Mass Appeal Seems To Be the Main Aim of ‘Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends’
Producer Cameron Mackintosh has recruited Matthew Bourne, a director and choreographer who shares his fondness for spectacle, to guide the actors and provide ‘musical staging’ for this new revue celebrating Sondheim.

At the beginning of “Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends,” the Broadway stars who headline this new revue celebrating one of musical theater’s greatest giants, Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga, address the audience to explain the show’s agenda. “Steve was always a ‘Broadway Baby’ at heart,” Ms. Peters notes, referencing one of his song titles, “and wanted his shows to be enjoyed by as many people as possible.”
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