A Little Night Music

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Broadway musical stage musical

A Little Night Music is a 1973 musical by Stephen Sondheim, best known for its waltz-infused score and the song "Send in the Clowns," adapted from Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night.

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Label Occurrences
A Little Night Music canonical 14
A Little Night Music (1977 film) 2
A Little Night Music (1995 London revival) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
actStructure two-act musical ⓘ
award New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical ⓘ
surface form: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical

Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
basedOn Smiles of a Summer Night ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Ingmar Bergman ⓘ
bookBy Hugh Wheeler ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 1973-02-25 ⓘ
broadwayProducer Harold Prince ⓘ
broadwayTheatre Shubert Theatre (Broadway) ⓘ
surface form: Shubert Theatre, New York
composer Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
director Harold Prince ⓘ
feature through-composed score ⓘ
use of complex waltz rhythms ⓘ
filmAdaptation A Little Night Music self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: A Little Night Music (1977 film)
genre musical theatre ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
musicalStyle waltz-infused score ⓘ
notableSong Send in the Clowns ⓘ
orchestrator Jonathan Tunick ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadCharacter Anne Egerman ⓘ
Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm ⓘ
Desirée Armfeldt ⓘ
Fredrik Egerman ⓘ
Fredrik Egerman ⓘ
surface form: Henrik Egerman

Madame Armfeldt ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunLength 601 performances ⓘ
premiereDate 1973-02-25 ⓘ
premiereVenue Shubert Theatre ⓘ
surface form: Shubert Theatre, New Haven
revival 1975 West End production ⓘ
1995 London revival ⓘ
2009 Broadway revival ⓘ
settingPlace Sweden ⓘ
settingTime turn-of-the-century ⓘ
song A Weekend in the Country ⓘ
Every Day a Little Death ⓘ
In Praise of Women ⓘ
Later ⓘ
Liaisons ⓘ
Night Waltz ⓘ
Now ⓘ
“Soon” ⓘ
surface form: Soon

The Glamorous Life ⓘ
Much the Miller's Son ⓘ
surface form: The Miller's Son

You Must Meet My Wife ⓘ

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Stephen Sondheim → notableWork → A Little Night Music ⓘ
Harold Prince → notableWork → A Little Night Music ⓘ
Glynis Johns → notableWork → A Little Night Music ⓘ
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre → notableProduction → A Little Night Music ⓘ
Sally Ann Howes → performedIn → A Little Night Music ⓘ
Hermione Gingold → notableWork → A Little Night Music ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Little Night Music (1977 film)
Jennifer Laura Thompson → theatreCredit → A Little Night Music ⓘ
Sean Mathias → notableWork → A Little Night Music ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Little Night Music (1995 London revival)
Sean Mathias → directed → A Little Night Music ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Little Night Music (1995 London revival)
Colonial Theatre, Boston → notableProduction → A Little Night Music ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Little Night Music (pre-Broadway tryout)
Eine kleine Nachtmusik → titleTranslation → A Little Night Music ⓘ
Majestic Theatre (Broadway) → notableProduction → A Little Night Music ⓘ
Emerson Colonial Theatre → notableProduction → A Little Night Music ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Little Night Music (pre-Broadway engagement)
Harold Smith Prince → notableWork → A Little Night Music ⓘ
subject surface form: Harold Prince
Prince of Broadway → includesSongsFrom → A Little Night Music ⓘ
Len Cariou → notableWork → A Little Night Music ⓘ
Len Cariou → theatreCredit → A Little Night Music ⓘ
A Little Night Music → filmAdaptation → A Little Night Music self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Little Night Music (1977 film)
Send in the Clowns → partOfMusical → A Little Night Music ⓘ
Send in the Clowns → originalMusical → A Little Night Music ⓘ
Send in the Clowns → broadwayMusicalDebut → A Little Night Music ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Little Night Music (1973)
Send in the Clowns → inspiredBySourceMaterial → A Little Night Music ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night (via A Little Night Music)
Send in the Clowns → includedIn → A Little Night Music ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Little Night Music (original cast recording)
Siân Phillips → notableWork → A Little Night Music ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Little Night Music (stage production)