondheim. The Menier Chocolate Factory, having put itself on the map with it's multi award-winning production of "Sunday in the Park with George" hopes to repeat that success with Trevor Nunn directing a revival of "A Little Night Music."
And if that's not enough for the fans, London has the rarest of Sondheim treats - a revival of his very first Boradway show - the little seen, "Saturday Night."
In 1954, the 24-year-old Sondheim wrote his first Broadway show, Saturday Night, a musical, based on the Julius and Philip Epstein play Front Porch in Flatbush, about a group of friends in 1929 New York just before the Wall Street Crash. However, the planned 1955 Broadway premiere was cancelled when producer Lemuel Ayers died, leaving the piece unperformed professionally until 1997, when it had its world premiere at London’s Bridewell Theatre.
This new production will include the UK premiere of two songs - “Montana Chem” and “Delighted, I’m Sure” - written by Sondheim when he revised Saturday Night for its Off-Broadway premiere in 1999.
"Saturday Night" opens for a limited 5-week season from 12th Feb '09
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