 | Music Theatre Ireland SIMPLY SONDHEIM
Cast: Ellen McElroy, Danna Davis, Kenenth Gartman & Michael Grennell David Wray - Musical Director/Piano; Alan Kinsella - Director Musical Arrangements and show devised by David Wray
Simply Sondheim was commissioned by Opera Fringe Northern Ireland in June 2004 and was broadcast as a live relay by the BBC
Simply Sondheim is a revue celebrating the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim with theatre songs from Anyone Can Whistle, Follies, A Little Night Music, Company, The Frogs, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday In The Park With George, Into the Woods, and film songs from Dick Tracy and Evening Primrose.
For four decades Stephen Sondheim has been revolutionizing the Broadway musical. His name be-speaks theatrical excitement and applause. He is one of the singularly gifted within the ranks of the Broadway musical elite and has been described as “without question, the best Broadway lyricist past or present”. Sondheim’s work has won him many accolades including Tony, Grammy and Academy awards and a Pulitzer prize for Drama for ‘Sunday in the Park With George’ CLICK HERE to hear excerpts from the LIVE BROADCAST.
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