PHOTO CALL: The Ravinia Festival Celebrates Sondheim with Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald and More

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News PHOTO CALL: The Ravinia Festival Celebrates Sondheim with Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald and More Illinois' Ravinia Festival celebrated Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday with a Lonny Price-directed gala benefit performance entitled Sondheim:80 on July 31.

By Krissie Fullerton

August 03, 2010

The concert featured songs from such Sondheim musicals as Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Passion, Sunday in the Park with George, Anyone Can Whistle, West Side Story and Gypsy. Paul Gemignani conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Broadway's George Hearn, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald and Michael Cerveris sang; the four have all been featured in Ravinia's Sondheim celebrations since the series began in 2001.

Here's a look at the concert:

Ravinia Festival Celebrates Sondheim with Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald and More

Michael Cerveris — Ravinia Festival Celebrates Sondheim with Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald and More

Illinois' Ravinia Festival celebrated Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday with a Lonny Price-directed gala benefit performance entitled *Sondheim:80* on July 31. Read the Playbill.com story.
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George Hearn and Patti LuPone

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Audra McDonald

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George Hearn

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Michael Cerveris and Audra McDonald

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Ravinia Festival Celebrates Sondheim with Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald and More

Ravinia Festival Celebrates Sondheim with Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald and More

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