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‘Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends’ Review: Not Just a Broadway Tribute but a Musical Feast
This labor of love, a revue of Sondheim songs curated by Cameron Mackintosh, presents itself simply but exquisitely.
Lea Salonga brings additional star power to the sizable roster of extraordinary talents, including Tony and Olivier winners Gavin Lee, Beth Leavel and Joanna Riding. There’s also Bonnie Langford bringing a half century of theater history — she was Baby June in Angela Lansbury’s “Gypsy” — for a well-seasoned “I’m Still Here” (inserting Sondheim’s stanza tweak for the film “Postcards from the Edge”). Kate Jennings Grant achieves the high-jump in the linguistic hurdle of “The Boy From…” (the composer’s contribution to the Off Broadway production “The Mad Show” revue), and Peters bringing a tender fragility to “Send in the Clowns.”
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