NewsPHOTO CALL: Bernadette Peters, Norm Lewis, Jeremy Jordan and Cast Celebrate Stephen Sondheim and Wynton Marsalis' A Bed and a ChairThree-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters starred in A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love Affair, a collaboration between Tony-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim and jazz musician-composer Wynton Marsalis, which played its limited engagement at New York City Center Nov. 13-17.
By
Matthew Blank
November 18, 2013
This Encores! Special Event was directed by Tony winner John Doyle and choreographed by Parker Esse.
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Bernadette Peters, Norm Lewis, Jeremy Jordan and Cast Celebrate Stephen Sondheim and Wynton Marsalis' A Bed and a Chair
Conceived by Peter Gethers, Jack Viertel and Doyle, the musical event featured Sondheim's music arranged and performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Marsalis. David Loud was the musical supervisor.
A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love Affair, presented by the combined forces of City Center’s Encores! program and Jazz at Lincoln Center, "celebrates love in New York and love of New York. Native Manhattanite Sondheim and adopted citizen Marsalis (originally from New Orleans) will compare musical notes on their shared passion for our city," according to press notes.
The program featured more than two-dozen Sondheim compositions, each piece newly re-imagined by Marsalis.