PHOTO CALL: Peters and Stritch Return to Broadway in A Little Night Music

By Irina Khodorkovsky
14 Jul 2010

The Tony-nominated revival of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music resumed performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre with Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch on July 13.

Trevor Nunn directed the hauntingly spare revival of A Little Night Music. Tony Award winners Peters and Stritch succeed Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury, respectively, in the roles of the captivating actress Desirée Armfeldt and her worldly-wise mother Madame Armfeldt. London cast member Alexander Hanson, who re-created his performance as Fredrik Egerman for New York audiences, continues with the Broadway production.

The cast also features Aaron Lazar (Les Misérables) as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm, Erin Davie (Grey Gardens) as Countess Charlotte Malcolm, Leigh Ann Larkin (Gypsy) as Petra, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka as Henrik Egerman and Ramona Mallory (The Fantasticks) as Anne Egerman, with Stephen R. Buntrock, Bradley Dean, Sara Jean Ford, Katherine McNamara, Betsy Morgan, Jayne Paterson, Kevin David Thomas, Keaton Whittaker, Karen Murphy, Erin Stewart and Kevin Vortmann.

A Little Night Music, according to the producers, "is set in a weekend country house in turn of the century Sweden, bringing together surprising liaisons, long simmering passions and a taste of love's endless possibilities. Hailed as witty and wildly romantic, the story centers on the elegant actress Desirée Armfeldt and the spider's web of sensuality, intrigue and desire that surrounds her."

Here is a look at Peters and Strich's first night:

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Elaine Stritch and Bernadette Peters
Photo by Joseph Marzullo/WENN



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