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Putting It Together, Again: Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Old Friends’ Bernadette Peters and Cameron Mackintosh on Joining Matthew Bourne for a New L.A./Broadway Revue
Bernadette Peters, Cameron Mackintosh and Matthew Bourne, star, producer and director of 'Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends,' discuss the Ahmanson show.
“ Stephen Sondheim ’s Old Friends,” the third revue to be built around the great composer’s songbook — and the first such newly conceived production in more than 30 years — is headed to Broadway in March, with an ensemble cast led by Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga. But before it heads east, a four-week preview run in L.A. officially kicks off tonight at the Ahmanson, where director Matthew Bourne and producer Cameron Mackintosh are working on getting the large ensemble to really feel like the old pals of the title. Even before “Old Friends” premiered in London last year, there was one previous early incarnation of the show, presented as a one-off gala salute to Sondheim that very few people at the time realized was intended to be the basis of a full-on Broadway (and likely future touring) production.
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