The run closed August 3, 1974
- Opened
- February 25, 1973
- Closed
- August 3, 1974
- Performances
- 601
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Shubert Theatre
Of the 589 productions we hold that opened in the 1970s and record a performance count, this is the 43rd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of A Little Night Music 1 more that season
| 2009 | Walter Kerr Theatre Revival · Trevor Nunn | 425 perf. |
Who was in it19 named
Despo
Teri Ralston
Benjamin Rayson
Gene Varrone
Will Sharpe Marshall
Dick Sabol
13 of these 19 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 6 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Harold Prince
- Choreographer
- Patricia Birch
- Producer
- Harold Prince
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awards 6 from 12 nominations
| Best Musical | Won |
| Best Musical | Nominated |
Around this production
"Send in the Clowns" was written specifically for Glynis Johns, who had a thin, breathy voice. Sondheim crafted it with short phrases so she could breathe between them. It became his only pop hit.
- With the electric current of the nervy, ultramodern Company, he embarked with Hal Prince on a journey of shows, including Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, and Sweeney Todd, which, if not always financial hits, can absolutely not be dismissed as failures in any sense, as they undeniably made waves with… Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 77
- For her staggering, Ziegfeldian inspirations for Follies, undisputedly the most beautifully designed Broadway musical ever, Klotz’s place in history would be guaranteed had she never designed another show. In addition to her sumptuous work for Follies, her red dresses for leading ladies became her signature: for Alexis… Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 205
- In Engel’s view, nearly all great musicals were a product of a “Golden Age” that started with Pal Joey (1940) and ended with Fiddler on the Roof (1964). For the 1975 second edition, Engel found two worthy Sondheim shows to add to the list, Company (1970) and A Little Night Music (1973). Enchanted Evenings the Broadway Musical From Show Boat Block Geoffrey Oxford New, p. 12
- Engel’s list of fifteen Broadway “models of excellence” includes A Little Night Music. Enchanted Evenings the Broadway Musical From Show Boat Block Geoffrey Oxford New, p. 43
- this device would become more prominent in Sondheim (e.g., the combination of “Now,” “Later,” and “Soon” in A Little Night Music). Enchanted Evenings the Broadway Musical From Show Boat Block Geoffrey Oxford New, p. 291
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for A Little Night Music at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.