Celebrating Sondheim
This Encore performance will be streamed at 7pm GMT on 22 March and will then be available to watch On Demand until 11.59pm GMT on 25 March.
Another chance to see the acclaimed concert _Celebrating Sondheim. _ This dazzling cornucopia of music and song – originally staged last autumn to celebrate the musical legend’s 90th birthday year – sees CFT Artistic Director Daniel Evans joined on the Festival Theatre stage by stars from the West End to perform numbers from some of Sondheim’s major and lesser-known works. This encore streaming is broadcast on the composer’s 91st birthday. Gabrielle Brooks wowed audiences at CFT’s Concert in the Park and has also appeared in The Wizard of Oz, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and The Book of Mormon. Clive Rowe **was last seen in Chichester in Me and My Girl and before that, Kiss Me Kate; he won an Olivier Award for Guys and Dolls at the National Theatre. **Jenna Russell starred opposite Daniel Evans in Sunday in the Park with George in London and on Broadway, for which they both won Olivier Awards and were nominated for Tonys. Jenna’s recent musical credits include The Bridges of Madison County and Fun Home. Daniel also won an Olivier Award for Merrily We Roll Along in the West End. Hannah Waddingham returns to Chichester following Kiss Me, Kate (2012), which transferred to London and for which she received an Olivier nomination. Her West End musical credits also include A Little Night Music (Olivier nomination) and Into The Woods.