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Signature Theatre extends SIMPLY SONDHEIM by popular demand

Photo credit: Margot Schulman

Signature Theatre’s production of Simply Sondheim has had its online run extended until 16 April, due to popular demand.

Starring 12 singers and an orchestra of 16, the revue includes more than 30 songs from the composer’s canon, including the quintessential ‘Finishing the Hat’, ‘Another Hundred People’, ‘Losing My Mind’, and ‘The Worst Pies in London’, plus lesser known gems including “Country House,” “Saturday Night,” and “Goodbye for Now”, which are fused with new orchestrations by longtime Sondheim collaborator, Jonathan Tunick.

Simply Sondheim is headlined by Norm Lewis (Broadway’s Once on This Island), Solea Pfeiffer (New York City Center’s Evita), Conrad Ricamora (Broadway’s The King and I), and Emily Skinner (Broadway’s The Cher Show).

They are joined by Nicholas McDonough (Signature’s Grand Hotel, Cape Playhouse’s South Pacific), Donna Migliaccio (Signature’s Silver Belles, Broadway’s War Paint), Christopher Mueller (Signature’s AssassinsBlackbeard), Katie Mariko Murray (Signature’s Grand HotelSignature Vinyl), Tracy Lynn Olivera (Signature’s A Little Night Music, Broadway’s Ragtime), Paul Scanlan (Signature’s La Cage aux FollesBeautiful: The Carole King Musical National Tour), Awa Sal Secka (Signature’s Gun & Powder, Ford’s Theatre’s Into the Woods) and Bobby Smith (Signature’s Light YearsA Little Night Music).

Directed and choreographed by Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner, the show has musical direction by Jon Kalbfleisch, lighting by Adam Honoré, and sound by Ryan Hickey.

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