
Overview
Synopsis
The show is a compilation of songs by Stephen Sondheim, including numbers from Follies, Company, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sweeney Todd, Assassins, Dick Tracy, Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, and others. The theme is a party and the songs cleverly weave a tale of action and reflection on, of course, the subject of relationships. Cast members use their own names.
Show Information
- Book
- Stephen Sondheim , Julia McKenzie
- Music
- Stephen Sondheim
- Lyrics
- Stephen Sondheim
- Category
- Musical
- Age Guidance
- Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
- Number of Acts
- 2
- Genres
- Jukebox/Revue
- Licensor
- Music Theatre International
- Ideal For
- College/University, Community Theatre, Diverse Cast, Ensemble Cast, Professional Theatre, Regional Theatre, All-Male Cast, All-Female Cast, Small Cast
Context
Plot
Characters
Name | Part Size | Gender | Vocal Part |
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Songs
- Invocation and Instructions (The Frogs)
- Putting It Together (Sunday in the Park with George)
- Rich and Happy (Merrily We Roll Along)
- Merrily We Roll Along (Merrily We Roll Along)
- Lovely (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)
- Everybody Ought to Have a Maid (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)
- Sequence:
Sooner or Later (Dick Tracy)
I'm Calm (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)
Impossible (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)
Ah, But Underneath ...! (Follies - London)
- Hello Little Girl (Into the Woods)
- My Husband the Pig/ Every Day a Little Death (A Little Night Music)
- Have I Got a Girl for You (Company)
- Pretty Women (Sweeney Todd)
- Now (A Little Night Music)
- Bang! (A Little Night Music)
- Country House (Follies - London)
- Could I Leave You? (Follies)
- Entr'acte/ Back in Business (Dick Tracy)
- Rich and Happy (Merrily We Roll Along)
- Night Waltzes (A Little Night Music-stage and film)
- Gun Song (Assassins)
- The Miller's Son (A Little Night Music)
- Live Alone and Like It (Dick Tracy)
- Sorry-Grateful (Company)
- Sweet Polly Plunkett (Sweeney Todd)
- I Could Drive a Person Crazy (Company)
- Marry Me a Little (Company)
- Getting Married Today (Company)
- Being Alive (Company)
- Like It Was (Merrily We Roll Along)
- Old Friends (Merrily We Roll Along)
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
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